Vehicle Module Certification System for Flexible Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle configuration technologies restrict the freedom of selecting modules, limiting the ability to achieve desired riding experiences as users are confined to certified modules.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes judgment means to verify individual module certification, assess the certification feasibility of module combinations, and determine necessary conditions for certification, allowing for a wider selection of vehicle modules.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If modules are required to be certified before use, then vehicle safety and reliability are improved, but the degree of freedom of selecting modules is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle safetyVSAvoiddegree of freedom of selecting modules

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The certification process is segmented into two independent levels: individual module certification and combination certification. This allows modules to be certified separately first, then evaluated in combination, providing both safety assurance and selection flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Module certification is performed in advance as a preliminary step, storing certification information in advance. When modules are combined, the system checks whether the combination has been certified rather than requiring complete re-certification, enabling flexible module selection while maintaining safety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If only certified modules are allowed to be used, then vehicle reliability is improved, but the ability to achieve desired riding experiences is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle reliabilityVSAvoidability to achieve desired riding experiences

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically evaluates module combinations based on stored certification information. Rather than statically restricting to pre-approved combinations only, the system can adaptively determine whether custom combinations meet certification requirements, enabling customized riding experiences while maintaining reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback on whether a selected module combination has been certified or meets certification conditions. This allows users to understand the reliability status of their selected configuration and make informed decisions about achieving desired riding experiences within safety constraints.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8874280B2Information processing system, method for checking vehicle, and program for checking vehicle

Publication Date: 2014.10.28 NEC CORP

AI summary

In order to allow the broader selection of modules that configure a vehicle, this information processing system, which is for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, is characterized by being provided with: a first judgment means that judges whether or not each vehicle module has been certified; a second judgment means that judges whether or not the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules can be certified; and a determination means that determines the conditions necessary for the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules to receive certification.