Vehicle Network Version Control via Feature Catalog Interfaces
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle network communication systems lack an efficient framework for controlling and managing functional devices across a network, particularly in terms of version control and feature management, leading to potential compatibility issues and limited functionality.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that utilizes a functional block framework with interfaces defined by a feature catalog, implemented on a vehicle computing device, enabling communication and control of functional devices through a network interface, with features selected and updated as needed to ensure compatibility and functionality across the network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a functional block framework with version control is implemented, then compatibility and functionality across the network are ensured, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the functional device into distinct components: a functional object representing the device itself, and separate interfaces representing different feature sets. Each interface is independently versioned and selected from the feature catalog, allowing granular control over compatibility without requiring the entire device to be redesigned for version updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework implements dynamic interface selection where the vehicle computing device can choose which interfaces (feature sets) to activate based on version compatibility requirements. The system dynamically loads and manages different interface versions from the catalog, enabling flexible adaptation to different device versions without static hardcoding.
2Adaptability or versatility
If interfaces are defined with selectable features from a catalog, then adaptability and functionality are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The feature catalog serves as a universal repository containing standardized interface definitions that can be applied across multiple functional devices. Rather than defining custom interfaces for each device, the system reuses standardized interface templates from the catalog, reducing complexity while maintaining adaptability through selective feature composition.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses template copying where interface definitions are created by selecting and copying predefined feature sets from the catalog rather than defining them from scratch. This allows rapid deployment of standardized interfaces while maintaining consistency across the network, reducing the cognitive load of interface management.
3Reliability
If version control is implemented for functional devices, then compatibility is ensured, but loss of time occurs during updates and management
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining all possible interface versions and feature combinations in the catalog before runtime. During device updates, the system only needs to select from pre-validates interface versions rather than creating or validating new interfaces, significantly reducing update time while maintaining version control.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for controlling vehicle network functions and version control, includes providing a functional block framework at a vehicle computing device for controlling functional devices in a vehicle communication network system. Each functional device can include one or more functional objects. The method and system include providing one or more interfaces for each functional object, wherein each interface is defined with a set of features, the set of features selected from a feature catalog defined in the framework. The method and system include implementing the interfaces for each function object of each function device in the vehicle network communication system to enable communication over the vehicle network communication system.