Vehicle Occupant Profiles for Automatic In-Vehicle Personalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal information systems for vehicles require significant effort and time for occupants to input their personal information, leading to difficulties in receiving tailored services from in-vehicle devices.
Innovation Solution
A personal information system that includes an acquisition unit to identify and acquire occupant information, a storage unit to store usage history and state information, and a control unit to automatically adjust in-vehicle devices based on the occupant's preferences, reducing the need for manual input and enhancing service relevance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual input of personal information is required, then data accuracy can be ensured, but time and effort consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically collects and stores personal information through sensors and vehicle devices without requiring manual input from occupants. The acquisition unit identifies occupants and gathers their information automatically, while the storage unit saves this data for future use, eliminating the need for repetitive manual entry while maintaining data accuracy through automated verification processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary data collection and storage during initial vehicle interactions. The acquisition unit captures personal information when occupants first use the vehicle, and the storage unit preserves this data for subsequent automatic retrieval and application, eliminating the need for repeated manual input in future interactions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If personal information is automatically collected and stored, then service personalization is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: an acquisition unit for collecting personal information, a storage unit for saving data, and a control unit for applying personalization. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, managing system complexity through modular architecture while enabling comprehensive service personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The personal information system serves multiple functions within the vehicle ecosystem. The same acquisition and storage infrastructure supports various personalization applications including climate control, entertainment preferences, and navigation settings, reducing overall system complexity by using a universal data collection framework across different vehicle functions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If detailed personal information is stored for each occupant, then service relevance is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit acts as an intermediary between the stored personal information and the various vehicle devices. It retrieves relevant data from the storage unit and applies appropriate personalization settings to climate control, entertainment, and navigation systems, simplifying data management by centralizing the interpretation and application logic in a single coordinating component.
Solution Approach 2:
The system stores and processes different types of personal information with different levels of detail for different occupants and different vehicle functions. Each occupant profile contains personalized data relevant to their preferences, and the control unit applies appropriate levels of personalization to different vehicle systems based on local requirements rather than uniformly managing all data with equal complexity.
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AI summary
A personal information system includes an acquisition unit, a storage unit, a personal storage unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit is configured to identify an occupant of a vehicle and acquire a status of the occupant. The storage unit stores usage history information of a vehicle device and state information of the occupant acquired by the acquisition unit. The personal storage unit is set for each occupant and is configured to retrieve, as personal information, the usage history information and the state information from the storage unit for each occupant and sequentially store the usage history information and the state information. The control unit is configured to perform control that utilizes the personal information stored in the personal storage unit to provide a service, in a manner matching characteristics of each occupant when operating the vehicle device.