Vehicle Paint Color Valuation Using Peelable Layers

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Solution Overview

Problem

The valuation price of used cars varies significantly based on body color, making it challenging to determine an accurate resale value, especially in rental contracts where the desired color may not be highly valued in the market.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that acquires and analyzes the original paint color and a peelable paint color applied over it, calculating the current or future valuation price to ensure the vehicle's resale value is maintained while meeting user preferences, by determining the optimal paint color combinations considering the peelable layer's impact on resale value.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a peelable paint layer is applied to change the vehicle body color to meet user preferences, then user satisfaction with desired color is improved, but the complexity of paint color management and valuation determination worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser preference satisfactionVSAvoidpaint color management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The paint color information is segmented into distinct components: original paint color and peelable paint color. The controller separately acquires and manages these two color types, allowing independent tracking of each layer's color data. This segmentation simplifies the overall management complexity by breaking down the composite paint structure into manageable discrete elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The controller acts as an intermediary that manages the relationship between the original paint color, peelable paint color, and valuation price. It processes the color information and determines valuation prices based on predefined rules for different color combinations, mediating the complexity of paint color management through automated decision-making logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If the valuation price is determined based on the original paint color, then the resale value accuracy is improved, but the user's ability to choose desired color is restricted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresale value accuracyVSAvoidcolor selection flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The valuation price determination is made dynamic by considering multiple scenarios: the valuation price if the peelable paint is removed (based on original color) and the valuation price if the peelable paint is retained (based on current color). This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt to different user choices while maintaining accurate valuation based on the appropriate color state.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the valuation parameter based on the presence or absence of peelable paint. When peelable paint is applied, the valuation can be based on either the original paint color or the second paint color, depending on the specific circumstances and predefined rules. This parameter change allows flexibility in color selection while maintaining valuation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If the valuation price considers the second paint color, then user preference for desired color is accommodated, but the valuation accuracy may be reduced due to color changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor preference accommodationVSAvoidvaluation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary valuation determination by establishing predefined rules for how peelable paint colors affect valuation prices. These rules are set in advance to account for the impact of color changes, allowing the system to accurately determine valuation prices based on the second paint color while considering market preferences for certain colors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12086824B2Information processing device
Publication Date: 2024.09.10 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A first paint color is acquired as a color of a paint of a first vehicle. A second paint color is acquired as a color of a paint including a peelable layer and to be applied over at least a part of the paint in the first paint color. A current or future valuation price of the first vehicle is acquired based on the first paint color or the second paint color.