Vehicle Computing Resource Allocation for Power-Aware Crypto Mining
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles with excess computing and power resources, such as electric vehicles, often sit unused for extended periods, leading to underutilization of their computing capabilities, while traditional computing devices are not optimized for cryptocurrency mining due to heat and resource usage concerns.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle computing system that determines when and how to utilize unused computing resources for cryptocurrency mining by assessing resource availability, power reserves, and mining efficiency, ensuring that power is not exhausted beyond a threshold and that resources are preserved for primary vehicle use, using processors to identify suitable resources and cryptocurrencies for mining.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If vehicle computing resources are utilized for cryptocurrency mining, then resource utilization and productivity are improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts mining operations based on real-time power availability and vehicle state. The processor monitors power reserves and computing resource availability, enabling the vehicle to transition between mining and non-mining states based on current conditions, thereby resolving the contradiction between maximizing productivity and managing power consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters by selecting different cryptocurrencies to mine based on current power availability and expected returns. The processor evaluates multiple cryptocurrencies and adjusts mining parameters dynamically, allowing the vehicle to optimize the balance between power consumption and productivity by choosing the most efficient mining targets.
2Productivity
If excess computing resources are used for mining, then productivity is improved, but vehicle power reserves may be exhausted
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback monitoring of power reserves and computing resource status. The processor regularly assesses the vehicle's power state and adjusts mining operations accordingly, ensuring that mining activities do not compromise the reliability of power availability for primary vehicle functions. This feedback mechanism resolves the contradiction by maintaining productivity while protecting power reserve integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares for potential power shortages by establishing safety thresholds and buffer zones in power reserve management. Before initiating or continuing mining operations, the processor evaluates whether sufficient power cushions exist to support mining without risking vehicle operation reliability, thereby preventing power exhaustion scenarios.
3Use of energy by moving object
If vehicle computing resources are kept quiescent during non-travel periods, then power consumption is reduced, but resource utilization is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle computing system provides self-service by autonomously determining when to engage in mining activities based on its own power reserves and resource availability. During non-travel periods, the system automatically activates mining operations without external intervention, converting previously wasted computing resources into productive output while maintaining low power consumption during active travel periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements periodic mining cycles during non-travel periods when power consumption is not critical. The processor alternates between mining operations and idle states based on the vehicle's operational schedule, utilizing periods of low power demand (when the vehicle is parked or not in use) to perform computing-intensive mining tasks, thereby resolving the contradiction between energy efficiency and resource utilization.
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AI summary
A vehicle includes determines that vehicle computing resources will not be fully utilized during an upcoming time period and that exhaustible vehicle power reserves will not be exhausted beyond a threshold based on use of the reserves to power computing using unused computing resources during at least a portion of the time period, those resources suitable for cryptocurrency mining based at least on resource computing capability and a predicted availability of a given resource during the upcoming time period. The vehicle additionally determines a cryptocurrency to mine based on present value of the at least one cryptocurrency producing a positive yield relative to an expense of power used to mine the cryptocurrency using the vehicle computing resources determined to be suitable for cryptocurrency mining and automatically mines the at least one cryptocurrency using the vehicle computing resource determined to be suitable for cryptocurrency mining during the upcoming time period.