Vehicle Equipment Profile Setting via User Terminal Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of vehicle control systems with automatic adjustment functions face usability issues due to the need to manipulate the in-vehicle device and perform user registration tasks, which can deter users who prefer the conventional settings or find the device manipulation troublesome.
Innovation Solution
A mobile object setting system that includes a setting device with a storage device and hardware processor to manage and associate user-specific setting information, allowing terminal devices to communicate and instruct the setting device to adjust vehicle equipment settings, enabling seamless user management and automatic adjustments without manual registration tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If an automatic adjustment function of an in-vehicle device is used, then the driving environment can be automatically adjusted based on user settings, but the user needs to manipulate the in-vehicle device and perform user registration tasks which deteriorates usability
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs user registration and setting configuration in advance through terminal devices (smartphones, tablets) before the user needs to use the automatic adjustment function. The in-vehicle device already has user profiles and preferences stored when the user approaches, eliminating the need for manual registration or setup at the moment of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces terminal devices as intermediaries between the user and the in-vehicle device. Users can configure their preferences and perform registration tasks remotely through their terminal devices, which then communicate the settings to the in-vehicle device, avoiding the need for users to directly manipulate the in-vehicle device interface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users are registered in the setting device, then different users can have customized settings, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates simplified copies of user profiles and settings data that are stored and managed through terminal devices. Each user has a digital copy of their preferences that can be easily created, modified, and synchronized across devices, reducing the complexity of managing multiple user profiles in the in-vehicle device itself.
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AI summary
A mobile object setting system includes a setting device configured to perform a process of setting equipment provided in a mobile object and a plurality of terminal devices capable of communicating with the setting device. The setting device includes a storage device configured to store a program and setting information of the equipment and a hardware processor. The hardware processor manages the setting information in association with a user of the mobile object by executing the program stored in the storage device, identifies the user of the mobile object based on a result of communicating with the plurality of terminal devices, and acquires the setting information of the equipment associated with the identified user from the storage device to perform the process of setting the equipment based on the acquired setting information. The plurality of terminal devices instruct the setting device to change the setting of the equipment by transmitting the terminal information stored therein to the setting device. The storage device can store a plurality of setting information items for each piece of the equipment when the number of users registered in the setting device is one.