Vehicle Repair Support System Using Donor Vehicle Database
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle repair systems face challenges in quickly procuring needed repair parts while minimizing part stock, as they require space and incur costs, with potential parts going to waste if not used.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle repair support system that registers donor vehicles and their parts, uses a support management device to identify needed parts, and requests these from owners, allowing for quick procurement and incentivizing participation to reduce stock requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If parts are stocked at dealer shops or repair shops, then repair speed is improved, but space requirements and costs increase, and parts may go to waste if not used
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by registering donor vehicles and their parts information in advance, creating a ready-to-use database of available parts before any repair need arises. When a repair is needed, the system can immediately query this pre-established database and initiate part transfer arrangements, achieving fast repair response without requiring physical stockpiling of parts at dealer or repair shops.
2Ease of operation
If maintenance parts and replacement parts are automatically arranged, then owner convenience is improved, but time from failure to part delivery increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism - a database of registered donor vehicles with their parts information - that bridges the gap between part needs and part sources. When a vehicle fails, the system automatically queries this intermediary database to identify suitable donor vehicles, enabling rapid part location and transfer arrangements while maintaining automatic processing that preserves owner convenience.
3Reliability
If parts are kept in stock to ensure availability, then repair reliability is improved, but storage costs and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates information copies of parts data from donor vehicles and stores these copies in a database, rather than physically storing the actual parts. This allows the system to maintain reliable access to parts information and identify suitable parts quickly, while avoiding the costs and space requirements of physical stockpiling. The information copies enable rapid decision-making about part transfers without the overhead of maintaining physical inventories.
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AI summary
A vehicle repair support system for supporting repair of a failed vehicle includes a storage device configured to store IDs of a plurality of donor vehicles registered in advance and parts mounted on the donor vehicles in association with each other, a support management device configured to specify a repair part needed to repair the failed vehicle based on defect information for the failed vehicle, and extract the donor vehicles on which the repair part is mounted from among the donor vehicles based on information stored in the storage device, and a request notification device configured to notify an owner of the donor vehicle extracted by the support management device of a request to provide the repair part.