Vehicle Resource Sharing for Mobile Processing Offload
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles equipped with powerful computing systems and sensors often underutilize their processing capabilities and data, leading to wasted resources, while mobile devices could benefit from offloading processing and accessing vehicle data to enhance functionality and conserve battery life.
Innovation Solution
A system where mobile devices and vehicles communicate to offload processing and share data, allowing mobile devices to utilize vehicle resources such as sensors and computing power, with payment agreements for data usage, leveraging existing vehicle infrastructure without adding hardware.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If mobile devices process all data and computations locally, then data processing independence is maintained, but battery life is reduced and processing capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines mobile device processing with vehicle onboard computing resources by establishing a communication link between the mobile device and vehicle computer. The vehicle's powerful computing system merges with the mobile device to provide enhanced processing capability for applications, allowing complex computations to be performed on the vehicle's system while the mobile device maintains user interface and application management functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle computer acts as an intermediary between the mobile device and the vast amount of sensor data and processing power available in the vehicle. Instead of the mobile device directly accessing all vehicle resources or processing all data locally, the vehicle computer mediates by receiving data from vehicle sensors, processing it through appropriate algorithms, and providing results to the mobile device application, thus reducing mobile device battery consumption while maintaining processing capability.
2Reliability
If vehicle computing resources are fully utilized for vehicle functions, then vehicle system reliability is maintained, but available processing power for external applications is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where the vehicle computer continuously monitors its own resource utilization and dynamically adjusts the amount of processing power and data access granted to mobile device applications. When vehicle systems require full computational resources for safety-critical functions, the system automatically limits external access. When vehicle resources are underutilized, the system dynamically allocates excess capacity to external applications, thus maintaining vehicle reliability while maximizing available processing power.
Solution Approach 2:
The system periodically evaluates vehicle resource availability and adjusts resource allocation to mobile device applications accordingly. Through periodic resource assessment and allocation, the vehicle computer ensures that critical vehicle functions always have sufficient processing power while allowing external applications to utilize available capacity during periods of lower demand, thereby balancing reliability and productivity.
3Loss of information
If vehicle sensors continuously collect data, then data quality and completeness are improved, but energy consumption and data storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuously collecting all possible sensor data, the system implements partial action by selectively activating sensors and data collection based on current vehicle operating conditions and external application needs. The vehicle computer assesses which sensors are currently relevant to vehicle operations and which additional sensors could be activated to serve external applications without compromising vehicle safety. This approach collects sufficient data for both vehicle functions and external applications while minimizing unnecessary sensor activation and reducing energy consumption.
4Speed
If mobile devices access vehicle data through direct connections, then data access speed is improved, but system complexity and security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle computer serves as an intermediary that simplifies the interface between mobile devices and vehicle data systems. Instead of requiring direct complex connections between mobile devices and multiple vehicle sensors and control units, the vehicle computer consolidates data access through standardized APIs and communication protocols. This intermediary approach maintains fast data access speeds while reducing system complexity by providing a unified interface layer that handles data aggregation, filtering, and formatting.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle may receive a request for use of a vehicle resource from a remote source. The vehicle may determine if the vehicle is capable of fulfilling the request based a state of the resource. The may also determine and send a cost for using the resource, to the remote source, in response to determining the vehicle is capable of fulfilling the request and provide use of the resource in accordance with a use-term defined in conjunction with the cost, in response to receiving agreement from the remote source to pay the cost.