Vehicle Resting Location Notification System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing comfortable environment selection support devices fail to notify users of suitable places when a vehicle is stopped and used for resting, as they do not account for the vehicle's stopped state and intended use.
Innovation Solution
An information providing system and device that acquires and transmits candidate points matching user-defined conditions for resting, including evaluation information, to a vehicle, which receives and outputs this information to notify users of suitable places along their route or within a predetermined range, enabling easy identification of suitable resting locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the comfortable environment selection support device notifies points satisfying favorite environmental conditions, then users can find suitable environments, but the device cannot notify users of suitable places when the vehicle is stopped and used for resting
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring route information and position information in advance, and pre-calculating candidate points along the route before the vehicle actually needs resting. The information providing device stores multiple candidate points with their environmental characteristics, so when the vehicle indicates a need for resting, suitable locations are already identified and can be notified immediately without delay.
2Loss of information
If the system searches for candidate points along the route, then suitable resting locations can be found, but additional information processing and transmission are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into distinct functional modules: the vehicle generates route information and position information, the information providing device acquires candidate points and evaluates them, and the vehicle receives and outputs notification information. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The information providing device acts as an intermediary between the vehicle's navigation system and the resting location database. It receives route and position information from the vehicle, queries candidate points based on these inputs, evaluates them against resting criteria, and returns the best matches to the vehicle. This intermediary role simplifies the overall architecture by centralizing the complex evaluation logic in one component.
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AI summary
An information providing system includes an information providing device and a vehicle. The information providing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire second information indicating a candidate point matching first information and evaluation of the candidate point and a second information transmitting unit configured to transmit the second information to the vehicle. The first information indicates a condition for searching for a point at which the vehicle stops when the vehicle is stopped and used for resting. The vehicle includes a second information receiving unit configured to receive the second information from the information providing device and an output unit configured to output the second information.