Vehicle Route Display Linking Navigation With CO2 Recovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional vehicles equipped with carbon dioxide recovery systems fail to raise awareness among occupants about the recovery of carbon dioxide, which is essential for addressing global warming.

Innovation Solution

An information provision apparatus is integrated into vehicles, which includes a processing unit to determine the vehicle's destination, acquire current position data, and request information from a server about candidate routes and estimated carbon dioxide recovery amounts, displaying this information to occupants, thereby raising awareness of carbon dioxide recovery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a carbon dioxide recovery system is installed in a vehicle, then carbon dioxide recovery capability is improved, but occupant awareness of carbon dioxide recovery remains insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecarbon dioxide recovery capabilityVSAvoidoccupant awareness of carbon dioxide recovery
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides real-time feedback to occupants by displaying the amount of carbon dioxide being recovered during vehicle operation. The display unit shows recovery amount information that updates as the recovery system operates, creating a feedback loop that makes occupants aware of the environmental benefit of their driving behavior and the system's performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The display unit acts as an intermediary between the carbon dioxide recovery system and the occupants. It translates the invisible recovery process into visible information that occupants can understand, bridging the gap between the technical system and human awareness through visual representation of recovery data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If route information is displayed without linking to carbon dioxide recovery, then navigation functionality is provided, but carbon dioxide recovery awareness is not enhanced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenavigation functionVSAvoidcarbon dioxide recovery awareness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges route guidance information with carbon dioxide recovery information into a single integrated display. By combining these previously separate information streams, the system allows occupants to view both navigation directions and environmental impact data together, enhancing awareness without requiring separate interfaces or actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The display unit serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides traditional navigation route information while also displaying carbon dioxide recovery amounts and comparing alternative routes based on their environmental benefits. This multi-functionality allows a single interface to serve both navigational and environmental awareness purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP3754163B1Information provision system
Publication Date: 2024.01.17 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information provision apparatus (2) for providing information to an occupant of a vehicle (10) provided with a carbon dioxide recovery system (1), comprising a display part (23) displaying information and an information display processing part (272) configured to display information, relating to a candidate route to a destination of the vehicle (10) and an estimated amount of recovery of carbon dioxide which would be recovered by the carbon dioxide recovery system (1) if driving on the candidate route, linked together on the display part (23).