Vehicle Server Control via Idle Vehicles During Night Charging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle server systems face challenges in providing enhanced data processing capability without incurring transmission delays and increased system costs, particularly when controlling multiple vehicles remotely.
Innovation Solution
The system utilizes a single server apparatus that distributes processing tasks to idle vehicles during nighttime charging, leveraging their control apparatuses to execute additional processing requests, thereby enhancing overall data processing capacity while minimizing delays and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple server apparatuses are used to enhance data processing capability, then processing capacity is improved, but system cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle control apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: its primary function of controlling vehicle travel is combined with a secondary function of executing server processing requests during idle nighttime charging periods. This multi-functionality allows the same hardware to serve both vehicle control and general data processing purposes, eliminating the need for separate server apparatuses and reducing system cost while maintaining enhanced processing capability.
2Productivity
If more server apparatuses are deployed to handle increased processing load, then data processing capability is improved, but transmission delays increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle control apparatus acts as an intermediary computing resource between the server apparatus and the processing tasks. By utilizing the idle computational capacity of nearby vehicles during nighttime charging, the system creates distributed processing nodes that reduce the load on central servers and minimize data transmission distances, thereby reducing transmission delays while enhancing overall processing capability.
3Productivity
If vehicle control apparatus executes additional processing requests, then data processing capability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle control apparatus executes server processing requests periodically during nighttime charging hours when the vehicle is stationary and connected to a power source. This periodic utilization of idle computational resources during energy-abundant periods allows the system to enhance processing capability without compromising the vehicle's primary mobility function and without depleting its operational energy reserves.
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AI summary
A vehicle server system includes a vehicle and a server apparatus. The vehicle is chargeable, and includes at least a control apparatus configured to execute a calculation processing, and an external communication apparatus. The server apparatus includes a server communicator and a server processor. The server communicator is configured to communicate with the external communication apparatus of the vehicle. The server processor configured to execute at least traveling control on the vehicle on the basis of data transmitted and received by the server communicator. The server communicator receives vehicle state data of the vehicle from the vehicle. The server processor is configured to determine whether time of a location where the vehicle from which the vehicle state data is received is on charge is nighttime, and, upon determining that the vehicle is on charge in the nighttime, execute control to cause the control apparatus to execute the calculation processing.