Portable Vehicle Settings via Condition-Triggered Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle customization systems require reconfiguration upon upgrade and are not portable across different vehicles, leading to inconvenience, especially in shared or short-term usage scenarios where users cannot easily adjust settings to their preferences.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to define vehicle-detectable states and corresponding actions, which are saved and enacted automatically upon matching conditions, enabling portable and customizable vehicle settings across various vehicles using a processor and mobile device interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If vehicle settings are customized for each user, then user convenience and personalization are improved, but reconfiguration is required upon vehicle upgrade or change
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically applying user preferences to vehicle settings upon vehicle change or upgrade. The processor detects the vehicle change event and proactively configures settings based on stored user profiles, eliminating the need for users to manually reconfigure settings after vehicle upgrades or changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by transferring user preference data from one vehicle context to another. User preferences are stored in a database and copied to the new vehicle setting configuration when a vehicle change is detected, maintaining consistency across different vehicles without requiring manual reconfiguration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If advanced recognition technology is added to recognize users automatically, then user personalization is improved, but device cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an intermediary approach by introducing a vehicle identifier database and processor that mediates between the user and the vehicle settings. Instead of requiring complex recognition technology in the vehicle, the system uses a database lookup based on vehicle identifiers to retrieve and apply appropriate user preferences, simplifying the technical implementation while maintaining personalization capabilities.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual reconfiguration is required for each vehicle, then setting accuracy is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by enabling automatic configuration of vehicle settings based on stored user preferences. When a vehicle change is detected, the processor automatically retrieves the appropriate user profile and applies the configured settings without requiring manual user intervention, thereby maintaining setting accuracy while significantly improving user convenience.
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a processor configured to receive a user-selected vehicle-detectable state and corresponding user-defined state-variable value. The processor is also configured to receive a user-defined vehicle-enactable action. The processor is further configured to save the state-variable value as a condition for enacting the vehicle-enactable action saved in conjunction with the state-variable value. The processor is additionally configured to monitor the vehicle-detectable state and enact the vehicle-enactable action upon determining via the monitoring that the vehicle-detectable state corresponds to the user-defined state-variable value saved in conjunction with the state-variable value.