Unified Vehicle Interface for Smart Device Scripting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle integration systems face challenges in scaling to manage multiple smart devices without distracting the driver, as current solutions often require multiple applications and are not designed to handle a variety of smart devices effectively.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle computing system with a smart device interface that communicates with and controls smart devices, utilizing a scripting application to define triggers and actions based on vehicle data and smart device information, allowing for direct communication of emergency notifications and remedial actions without the need for separate applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate applications are used to manage different smart devices, then device functionality can be accessed, but system complexity increases and driver distraction risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple smart device management applications into a single unified application that can handle various smart devices (smoke detectors, security systems, thermostats, etc.) through a common interface and centralized control system, thereby reducing the number of separate applications needed while maintaining comprehensive device management capability
Solution Approach 2:
The unified application provides universal functionality to manage multiple types of smart devices through a single interface, allowing the system to perform diverse functions (monitoring, control, alerting) across different device categories without requiring separate specialized applications for each device type
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate applications are used to manage smart devices, then device control is possible, but ease of operation decreases due to switching between applications
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple device management functions into a single unified application with one accessible interface, the system eliminates the need for users to switch between multiple applications, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive smart device integration capability
3Loss of information
If smart device alerts are communicated through multiple applications, then information can be delivered, but driver distraction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates emergency notification delivery into a single unified interface that presents all alerts and information in one location, eliminating the need for drivers to switch between multiple applications to check different device statuses, thereby reducing driver distraction while ensuring comprehensive emergency notification delivery
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AI summary
A vehicle computing system includes at least one processor configured to communicate with a remote smoke detector device includes a smart device interface configured to provide access to the remote smoke detector device, a scripting application configured to utilize the smart device interface to execute scripting settings to manage the remote smoke detector, and a user interface of the scripting application configured to output one or more messages from the remote smoke detector.