Vehicle Tone Data Segmentation for User Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motor vehicle systems lack the ability for users to easily change or customize tone sequences based on personal preferences, habits, or physiological requirements, with limited selection capabilities and requiring significant technical effort for adaptation.
Innovation Solution
A device that allows users to change the set of tone sequences by receiving and storing new tone data or program data from a non-permanently assigned computing unit, enabling flexible adaptation of tone sequences to individual preferences without altering the existing program data, and allowing for wireless or wired coupling to the vehicle's computing unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If tone sequences are fixed in the memory unit with joint programming, then the system is simple and reliable, but the user cannot change or customize tone sequences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates tone data from program data in the memory unit, allowing independent access and modification of tone sequences without affecting the program code. This segmentation enables users to customize tone sequences while keeping the system structure simple and reliable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from fixed tone sequences to dynamically changeable tone data that can be modified during operation. The memory unit allows write access to tone data while keeping program data read-only, enabling flexible customization without compromising system stability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a separately operable selection unit is provided for tone sequence selection, then user selection capability is expanded, but technical effort and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The existing computing unit and memory unit are made multi-functional by enabling them to handle both program execution and tone sequence storage/modification. This eliminates the need for separate selection units while expanding user capability through the same hardware components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows users to directly modify tone data in the memory unit using the existing computing unit, enabling self-service customization without requiring additional dedicated selection hardware. The system serves itself by using its own components for both operation and customization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If tone data and program data are stored jointly in the memory unit, then the memory structure is simple, but users cannot modify tone sequences without altering program data
Solution Approach 1:
The memory unit is segmented into distinct areas: one for read-only program data and another for writable tone data. This segmentation allows users to modify tone sequences while preserving the integrity of program data, combining simplicity with modifiability and reliability.
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AI summary
A device for state-dependent output of tone sequences in a motor vehicle, which is capable of outputting tone sequences assigned to specific vehicle states and determinable from tone data stored in a memory unit assigned to the motor vehicle, is also capable of directly or indirectly coupling to a computing unit not permanently assigned to the motor vehicle. The set of tone sequences which may be output is changeable as a function of data which may be received from such a computing unit.