Vehicle Transit Image Processing for Delivery Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies do not effectively enhance user interest or inspire anticipation during the delivery process of purchased vehicles.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a communication device, memory, and controller to associate vehicle and terminal device information, capturing and sending images of the vehicle during transportation to the terminal device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If no image transmission system is implemented, then the system remains simple, but user interest and anticipation during vehicle delivery are not enhanced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery process informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an information processing device as an intermediary between the imaging device at the transport base and the user's terminal device. This mediator receives images captured during vehicle transportation, processes them, and transmits them to users, thereby providing delivery process information without requiring direct complex integration between imaging and user terminal systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates visual copies (images) of the vehicle during transportation and transmits these copies to users instead of requiring users to physically inspect the vehicle or receive complex real-time data streams. This allows users to view delivery progress through simplified image copies captured at key transport stages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Loss of information

If images are captured and transmitted continuously, then user interest is enhanced, but data transmission volume and processing load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle location informationVSAvoiddata transmission volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic image capture at specific transport bases along the delivery route rather than continuous capture. Images are taken at predetermined locations where the vehicle passes through transport bases, providing users with periodic updates on vehicle location and status without generating excessive data volume from continuous monitoring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-establishes a list of transport bases where images will be captured during the delivery process. This preliminary planning allows the system to know in advance which locations will generate images, enabling efficient data management and reducing unnecessary image capture and transmission at non-critical locations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250218182A1Information processing device, system and method for operating system
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing device includes a communication device, a memory that stores identification information of a specified vehicle and identification information of a terminal device of a purchaser of the specified vehicle in association with each other, and a controller that acquires an image captured during transportation of the specified vehicle from an imaging device via the communication device and sends the captured image to the terminal device.