Vehicle-User Device Data Sharing for Personalized Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicles lack the ability to seamlessly integrate and share personalized data between user computing devices and vehicle systems, limiting customization and enhancement of the user experience.
Innovation Solution
The integration of user and vehicle computing devices, along with cloud-based services, allows for the detection and sharing of sensor data and user metadata to enhance the user experience by customizing vehicle settings, entertainment, and navigation, using protocols like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If limited data sharing between vehicle and mobile telephone is implemented, then basic functionality (hands-free calling, music playback) is achieved, but user experience customization and personalization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a universal data sharing framework that can handle multiple types of data (sensor data, content data, metadata) and multiple communication protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular) through a single integrated architecture, allowing the same system to serve various personalization functions without requiring separate specialized systems for each function
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a media device as an intermediary component that bridges the vehicle computing device and the user's mobile computing device. This intermediary facilitates seamless data exchange and integration, managing the complexity of multiple data sources and communication protocols while providing a unified interface for personalization
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensor data and user metadata are shared between devices, then personalized navigation, entertainment, and vehicle settings are achieved, but data privacy and security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different processing and sharing rules to different types of data based on their sensitivity and usage requirements. User metadata, sensor data, and content data are handled with different levels of privacy protection and security measures, allowing personalized features while maintaining appropriate security controls for each data category
3Reliability
If multiple communication protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular) are used for data sharing, then connectivity reliability is improved, but system complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects and switches between different communication protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular) based on current connectivity conditions, data transmission requirements, and energy availability. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain reliable connectivity while optimizing energy consumption by using the most efficient protocol for each specific transmission task
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments enhance the functionality of a vehicle, a user device, or both by the selection and sharing of data. Upon detection of each other, the vehicle device and the user device obtain and share data. The data may be associated with the user, the user computing device, and/or the vehicle and may be stored in cloud-based services. Functionality of the vehicle and/or user device is customized to the user based on the shared data. For example, the user device may provide assisted global positioning system (GPS) data to the vehicle to reduce a time-to-fix (TTF) when determining a location of the vehicle. In other examples, settings of the vehicle are personalized to the user, and location-relevant content is downloaded to the user device.