Virtual Vehicle Fleet Telematics Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telematics service testing in physical vehicles is limited by small sample sizes, high implementation costs, and difficulty in simulating diverse scenarios, making it challenging to evaluate response characteristics effectively.
Innovation Solution
The creation of a virtual vehicle fleet, which includes simulating telematics services using virtual vehicles, allowing for the replication of various vehicle and driver characteristics, and the simulation of scenarios such as crash alerts and navigation services to determine response characteristics and provide relevant data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If telematics service testing is performed in physical vehicles on the road, then the service can be tested in real-world conditions, but the sample size is much smaller than will be actually utilized and implementation is difficult and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical vehicles (virtual vehicles) that replicate the telematics service functionality. These virtual vehicles are instantiated in a simulated environment, allowing multiple copies to be created simultaneously without the costs and limitations of physical vehicle deployment. The virtual vehicles maintain the same service logic and data structures as physical vehicles, enabling accurate testing at scale.
2Reliability
If telematics service testing is performed in physical vehicles, then real-world scenarios can be tested, but it is difficult and expensive to implement the service on even a small number of vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
Virtual vehicles are created as software-based replicas that eliminate the need for physical vehicle deployment. The virtualization approach copies only the necessary service logic and data structures, significantly reducing implementation costs while maintaining testing validity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical system of actual vehicles with a software-based simulation system. This substitution eliminates costs associated with vehicle acquisition, deployment, maintenance, and logistics, while preserving the ability to test telematics services through virtual instantiation and scenario simulation.
3Reliability
If telematics service testing is performed in physical vehicles, then actual service functionality can be verified, but it is difficult to simulate scenarios that could occur when the system is in full use
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual vehicle system dynamically configures service instances and simulates various operational scenarios that would be difficult or impossible to recreate with physical vehicles. The simulation environment can dynamically adjust parameters, create edge cases, and reproduce high-volume conditions without the constraints of physical resource availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows preliminary configuration and testing of service scenarios in the virtual environment before physical deployment. Virtual vehicles can be pre-configured with specific service logic, and failure scenarios can be safely simulated and resolved before affecting actual physical systems.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for providing a virtual vehicle fleet are provided. One embodiment of a method includes creating a virtual vehicle, where the virtual vehicle provides a telematics service and replicating the virtual vehicle to create the virtual vehicle fleet, where the virtual vehicle fleet includes a plurality of virtual vehicles. Some embodiments include simulating use of the telematics service by at least a portion of the virtual vehicle fleet, determining a response characteristic of the simulated telematics service used by the virtual vehicle fleet, and providing data related to the response characteristic for output.