Acceleration Booster System for Driver Response Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
Driver inattentiveness due to distractions leads to delayed response times and potential accidents, as drivers may not promptly react to traffic signals or changes, causing delays for other vehicles.
Innovation Solution
An acceleration boosting system that uses sensors and communication devices to detect when a driver should accelerate, providing a boosted energy output to the vehicle's motor or generator, ensuring timely acceleration and maintaining driver attention through a sudden burst of speed when the accelerator pedal is depressed within a threshold time limit of a traffic signal change or other acceleration events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If a driver uses communication devices, navigation units, or sensors to obtain acceleration information, then the driver's response time and attentiveness are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic control unit serves multiple functions: it processes acceleration information from various sources (sensors, communication devices, navigation units), monitors accelerator pedal position, determines timing conditions, and controls energy conversion. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single control unit, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining improved response time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple information sources (communication devices, navigation units, sensors) and their processing functions into a single electronic control unit that integrates data from all sources to make acceleration decisions. This merging approach reduces the number of separate components and simplifies the system architecture while preserving the benefits of multiple information sources
2Speed
If the system provides boosted acceleration by converting additional energy, then the vehicle acceleration speed is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-conditions energy sources (battery, capacitor, flywheel) during normal operation to store energy in advance. When acceleration is needed, this pre-stored energy is immediately deployed, allowing rapid acceleration without requiring continuous high energy input. This preliminary energy storage enables speed enhancement while managing overall energy consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses periodic or pulsed energy release from stored energy sources rather than continuous energy input. The electronic control unit activates additional energy conversion in discrete bursts corresponding to acceleration events, rather than maintaining constant high energy conversion. This periodic action provides enhanced acceleration speed while reducing average energy consumption compared to continuous operation
3Measurement precision
If the system monitors accelerator pedal depression timing, then the precision of acceleration control is improved, but the measurement complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The accelerator pedal sensor system is integrated into the existing vehicle control architecture, where the same sensor that monitors pedal position for normal cruise control purposes also provides timing data for the acceleration boost system. The electronic control unit, which already processes pedal position data for standard vehicle operation, now additionally uses this data to determine acceleration timing. This self-service approach enables precise timing measurement without adding dedicated sensors or complex measurement systems
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enhances driver attentiveness by providing a sense of exhilaration and reducing response times, improving traffic flow by allowing the vehicle to accelerate ahead of others, while automatically disabling boosts in hazardous conditions, and reducing travel time.
Implementation Method 1
The acceleration boosting system includes a battery for storing electrical energy including a reserve of the electrical energy for boosting
Implementation Method 2
The acceleration boosting system may include a turbocharger that is configured to boost a power output of an engine or a motor of the vehicle
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing an acceleration boost. The acceleration boosting system provides or outputs a boosted acceleration. The acceleration boosting system includes a communication device, a navigation unit or a first sensor that is configured to obtain acceleration information. The acceleration boosting system includes a second sensor that is configured to detect or measure an applied force of an accelerator pedal. The applied force corresponds to a first amount of energy that is used to power or propel the vehicle. The acceleration boosting system includes an electronic control unit that is configured to determine that the acceleration information indicates that a driver should accelerate. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the accelerator pedal is depressed within a threshold time limit of the indication and cause a second amount of energy to be converted to move or propel multiple wheels.