Active Safety Control for Autonomous Driving Kit Abnormalities

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Solution Overview

Problem

Autonomous driving systems in vehicles cannot continue if an abnormality occurs in the autonomous driving kit, leading to safety concerns.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle equipped with an interface unit to communicate with the autonomous driving kit and an active safety device that acquires and evaluates surrounding and in-vehicle environment information to assess the driving performance of the kit, intervening in control operations if abnormalities are detected.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If autonomous driving control is implemented using a detachable autonomous driving kit, then ease of operation and adaptability are improved, but reliability deteriorates because autonomous driving cannot continue if an abnormality occurs in the kit

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidreliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The active safety device is configured to perform beforehand cushioning by acquiring surrounding environment information and in-vehicle environment information, evaluating driving performance of the autonomous driving kit based on this information, and preparing to intervene in control operations when abnormalities are detected. This ensures continuous safe operation even when the detachable autonomous driving kit experiences abnormalities, thus maintaining reliability while preserving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

2Reliability

If the active safety device continuously monitors and evaluates driving performance, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereliabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The active safety device implements feedback by acquiring surrounding environment information and in-vehicle environment information, evaluating driving performance of the autonomous driving kit based on this feedback information, and determining whether to intervene in control operations. This feedback mechanism improves reliability through continuous monitoring while managing device complexity through structured information processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20240286645A1vehicle
Publication Date: 2024.08.29 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

The vehicle includes an interface unit and an active safety device. The active safety device includes an acquisition unit that acquires at least one of surrounding environment information related to the surrounding environment of the vehicle and in-vehicle environment information related to the environment inside the vehicle. The active safety device includes a performance evaluation unit that evaluates the driving performance of the autonomous driving kit based on at least one of surrounding environment information and in-vehicle environment information.