Adaptive Deceleration Assistance Leveling From Weak Driver Inputs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle deceleration assistance systems fail to appropriately adjust the assistance level based on driver feedback, leading to excessive deceleration feelings when drivers perform weak acceleration or deceleration operations, affecting driver convenience.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle deceleration assistance apparatus that adjusts the assistance level by proposing or autonomously decreasing it when weak acceleration or deceleration operations are performed a certain number of times, using different conditions based on the execution of deceleration assistance control and the detection of a deceleration target.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the deceleration assistance control executes with a high assistance level, then the deceleration support for the vehicle is improved, but the driver may feel that the assistance level is excessive when performing weak acceleration or deceleration operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system monitors driver operations (acceleration/deceleration requests) and uses this feedback to determine whether to propose or autonomously decrease the assistance level. When weak operations are detected a predetermined number of times, the system interprets this as feedback that the current assistance level is excessive and adjusts accordingly.
Solution Approach 2:
The assistance level is made dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. The system can switch between different assistance levels (first assistance level and second assistance level) based on detected driver behavior patterns, allowing the assistance characteristic to adapt to actual driver needs.
2Device complexity
If the assistance level is fixed, then the system complexity is reduced, but the driver convenience is decreased when the assistance level does not match driver preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically adjusts the assistance level based on detected driver behavior patterns without requiring manual driver input or configuration. The electronic control unit autonomously determines when to propose or decrease the assistance level based on predetermined operation conditions, making the system self-adjusting to driver preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the assistance level parameter (from first assistance level to second assistance level) based on detected operation patterns. This allows the system to adapt to different driver preferences and conditions while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
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AI summary
A vehicle deceleration assistance apparatus proposes a decrease of an assistance level by a deceleration assistance control to an operator or autonomously decreases the assistance level when a weak acceleration or deceleration operation is carried out a predetermined weak acceleration or deceleration operation number of times or more. The weak acceleration operation is an acceleration operation satisfying a predetermined acceleration operation condition that the acceleration operation having an acceleration operation degree equal to or smaller than a predetermined acceleration operation degree, continues being carried out for a predetermined acceleration operation period of time. The weak deceleration operation is a deceleration operation satisfying a predetermined deceleration operation condition that the deceleration operation having a deceleration operation degree equal to or smaller than a predetermined deceleration operation degree, continues being carried out for a predetermined deceleration operation period of time.