Automatic Driving Vehicle Start Control for Service Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic driving vehicle systems face challenges in managing the service and charging of electric vehicles on travel routes, particularly in coordinating the operation of multiple vehicles and ensuring timely arrival and departure at stations without disrupting standard timetables.
Innovation Solution
An automatic driving vehicle system controlled by an operation management center, where vehicles can automatically start and stop based on pre-set schedules, allowing for operator input to initiate travel, and includes features like horn alerts for safety and automatic start mechanisms to maintain service timing, ensuring efficient operation and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic start mechanism is implemented to maintain service timing, then productivity is improved, but reliability may worsen due to potential safety issues without operator confirmation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically canceling the stop holding state and starting travel without operator confirmation when the predetermined time elapses. This preliminary automatic start action ensures that service timing is maintained while the predetermined time window provides a safety buffer for operator intervention if needed.
2Reliability
If operator input is required for start manipulation, then reliability is improved through safety confirmation, but productivity deteriorates due to waiting time for operator response
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically canceling the stop holding state and starting travel without operator confirmation when the predetermined time elapses. This preliminary automatic start action ensures that service timing is maintained while the predetermined time window provides a safety buffer for operator intervention if needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by monitoring whether the operator performs start manipulation within the predetermined time. The control unit receives information about operator input and automatically adjusts the start sequence accordingly, providing feedback loops that balance safety confirmation with timely service restoration.
3Productivity
If multiple automatic driving vehicles are operated on travel routes, then productivity is improved through increased service capacity, but device complexity worsens due to coordination and charging management
Solution Approach 1:
Each automatic driving vehicle is equipped with autonomous control capabilities that enable it to manage its own start/stop sequences, timing coordination, and charging schedule without requiring complex centralized control. The vehicle independently executes travel patterns and coordinates with the operation management center, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high service capacity.
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AI summary
An automatic driving vehicle is appropriately fielded into a travel route. Provided is an automatic driving vehicle that is controlled by an operation management center, and has an automatic mode to automatically travel along a set travel route. An input to shift to the automatic mode is performed by an operator, a travel start instruction is received from the operation management center, a state of waiting for a start manipulation by the operator is provided, and in the start manipulation waiting state, in a case where the start manipulation is performed and a case where the start manipulation is not performed and a predetermined time elapses, start is performed to start travel in the automatic mode.