Autonomous Driving Privacy Mode for Restricted Motorable Spaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing autonomous driving technologies face challenges in securely performing autonomous driving in restricted motorable spaces due to concerns over unauthorized storage and use of environmental data, raising security and ethical issues.

Innovation Solution

An autonomous driving apparatus and method that determines whether a privacy mode pilot is allowed before entering a restricted space, controls data storage based on permissions, and stores sensitive data in protected memory areas, ensuring secure and ethical data handling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If autonomous vehicle scans and stores environment in digital format for autonomous parking and driving, then autonomous driving function is improved, but security and ethical concerns arise due to unauthorized storage of environmental information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautonomous driving functionVSAvoidsecurity risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by determining privacy mode pilot allowance and data storage permission before the autonomous vehicle enters the restricted space. The controller checks whether privacy mode pilot is allowed and whether storage of data is allowed before actually scanning and storing environmental data, preventing unauthorized data collection in advance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The controller acts as an intermediary between the autonomous driving system and the restricted space environment. It mediates data storage by checking permission flags and determining whether to allow scanning and storage of environmental information, thus controlling the flow of data between the vehicle system and external environment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If autonomous vehicle collects and stores sensor data from restricted space, then driving accuracy is improved, but personal information protection is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving accuracyVSAvoidpersonal information protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different quality rules to different types of data. Environmental data relevant to autonomous driving (road geometry, obstacles) is stored when permitted, while personal information (privacy-sensitive data) is protected by checking privacy mode pilot allowance before storage. The controller selectively stores data based on its sensitivity and relevance to driving functions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If autonomous vehicle enters restricted motorable space without permission checks, then productivity is improved, but reliability decreases due to unauthorized operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving efficiencyVSAvoidauthorization compliance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary authorization checks before executing autonomous driving operations in restricted spaces. The controller determines whether privacy mode pilot is allowed and whether data storage is permitted before the vehicle enters the restricted space, ensuring compliance with authorization requirements while maintaining driving efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4400996B1Autonomous driving apparatus and method at restricted motarable space
Publication Date: 2026.03.04 HYUNDAI MOBIS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is an autonomous driving apparatus and method at a restricted motarable space. The autonomous driving method includes a step in which, before an autonomous vehicle enters a restricted motarable space, a controller of the autonomous vehicle determines whether a privacy mode pilot is allowed, a step in which, when the privacy mode pilot is allowed, the controller perceives a surrounding environment so that autonomous driving is performed at the restricted motarable space, a step in which the controller determines whether storage of data related to the restricted motarable space is allowed, and a step in which, when the storage of the data is allowed, the controller stores the data related to the restricted motarable space.