Autonomous Vehicle Human-Action Induction With Minimal Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Autonomous vehicles face challenges in coexisting and cooperating with people due to complex hardware and software requirements, particularly in establishing relationships and recognizing a wide variety of actions, which complicates their design and operation.
Innovation Solution
An autonomous vehicle equipped with an action-inducing device that includes an image-capturing device and an information presentation device, which captures users or individuals around the vehicle and presents action-inducing information to change their state or action, allowing for minimalistic hardware and software structures capable of recognizing specific actions, enabling coexistence and cooperation with people.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the autonomous vehicle has complex hardware and software structures to recognize a wide variety of actions, then the ability to coexist and cooperate with people is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential action recognition capability needed for coexistence with people, rather than implementing a comprehensive action recognition system. The image-capturing device captures images of people, and the control unit determines actions based on these images, presenting only action-inducing information for recognized actions. This selective approach reduces hardware and software complexity while maintaining the ability to coexist and cooperate with people.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having the autonomous vehicle recognize all possible actions and then select relevant ones, the system inverts the approach by capturing images and determining actions from these images, then presenting information only for the specific actions that need to be induced. This inversion reduces the complexity of the action recognition system while maintaining effectiveness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the autonomous vehicle uses comprehensive action recognition systems, then the interaction capability with people is improved, but the ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential components needed for interaction: an image-capturing device and a control unit that determines actions from captured images. This extracted minimal system is much easier to manufacture than comprehensive action recognition systems, while still providing effective interaction capability by presenting action-inducing information for recognized actions.
3Ease of manufacture
If the autonomous vehicle has minimal hardware and software structures, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the adaptability to recognize various actions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit serves multiple functions: it determines actions from captured images, decides what actions need to be induced, and presents action-inducing information. This multi-functional design allows the minimal hardware structure to maintain adequate adaptability for recognizing and responding to various actions while keeping the system easy to manufacture.
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AI summary
An autonomous vehicle that moves automatically without any driver's manipulation. The autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle body including a deck, and an action-inducing device for inducing an action of a person who is a user of the autonomous vehicle or a non-user around the autonomous vehicle. The action-inducing device including an image-capturing device for capturing the person, and an information presentation device for presenting action-inducing information, to thereby induce the person to take the action.