Central Orchestration for Autonomous Vehicle Regulatory Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Autonomous vehicles face challenges in adapting to varying local regulations and requirements across different geographic areas, necessitating a centralized orchestration system to configure their operations effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a policy engine to process data from various sources, such as car data, weather, and traffic conditions, to generate vehicle-specific configuration commands, which are then sent to autonomous vehicles via a cellular communication network, allowing them to adjust their operational configurations to comply with local regulations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If autonomous vehicles are configured with fixed operational parameters for each jurisdiction, then compliance with local regulations is improved, but the complexity of managing multiple configuration sets increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically configures autonomous vehicles by receiving real-time location data and automatically applying the appropriate jurisdictional regulations from a database, transforming static configuration management into a dynamic, adaptive process that reduces manual complexity while maintaining compliance
Solution Approach 2:
A centralized configuration server acts as an intermediary between jurisdictional regulations and autonomous vehicles, managing the storage, retrieval, and distribution of configuration data, thereby simplifying the complexity burden from individual vehicle systems
2Adaptability or versatility
If autonomous vehicles continuously update their configuration via network connection, then adaptability to local regulations is improved, but operational reliability in areas with poor connectivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads jurisdictional regulation data into local memory of autonomous vehicles before they enter areas with poor connectivity, enabling them to operate reliably without continuous network access while maintaining the ability to adapt to local regulations
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements local caching of configuration data specific to each vehicle's expected operational area, allowing vehicles to maintain adaptability to local regulations through locally stored information rather than continuous network dependency
3Stability of the object's composition
If a centralized system manages all vehicle configurations, then consistency across the fleet is improved, but the system's complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized configuration system is segmented into modular components: a database storing jurisdictional regulations, a processing server that retrieves and applies appropriate configurations, and client interfaces for vehicle communication, reducing overall system complexity through functional decomposition
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AI summary
A system, a method, and a computer readable medium for communicating vehicle-specific policy to autonomous vehicles are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: storing, sensing and transmitting to the cellular communication network, data associated with autonomous vehicles; maintaining a set of rules for operational parameters of the autonomous vehicles, applying the data associated with the autonomous vehicles for each respective autonomous vehicle to the policy database, to yield a vehicle-specific configuration command; and generating a vehicle-specific configuration command to be sent to the respective autonomous vehicle, that when reaches the autonomous vehicle, configures the autonomous vehicles into one of a plurality of operational configurations.