Autonomous Vehicle Emergency Navigation to Rescue Path
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle accident response systems, such as eCall, often result in delayed rescue vehicle arrival due to inefficiencies in navigating to the accident location, particularly in situations where the vehicle's state may affect its ability to autonomously guide itself.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that includes a communication device to transmit accident information to a server, a determination device to assess the vehicle's state for autonomous driving capability, and a driving controller to autonomously navigate the vehicle to the rescue vehicle's path, minimizing response time by selecting the most suitable location for meeting the rescue vehicle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the eCall system transmits accident location information to a rescue center, then the rescue center can be notified of the accident, but the arrival time of the rescue vehicle is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having the vehicle autonomously move toward the rescue vehicle's predicted location before the rescue vehicle arrives. The driving controller continuously monitors rescue vehicle position and adjusts the vehicle's path in advance, rather than waiting passively for rescue arrival.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary by receiving real-time location data from both the accident vehicle and rescue vehicle, calculating optimal meeting points, and transmitting this path information back to the vehicle's driving controller to coordinate their movements.
2Loss of time
If the vehicle autonomously drives to meet the rescue vehicle, then the response time is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The driving controller leverages existing autonomous driving components (sensors, processors, actuators) for a new emergency function. The same hardware used for normal autonomous navigation is repurposed to execute emergency meeting maneuvers, avoiding additional dedicated components.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle's own autonomous driving system serves the emergency response function. The driving controller uses the vehicle's existing capability to autonomously navigate and position itself, making the vehicle self-sufficient in the emergency situation without requiring external physical assistance.
3Loss of time
If the vehicle autonomously navigates to the rescue vehicle's path, then the meeting time is minimized, but the reliability of autonomous driving capability must be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The determination device performs preliminary assessment of autonomous driving capability before initiating the emergency meeting maneuver. It checks sensor functionality, communication status, and basic vehicle control systems in advance to ensure reliability before relying on autonomous navigation for emergency response.
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AI summary
An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a communication device transmitting information indicating that an event of the vehicle occurs to a server and receiving path information of a rescue vehicle associated with a location where the event occurs from the server, a determination device determining whether autonomous driving is possible based on state information of the vehicle if the event occurs, and a driving controller controlling the autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the path information of the rescue vehicle if the autonomous driving is possible.