Autonomous Vehicle Ship Loading Using Dock-to-Ship Path Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current shipping processes involving autonomous driving vehicles require human intervention for loading and unloading vehicles onto ships, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
An automatic shipping apparatus and method using an autonomous driving vehicle that calculates and transmits driving paths to autonomously move vehicles from a factory to a loading dock, through a waiting area, and onto a ship, utilizing a database for traffic information and communication modules to coordinate vehicle movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If human driving is used for vehicle loading and unloading processes, then operational flexibility and safety can be maintained, but labor costs increase and shipping efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous driving vehicle performs vehicle loading and unloading operations independently without human intervention. The vehicle autonomously navigates to the loading dock, positions itself, and completes the shipping process, allowing the system to serve itself and eliminate the need for human operators in these routine tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces human mechanical driving operations with an automated autonomous driving system that uses sensors, processors, and control algorithms to perform vehicle transportation and positioning tasks, thereby substituting human labor with an automated mechanical-intelligence system.
2Loss of time
If multiple human operators are involved in vehicle loading processes, then complex maneuvers can be performed, but labor costs and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous vehicle independently handles complex loading maneuvers by using its onboard navigation system to calculate optimal paths, avoid obstacles, and position itself accurately at the loading dock, eliminating the need for multiple human operators to coordinate these operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The autonomous driving system continuously receives feedback from sensors about the vehicle's position, surrounding environment, and loading dock status, allowing it to dynamically adjust its driving path and positioning in real-time to complete loading operations efficiently and safely.
3Measurement precision
If manual vehicle positioning is used at the loading dock, then adaptability to different ship configurations is achieved, but positioning precision and speed decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual positioning with an autonomous positioning system that uses GPS, sensors, and onboard computers to automatically determine the vehicle's location and adjust its position with high precision at the loading dock, eliminating human error and improving positioning accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning system continuously monitors the vehicle's location using multiple sensors and provides real-time feedback to the control system, enabling precise adjustments to be made automatically to achieve accurate positioning at the loading dock regardless of ship configuration variations.
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AI summary
An automatic shipping method and apparatus using an autonomous driving vehicle are disclosure. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and apparatus for providing automatic shipping by using an autonomous driving vehicle, which are applied to the technical field of moving a vehicle first to a vehicle loading dock and then to a loading location on a ship, and fixing the vehicle to the ship, so that a vehicle is automatically loaded onto a ship by autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the map of a loading dock and the ship, and destination information.