Autonomous Vehicle Usage Evaluation via Trip, Power, and Driver Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is currently no technology to effectively evaluate vehicles in automatic driving mode, making it difficult to timely and intuitively assess the overall situation, which hinders management and usage optimization.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for evaluating vehicles in automatic driving mode by analyzing driving information, including trip information, power consumption, and driver state, using in-vehicle cameras, driving computers, and GPS systems to determine usage situations such as time saving, power consumption saving, and driver relax degree, and presenting the results to users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If no evaluation technology is implemented for automatic driving mode, then the system remains simple and uncomplexed, but the ability to assess vehicle usage situation, time saving, power consumption saving, and driver state is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle usage situation informationVSAvoidevaluation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The evaluation system integrates multiple evaluation functions into a single comprehensive platform that simultaneously assesses vehicle usage situation, time saving, power consumption saving, and driver state. The processing module performs diverse evaluation tasks using unified data from sensors, cameras, and vehicle systems, making the system multi-functional rather than requiring separate specialized systems for each evaluation aspect.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The evaluation system is divided into distinct functional modules: data acquisition module that collects information from various sources, processing module that performs specific evaluations, and output module that presents results. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific tasks independently, making the overall complex system manageable and maintainable while still providing comprehensive evaluation capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive driving information is collected and analyzed, then the evaluation accuracy and completeness is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data processing and filtering during the data acquisition phase, preparing information in advance for the evaluation phase. By pre-processing data from sensors and cameras, organizing it into relevant categories, and filtering out unnecessary information beforehand, the system reduces the computational burden during actual evaluation, thus maintaining high accuracy while reducing processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The evaluation system focuses on evaluating only the most critical aspects of vehicle operation and driver state that are essential for safety and efficiency. Rather than attempting to analyze every single data point with equal depth, the system applies partial evaluation to less critical parameters while performing more detailed analysis on key metrics such as driver fatigue indicators and immediate safety concerns, thus balancing accuracy with processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP3647147B1Method and apparatus for eveluating vehicle, device and computer readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.12.27 APOLLO INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY (BEIJING) TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and an apparatus for evaluating a vehicle, a device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining driving information of the vehicle in an automatic driving mode, the driving information including at least one of trip information, power consumption information and driver state of the vehicle in the automatic driving mode; determining usage situation of the vehicle in the automatic driving mode based on the driving information; and providing the usage situation of the vehicle.