Removable Cargo Cover Navigation Control With Route Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current navigation systems for goods transport vehicles lack real-time route modification capabilities and fail to secure cargo against theft or unauthorized access, as they do not allow for two-way communication between vehicles and remote sites, and lack effective monitoring of cargo volume and position.
Innovation Solution
A navigation and communication system that includes a vehicle control system with removable covering systems, enabling periodic comparison of cargo position, volume estimation, and two-way communication with a remote site for real-time route adjustments and cargo management, using a combination of position-identifying means, volume determining means, and remote processing for secure cargo handling and route optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional navigation systems are used with pre-planned routes, then route planning is simple and centralized, but real-time route modification and two-way communication between vehicle and remote site are not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation system is segmented into multiple independent components: a remote site for route planning, onboard navigation equipment for execution, and communication means for interaction. This segmentation allows the system to maintain simple pre-planned route functionality while adding real-time modification capabilities through the remote site's intervention, without requiring complete system redesign.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the vehicle transmits its current position and status to the remote site, and the remote site can send back route modifications. This two-way communication enables real-time route adaptation while maintaining the overall system architecture, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
2Reliability
If cargo monitoring systems are added to detect theft or unauthorized access, then cargo security is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The removable covering system's position detection mechanism serves multiple functions: it monitors both the cover's operational status (open/closed) and cargo security (unauthorized access). By making the monitoring system multi-functional, the patent improves cargo security without adding separate dedicated security devices, thus avoiding increased system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The covering system itself provides the monitoring function through its position-identifying means. The system uses its own operational components (the covering mechanism and its position sensors) to simultaneously perform both cargo protection and security monitoring, eliminating the need for separate complex security systems.
3Reliability
If the removable cover position is continuously monitored to detect unauthorized access, then cargo security is improved, but energy consumption and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs periodic position checks of the removable cover rather than continuous monitoring. The control system periodically compares the position signal with reference values to detect unauthorized access. This periodic action maintains security detection capability while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a system for controlling the navigation of a motor vehicle equipped with a covering system that can be removed depending on the cargo being transported, comprising a system for controlling a vehicle and a remote site, said control system comprising: a first comparison means capable of periodically comparing the positioning signal received from a means for identifying the position of the removable covering, with a value associated with a position of said removable covering; a control means capable of transmitting a volume request to a means for determining the volume that is being transported, and a position request to a positioning device, upon receiving a signal from said first comparison means; transmitting and receiving means capable of transmitting the volume and the position that have been determined to a remote site and capable of receiving at least one request to load said remote site, including at least one load position, load description and load volume; means for displaying the loading request; and a remote site that is equipped with processing and storing means, capable of receiving the volume and position of the vehicle as determined, of receiving at least one loading request for the vehicle, and of determining whether said vehicle can accept the loading request depending on the vehicle specifications, the vehicle position and the loading request.