Cloud-Based Fixed-Route CAVH Control With Lower On-Board Complexity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current approaches for implementing connected and automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems are hindered by the need for expensive and complex on-board systems, making widespread adoption challenging due to high costs and technical complexities.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based system design that provides sensing, prediction, control, security, and privacy services, interacting with various CAVH system components, utilizing analytic and optimization methods, cloud computing, security measures, and privacy protection to enable efficient, safe, and secure CAVH operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If expensive and complicated on-board systems are used for autonomous vehicles, then sensing and control functionalities are improved, but system cost and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts complex sensing, prediction, control, and security functionalities from the vehicle on-board systems and relocates them to a centralized cloud-based system. The vehicle retains only essential communication and execution components, while the cloud handles intensive processing tasks including environmental sensing data analysis, trajectory prediction, control command generation, and security monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a communication interface as an intermediary between the vehicle and the cloud-based system. This intermediary enables the vehicle to receive high-level control commands and send sensing data without requiring complex on-board processing, effectively decoupling the vehicle's hardware complexity from the system's functional capabilities.
2Reliability
If comprehensive sensing and control systems are implemented in vehicles, then safety and connectivity are improved, but implementation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple vehicle functions (sensing, prediction, control, security) into a single cloud-based platform that serves multiple vehicles simultaneously. This consolidation allows shared infrastructure and resources to provide comprehensive safety and connectivity features at a lower per-vehicle cost compared to implementing identical systems in each vehicle.
3Ease of manufacture
If cloud-based services are implemented for CAVH systems, then system cost is reduced and accessibility is improved, but data security and privacy protection challenges arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces multiple intermediary layers including authentication services, encryption mechanisms, and secure communication protocols between the cloud system and vehicles. These intermediaries protect sensitive data during transmission and storage while maintaining the cost-effectiveness of cloud-based deployment.
4Productivity
If centralized cloud control is used for multiple vehicles, then coordination and efficiency are improved, but system vulnerability to cyber attacks increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements prior cushioning through preventive security measures including authentication services that verify vehicle identities before granting access, encryption protocols that protect data in transit, and intrusion detection systems that monitor for suspicious activities. These pre-established protective layers cushion the centralized control system against potential cyber attacks while maintaining coordination efficiency.
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AI summary
This technology describes one type of CAVH services focusing on fixed-route trips such as commuting, shopping, school, and other trips that users previously travel recurrently and frequently. The technology describes the system architecture of the proposed fixed-route services. The technology includes methods of calibrating, providing, and optimizing the functionalities of such fixed-route services. The detailed methods are proposed for pre-trip, enroute, trip chaining, and post-trip operations, the cyber-physical security, and privacy protection for the users and participating vehicles.