Combinable Vehicle Controller for Connection Direction and Component Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current micro mobility vehicles lack effective systems for controlling and coordinating components, driving, and charging when combined with other vehicles, as well as ensuring safety during inter-vehicle connections.
Innovation Solution
A combinable and detachable vehicle system with front and rear connecting portions, monitoring portions, and a controller that determines the connection status and direction, controlling components and energy sharing between vehicles, and implementing safety measures to prevent collisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If micro mobility vehicles are designed for limited two-seat functionality, then the vehicle structure remains simple and easy to manufacture, but the vehicle cannot effectively coordinate components, driving, and charging when combined with other vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is designed to perform multiple functions: determining connection status, identifying connection direction, controlling component operations, and managing energy distribution. This multi-functional approach enables the vehicle to adapt to different combination scenarios (front or rear connection) without requiring separate specialized systems for each function, thereby improving versatility while managing complexity through integration
2Reliability
If the vehicle operates all monitoring and component systems continuously, then safety and functionality are maintained, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the operation of monitoring portions and components based on the detected connection status and direction. When another vehicle is connected, the controller selectively ends operations of monitoring portions and components at the connection end (front or rear), allowing the system to adapt its resource usage to current operational conditions, thereby maintaining safety where needed while reducing energy consumption
Data Source
AI summary
A combinable and detachable vehicle includes: a front connecting portion and a rear connecting portion provided at a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle, respectively, and connected to another vehicle when the vehicle is combined with the other vehicle; a front monitoring portion and a rear monitoring portion monitoring a forward area and a rearward area of the vehicle, respectively; and a controller determining whether the other vehicle is connected to the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion of the vehicle based on information received from the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion, or the front monitoring portion or the rear monitoring portion, and controlling whether to operate each of a front component and a rear component of the vehicle depending on a direction of the vehicle is connected to the other vehicle.