Automatic Drive Control Device Attention Guidance for Mode Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic drive control devices do not adequately ensure driver attentiveness when switching from automatic driving to manual driving, as they do not account for the driver's state of readiness, leading to potential safety risks due to declining attentiveness.
Innovation Solution
An automatic drive control device with a peripheral situation recognition section, an information notification section, and an automatic drive control section that provides enhanced driving support by recognizing peripheral situations and notifying the driver through attention-calling mechanisms, ensuring safe switching from automatic to manual driving mode.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If the system switches to manual driving upon detecting driver touch on steering wheel, then the switching response speed is improved, but the driver safety is worsened due to potential inattentive state
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by providing visual attention guidance before the driver needs to take over control. The attention guidance display shows information about peripheral situations (pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles) in advance, allowing the driver to mentally prepare and assess the situation before manual driving becomes necessary, thus bridging the attention gap during mode transition
Solution Approach 2:
The attention guidance display acts as an intermediary between the automatic driving system and the driver. It mediates the transition by providing synthesized visual information about the peripheral situation, helping the driver re-engage with the driving context without requiring immediate full attention, thus safely bridging the gap during mode switching
2Reliability
If the system provides continuous attention guidance during manual driving, then the driver attentiveness is improved, but the information notification complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing attention guidance selectively rather than continuously. The guidance is activated specifically when mode switching from automatic to manual driving is detected, and is localized to relevant peripheral situations (pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles) rather than providing all possible information, thus maintaining simplicity while improving attentiveness when needed
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses partial action by providing only the necessary attention guidance information during mode transition, rather than continuous comprehensive notifications. The attention guidance displays selected peripheral objects that are most relevant to current driving safety, avoiding information overload while ensuring driver awareness during the critical transition period
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AI summary
With conventional automatic drive control, no consideration is given to whether the driver is in a condition to be able to drive the vehicle properly when automatic driving is cancelled. Accordingly, an automatic drive control device is switchable between a manual driving mode in which driving operation by the driver of the vehicle is required, and an automatic driving mode in which driving operation by the driver of the vehicle is not required. The device is equipped with: a surrounding conditions recognition unit for recognizing surrounding conditions of the vehicle; an information notification unit for notifying the driver of the vehicle; and an automatic drive control unit for carrying out control of the vehicle in automatic driving mode, and controlling the information notification unit in such a way as to alert the driver of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding conditions recognized by the surrounding conditions recognition unit.