Driver Assistance Package Segmentation for System Complexity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Driver assistance systems often overwhelm users with numerous functions, leading to a lack of transparency and difficulty in navigating the available features, especially when system limitations are reached.
Innovation Solution
A method that organizes driver assistance functions into packages with varying levels of support and system limits, allowing drivers to select and switch between these packages based on their needs, with options determined by environment detection and degree of support, enabling seamless transitions and adaptations during driving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple driver assistance functions are provided to improve support capability, then the system becomes more complex and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The driver assistance system is segmented into multiple independent packages, each containing a specific set of functions. Drivers can select and activate only the packages they need, transforming a complex monolithic system into manageable, selectable modules. This segmentation reduces the perceived complexity while maintaining full functional versatility.
2Reliability
If comprehensive driver assistance functions are provided to improve safety and comfort, then transparency and ease of operation decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts its functionality by allowing drivers to activate or deactivate specific packages based on current driving conditions and personal preferences. This dynamic configuration enables the system to provide comprehensive safety support when needed while maintaining simplicity and transparency when full functionality is not required.
3Ease of operation
If the system provides predetermined functions to simplify operation, then adaptability to different driving situations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Each driver assistance package is designed as a universal module that can be independently activated or deactivated. The packages contain standardized interfaces and functions that work across different driving situations, allowing the system to provide both simplified operation (through selective activation) and high adaptability (through combination of multiple universal packages).
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AI summary
A driver assistance system having a predefined number of driver assistance functions has a device for defining, storing and implementing a predefined number of driver assistance packages, wherein each driver assistance package comprises one or more driver assistance functions and each driver assistance package has a predetermined functional scope.