Driver Assistance Feedback Using Automated Control Comparison

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing driver feedback systems rely on past travel records, which may not provide optimal feedback, especially when few records are available, leading to reduced validity.

Innovation Solution

A driver assistance system that provides feedback based on the current state of the vehicle, comparing driver operations with automated driving control content to offer timely and accurate guidance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If feedback is provided based on past travel records, then driver training can be performed using accumulated data, but the validity of feedback decreases when few travel records are available

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefeedback validityVSAvoidtravel record accumulation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an automated driving control content as an intermediary reference standard. Instead of directly comparing driver operations with past travel records, the system generates optimal control content based on current vehicle state and environment, then uses this as a mediator to evaluate and provide feedback on driver operations. This resolves the contradiction by providing a reliable feedback basis that does not depend on the quantity of accumulated travel records.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the reference parameter from historical travel records to real-time automated driving control content. By generating optimal control parameters based on current vehicle state, surrounding environment, and map information, the system transforms the feedback basis from static historical data to dynamic optimal control parameters, ensuring feedback validity regardless of travel record accumulation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If feedback is provided based on current vehicle state through automated driving control comparison, then appropriate feedback can be provided without depending on travel records, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefeedback appropriatenessVSAvoidcontrol system structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control device performs multiple functions: it generates automated driving control content based on current vehicle state and environment, compares this with actual driver operations, and provides feedback guidance. By making the control device multi-functional, the system achieves reliable feedback without travel records while avoiding the need for separate complex subsystems, thus managing system complexity effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a closed-loop feedback mechanism where the control device continuously monitors driver operations, compares them with generated automated driving control content, and provides guidance feedback. This feedback loop enables appropriate feedback based on current vehicle state while integrating the complexity into a unified control process rather than requiring separate independent systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20250276711A1Driver assistance system
Publication Date: 2025.09.04 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

The driver assistance system acquires the vehicle control content in a case where it is assumed that the automated driving control is performed during the manual driving of the vehicle by the driver. The driver assistance system acquires the driver operation content, which is the content of the driving operation of the vehicle by the driver, during the manual driving of the vehicle by the driver. The driver assistance system notifies the driver of feedback related to the driving operation on the basis of a result of the comparison between the vehicle control content and the driver operation content.