Driver-View Emulation for Low-Complexity Driving Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current driving simulators are expensive, complex, and cannot perfectly emulate real driving scenarios, limiting their effectiveness and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A driving emulation apparatus that includes a shooting device to capture the driver's view, sensor devices to monitor vehicle conditions, and a control apparatus to compare and display real-time driving outputs, allowing practitioners to emulate experienced drivers in a realistic and safe manner using affordable and connected devices like smartphones or tablets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional driving simulators are used to emulate real driving scenarios, then the emulation precision is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by capturing the actual view from the driver's perspective through shooting devices (cameras) mounted on the vehicle, and reproducing this view on display devices for practitioners. This optical copy approach replaces complex mechanical simulators, achieving realistic driving scenario emulation without the need for expensive and complex simulator hardware while maintaining high emulation precision
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical driving simulators with an electronic and optical system. Instead of using mechanical replicas of vehicles and controls, the invention uses shooting devices to capture visual information, transmission devices to send data, and display devices to present the driving scenario, thereby substituting a complex mechanical system with a simpler electronic-optical system that achieves the same emulation purpose
2Reliability
If traditional driving simulators are used to provide safe driving practice, then the safety is improved, but the cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
By creating visual copies of real driving scenarios through camera capture and display, the system allows practitioners to experience and practice driving in realistic conditions without physical risk. This copying approach maintains safety by eliminating the need for actual vehicle operation while using affordable electronic devices instead of expensive simulator hardware
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs inexpensive, readily available electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, or computers as display devices, and standard cameras as shooting devices. These cheap components replace expensive simulator equipment, achieving the same safety and training objectives at a fraction of the cost
3Productivity
If emulations with experienced drivers are used to train practitioners, then the training effectiveness is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures the actual driving view and conditions through shooting devices and transmits them to practitioners via transmission devices. This creates a direct visual copy of the experienced driver's perspective, allowing practitioners to observe and learn from real driving scenarios without requiring complex instructor systems or physical presence of experienced drivers
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces transmission devices (such as communication networks or data transmission systems) as intermediaries between the shooting devices on the vehicle and the display devices used by practitioners. This intermediary enables the transfer of driving scenario data, facilitating effective training while keeping the overall system simple and modular
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AI summary
An emulation apparatus (1) for driving a vehicle (5) driven by a driver and having control device (50), the emulation apparatus (1) including shooting device (20) to film the vehicle driver's view (5) and generate a shooting output, sensor device (21) to check the instantaneous vehicle's conditions (5) and generate a condition output, a control apparatus (22) having transmission device (23) to receive the shooting output and the condition output, at least one emulation device (3) to connect to the control apparatus (22) and including: display device (30) of the shooting output, control device (31) to emulate the vehicle control device (50) to allow a practitioner to emulate the vehicle driving (5), the control device (31) generating a practicing command output, the control apparatus (22) comparing the vehicle condition output (5) with the practicing command output and displaying on the display device (30) a comparison between said outputs.