Vehicle Driving Assist Sensor Malfunction Display Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle driving assist systems fail to inform drivers effectively about sensor malfunctions, leading to confusion about which systems are operable and inoperable, resulting in inefficient use of available driving assist features.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle driving assist apparatus equipped with an electronic control unit that determines sensor malfunctions and displays a list of operable and inoperable driving assist systems, allowing drivers to easily identify which systems can assist their driving operations even when some sensors fail.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the malfunction display apparatus displays marks specifying only malfunctioning driving assist systems, then the driver can identify malfunctioning systems, but the driver cannot easily realize which driving assist systems are operable and which are inoperable
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple regions: a first display region showing malfunctioning driving assist systems and a second display region showing operable driving assist systems. This segmentation allows the driver to simultaneously view both malfunctioning and operable systems, resolving the contradiction between identifying malfunctions and understanding overall system status.
2Loss of information
If the system displays only malfunctioning driving assist systems, then the malfunction information is accurate, but the driver cannot effectively use the driving assist systems because they cannot identify which systems are still operable
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus divides information into two segments: malfunctioning systems in the first region and operable systems in the second region. This ensures complete information is provided while enabling the driver to effectively identify and use operable systems, thus maintaining both information completeness and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display apparatus acts as an intermediary that translates complex sensor malfunction data into clear, actionable information for the driver. By showing both malfunctioning and operable systems, it mediates between the technical reality of partial sensor failure and the driver's need for clear operational guidance.
3Reliability
If the system informs the driver that surrounding sensors malfunction, then the driver realizes sensor issues, but the driver cannot determine which specific driving assist systems can still assist driving operations
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus segments information to show not only malfunctioning driving assist systems but also operable ones in a separate region. This segmentation ensures that accurate sensor status information is provided while simultaneously preserving information about which systems remain functional, preventing information loss.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle driving assist apparatus has surrounding sensors which detect vehicle surrounding situations and driving assist systems which assist a driving operation of a driver, based on the vehicle surrounding situations. The vehicle driving assist apparatus determine whether the surrounding sensors malfunction. When the at least one electronic control unit determines that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions, the vehicle driving assist apparatus determine operable driving assist systems and inoperable driving assist systems, and causes a display device to display both of a display indicating that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions and a display indicating a list of the operable driving assist systems and the inoperable driving assist systems in a manner that the driver can realize which driving assist systems are operable and which driving assist systems are inoperable.