Driving Assistance Control Using Stored Driver Preference

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle control systems frequently require drivers to perform repetitive selection operations when deciding whether to engage or disengage driving assistance functions, leading to user annoyance.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle control system that stores the driver's most recent selection regarding the use of driving assistance functions and automatically activates or deactivates these functions based on predefined conditions without requiring further input from the driver, reducing the need for repetitive inquiries.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the system frequently inquires the driver for selection operations, then the driver's intentions can be accurately captured, but the driver feels irksome and annoyed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of capturing driver intentionVSAvoiddriver annoyance
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by storing the driver's most recent selection result before the operation condition is satisfied. When the operation condition becomes satisfied, the system refers to this pre-stored selection result to determine whether to operate the driving assistance control function, thereby avoiding the need to frequently inquire the driver and reducing driver annoyance while still capturing driver intentions accurately.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the system simplifies operations by reducing inquiries, then driver annoyance is reduced, but the system may not accurately reflect driver intentions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver annoyanceVSAvoidaccuracy of capturing driver intention
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by storing the driver's selection result and using it to automatically determine whether to operate the driving assistance control function when the operation condition is satisfied. This feedback mechanism ensures that the system accurately reflects driver intentions by basing its decisions on the driver's most recent selection, while simultaneously reducing driver annoyance by minimizing frequent inquiries.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If the system automatically operates the function based on stored selection, then the number of driver operations is reduced, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by storing the driver's most recent selection result before the operation condition is satisfied. When the operation condition becomes satisfied, the system refers to this pre-stored selection result to determine whether to operate the driving assistance control function, thereby avoiding the need to frequently inquire the driver and reducing driver annoyance while still capturing driver intentions accurately.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12612072B2Vehicle control system
Publication Date: 2026.04.28 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

The vehicle control system stores the latest selection result of the driver regarding whether or not to use the driving assistance control function in the storage device. When the operation condition of the driving assistance control function is satisfied, the vehicle control system activates the driving assistance control function without inquiring the driver whether to use the driving assistance control function when the latest selection result is to use the driving assistance control function. When the operation condition of the driving assistance control function is satisfied, the vehicle control system does not operate the driving assistance control function without inquiring the driver whether to use the driving assistance control function when the latest selection result is that the driving assistance control function is not used.