Vehicle Driving Mode Adjustment Using Shared Environment Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle technologies struggle to dynamically adjust driving modes based on real-time environmental conditions, particularly those that cannot be anticipated by the vehicle or driver alone.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that determine a vehicle's position, receive environment information from a remote computing unit based on the vehicle's location, and adjust the driving mode accordingly, utilizing data from other vehicles to predict environmental conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a vehicle uses only its own onboard sensors to detect environmental conditions, then it maintains system simplicity and independence, but it cannot anticipate environmental conditions beyond its immediate sensing range
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines data from multiple vehicles' sensors with the local vehicle's sensors, merging distributed sensing capabilities into a comprehensive environmental awareness system. This allows the vehicle to access information from other vehicles' sensors without each vehicle needing complex individual systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that collects, processes, and distributes environmental data from multiple vehicles. Instead of vehicles directly communicating complex sensor data, the server mediates by providing processed environmental condition predictions to individual vehicles.
2Reliability
If a vehicle relies solely on real-time onboard sensors, then it responds only to current conditions, but it cannot predict future environmental conditions ahead of time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and analyzing data from multiple vehicles to predict environmental conditions before the subject vehicle encounters them. This allows advance preparation and adjustment of driving modes before actual conditions are detected by onboard sensors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the environmental sensing task across multiple vehicles, with each vehicle contributing sensor data to a collective understanding of environmental conditions. This distributed segmentation enables broader spatial coverage and earlier detection of conditions.
3Loss of information
If multiple vehicles share sensor data through a remote computing unit, then environmental awareness is improved, but communication infrastructure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server provides universal functionality by serving multiple vehicles simultaneously, processing diverse sensor data types from different vehicles and providing customized environmental predictions to each. This multi-functional approach reduces per-vehicle complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the complex data processing and communication coordination functions from individual vehicles and places them in the external server. This extraction simplifies onboard vehicle systems while maintaining comprehensive environmental awareness.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method and device for adjusting a driving mode of a motor vehicle (100), the method comprising determining a position of a motor vehicle (100), receiving, from a remote computing unit (120), environment information based on the location of the motor vehicle (100), wherein the environment information (110, 111, 112, 113) originates from a vehicle (101) different from the motor vehicle (100), and adjusting a driving mode of the motor vehicle (100) based on the environment information.