Gesture-Based Vehicle Summoning for Narrow Parking Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
In narrow parking spaces, vehicle doors often collide with surrounding vehicles or walls when opened, leading to property damage and a poor user experience due to the limited space.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle summoning method that uses body movements to control the vehicle's movement, allowing it to travel out of the parking space and adjust its position based on the distance between the user and the vehicle, thereby avoiding collisions and improving user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the vehicle door is opened in a narrow parking space, then the user can access the vehicle, but the vehicle door collides with surrounding vehicles or walls causing property damage
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle automatically moves out of the narrow parking space before the user needs to open the door. The sensing system detects when the user approaches the vehicle, and the control system autonomously commands the vehicle to exit the parking area, creating sufficient space for safe door opening before the user attempts to access the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle performs the maneuver of exiting the narrow parking space autonomously without requiring external assistance. The sensing system detects the narrow space conditions and the user's presence, then the control system automatically executes the vehicle movement to resolve the space constraint, making the system self-sufficient in solving its own access problem.
2Productivity
If the vehicle remains stationary in the parking space, then the parking space utilization is maximized, but the user experience deteriorates due to inability to access the vehicle safely
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle transitions from a static parked state to a dynamic moving state automatically. The sensing system continuously monitors the environment and user presence, and when conditions indicate a need for access, the control system dynamically adjusts the vehicle's position by moving it out of the narrow parking space, enabling safe user access while maintaining high parking utilization when not in use.
3Ease of operation
If the vehicle automatically moves out upon detecting user presence, then user experience is improved, but energy consumption increases due to additional vehicle movement
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing system operates periodically to detect user presence rather than continuously, and the vehicle only executes movement when detection confirms user approach. This periodic monitoring approach reduces energy consumption compared to continuous operation, while still providing the convenient automatic summoning function when needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle summoning method may be applied to an intelligent vehicle. The vehicle summoning method includes obtaining, when a vehicle is in a parking state, identifier information of a person in a first range around the vehicle, and determining, when the identifier information of the person in the first range meets a preset condition, that the person who meets the preset condition is a target person. The method further includes obtaining a body movement of the target person and, when a first distance is less than a first threshold, controlling, based on the body movement, the vehicle to travel to a first location. The first distance is used to indicate a distance between the target person and the vehicle. According to the vehicle summoning method, a user can summon a vehicle by using a body movement, which improves user experience of the vehicle.