Vehicle Lane-Change Steering Control Without High-Accuracy Positioning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing lane-changing control methods for vehicles rely on high-accuracy locating systems, which increase costs and resource usage due to the need for frequent real-time position calculations and high operational demands on controllers.

Innovation Solution

A method and device for controlling lane changes using speed parameters to determine controlling coefficients, acquiring position-deviation and heading-angle parameters, and adjusting steering-wheel angles to facilitate lane changes without relying on high-accuracy locating systems, utilizing proportional-differential and proportional control algorithms.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a high-accuracy locating system is used for lane-changing control, then the lane-changing accuracy is improved, but the system cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelane-changing accuracyVSAvoidsystem cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces expensive high-accuracy locating systems with cheaper, more common sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, odometers) that are already present in most vehicles. These standard sensors are used in combination with a specifically designed controller to achieve lane-changing control without requiring costly specialized locating equipment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a virtual model of the vehicle's motion state by processing data from standard sensors through the controller. Instead of directly using high-accuracy locating data, the system copies the necessary position and orientation information by calculating it from accelerometer, gyroscope, and odometer data, achieving similar control functionality with cheaper components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Measurement precision

If real-time position calculation is performed frequently, then the lane-changing control precision is improved, but the controller resource occupation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol precisionVSAvoidcontroller resource occupation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-calculates and stores motion parameter relationships in the controller during system setup or calibration phases. By preparing lookup tables or pre-computed parameters beforehand, the system reduces the need for complex real-time calculations during actual lane-changing operations, thereby lowering continuous resource consumption while maintaining control precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements adaptive calculation frequency based on vehicle state. The controller adjusts the frequency of position calculations dynamically - performing more frequent calculations when the vehicle is in critical lane-changing phases and reducing frequency during stable states. This dynamic approach maintains necessary control precision while optimizing resource usage by avoiding unnecessary frequent calculations during steady conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11919518B2Vehicle lane change control method and device
Publication Date: 2024.03.05 GREAT WALL MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for controlling lane changing of a vehicle, including: receiving a lane changing instruction (step 101); acquiring a speed parameter of the vehicle (step 102); according to the speed parameter, determining a controlling coefficient of a predetermined controller (step 103); acquiring a position-deviation parameter and a heading-angle parameter of the vehicle; if the position-deviation parameter is greater than or equal to a first threshold, or, if the heading-angle parameter is greater than or equal to a second threshold, according to the controlling coefficient, the position-deviation parameter and the heading-angle parameter, determining a target steering-wheel steering angle of the vehicle; and according to the target steering-wheel steering angle, controlling the vehicle to perform a lane changing operation, till the position-deviation parameter is less than the first threshold, and the heading-angle parameter is less than the second threshold (step 105). The cost of the vehicle lane changing is greatly reduced.