Autonomous Vehicle Lane Change Testing on Standardized Test Roads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current autonomous vehicle lane change tests lack standardization and realism, often relying on theoretical simulations that fail to accurately represent real-world driving conditions, posing safety risks when conducted on actual roads.
Innovation Solution
A lane change monitoring system that simulates real driving environments, using a test road with multiple lanes, warning lines, and adjustment areas, along with a reference vehicle and control platform to evaluate the performance of autonomous vehicles through overtaking, merging, and parking tests, ensuring safety and accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If theoretical simulation tests are used for autonomous vehicle lane change capability, then test efficiency is improved, but test accuracy and realism deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a physical test environment that copies real road conditions, including multiple lanes with warning lines, adjustment areas, and actual traffic scenarios. This physical copy allows autonomous vehicles to be tested in conditions that closely resemble real-world driving, thereby improving test accuracy while maintaining controlled test efficiency through standardized track designs.
2Measurement precision
If real road tests are conducted for autonomous vehicle performance validation, then test accuracy is improved, but safety risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dedicated test road as an intermediary environment between theoretical simulation and real road testing. This intermediate physical test track provides a controlled setting with standardized lanes, warning lines, and adjustment areas that simulate real driving conditions without the full risks of public roads, thereby maintaining test accuracy while reducing safety risks.
Solution Approach 2:
The test road design includes preparation areas and adjustment zones that allow autonomous vehicles to be properly configured and tested before entering more challenging test sections. This progressive testing approach cushions against potential failures by ensuring vehicles are adequately prepared and monitored throughout the testing process.
3Reliability
If standardized test roads with multiple test areas are implemented, then test reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The test road is segmented into distinct functional areas including preparation areas, adjustment areas, and multiple test sections with specific purposes such as lane change testing, overtaking testing, and merging testing. This segmentation allows each area to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall system reliability through standardized designs that can be replicated and managed systematically.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an autonomous vehicle lane change monitoring method and lane change monitoring system, wherein the lane change monitoring system comprises at least a reference vehicle, a test road, a network communication device, and a control platform, wherein the reference vehicle and the to-be-tested vehicle traveling on the test road, wherein the control platform sends a control instruction to the reference vehicle and the to-be-tested vehicle through the network communication device for the to-be-tested vehicle to change lane on the test road when appropriate, the driving data of the to-be-tested vehicle is transmitted to the control platform through the network communication device, so as for the control platform to evaluate the lane change performance of the to-be-tested vehicle based on the driving data.