Lean Vehicle Side Case Detection for Rider Assistance Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional controllers for lean vehicles cannot acquire information on attached side cases, making it difficult to execute appropriate assistance operations.
Innovation Solution
A controller for lean vehicles that acquires side case information using environment sensors and executes assistance operations based on this information, including notification and behavior control for the rider.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional controllers are used for lean vehicles, then the control system is simple, but the controller cannot acquire information on side cases making assistance operation inappropriate
Solution Approach 1:
The environment information detection system, originally designed for general obstacle detection, is extended to detect side cases by mounting sensors (cameras, LIDAR, ultrasonic sensors) that can identify both road obstacles and side cases attached to the vehicle, making the system multi-functional
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary that receives detection results from the environment information detection system, processes side case information, and generates appropriate assistance operations based on the detected side case presence and position
2Loss of information
If environment sensors are added to detect side cases, then side case information can be acquired, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The environment information detection system performs dual functions: detecting road obstacles and detecting side cases attached to the vehicle, eliminating the need for separate dedicated side case sensors and reducing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The side case detection functionality is merged with the existing environment information detection system by utilizing the same sensors (cameras, LIDAR, ultrasonic sensors) and processing infrastructure already present in the vehicle
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with a rider.An acquisition section of a controller (20) for a lean vehicle (100) acquires side case information as information on a side case (60) that is attached to the lean vehicle (100) and constitutes a part of the lean vehicle (100) on the basis of output of an environment information detection system (11) that includes at least one environment sensor (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) that is mounted to the lean vehicle (100), and detects information on an object located around the lean vehicle (100), and an execution section of the controller (20) executes assistance operation for a rider (200) of the lean vehicle (100) on the basis of the side case information.