Motorcycle Distance Control Triggered by Rider Input State
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing safety systems for saddled vehicles do not effectively manage distance control based on the rider's intentions, potentially leading to unsafe situations, especially when interacting with target vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A controller and control method that execute distance control between a saddled vehicle and a target vehicle based on surrounding environment information, initiated by the rider's operation of an operation unit to change its state and terminated when returned to the reference state, allowing for precise control aligned with the rider's intentions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If distance control is automatically executed without rider input, then collision prevention is improved, but rider intent alignment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of the rider's operation state change before executing distance control. When the operation unit transitions from reference state to different state, the control section preps to initiate distance control, ensuring the system acts only when the rider intends it, thus aligning with rider intent while maintaining safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the operation unit's state and provides feedback control. When the rider returns the operation unit to the reference state, the control section detects this change and terminates distance control. This feedback mechanism ensures the system responds to rider intent in real-time, resolving the contradiction between automatic safety and rider control alignment.
2Reliability
If distance control is continuously monitored, then safety is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control section autonomously monitors the operation unit's state changes and automatically initiates or terminates distance control based on detected transitions. The system serves itself by self-monitoring and self-adjusting without requiring additional complex control architectures, achieving safety through simple state-change detection and automatic response.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a controller and a control method appropriately improving safety of a saddled vehicle.According to the controller and the control method according to the present disclosure, a controller maneuvers a saddled vehicle (100) and has a control section. The control section executes a distance control in which a distance between the saddled vehicle (100) and a target vehicle is controlled based on surrounding environment information of the saddled vehicle (100). The control section initiates the distance control according to a first operation in which a rider of the saddled vehicle (100) operates an operation unit (2R) to change a reference state of the operation unit (2R) to a different state that is different from the reference state. The control section terminates the distance control according to a second operation in which the rider returns the operation unit (2R) to the reference state during execution of the distance control.