Motorcycle Driving Mode Control for Assisted Safety Settings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing motorcycles lack a coordinated system for setting vehicle properties in conjunction with various driver assistance systems, particularly in assisted driving modes, which can compromise safety support.

Innovation Solution

A system with multiple detection units and a control unit to dynamically adjust vehicle properties based on selected driving modes and active assistance systems, ensuring enhanced safety support during assisted driving.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple driver assistance systems are integrated into motorcycles, then driving support functionality is improved, but coordination and safety support in assisted driving modes deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving support functionalityVSAvoidsafety support
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts vehicle properties and safety system settings based on the detected driving mode. When assisted driving mode is detected, the control unit automatically modifies settings of safety control systems to provide enhanced supporting effect, ensuring coordination between multiple driver assistance systems while maintaining adaptability to different driving conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The control unit changes parameters of safety control systems based on the detected driving mode. Specifically, when assisted driving mode is active, the system modifies operational parameters of safety systems to increase their supporting effect, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and reliability by parameter adaptation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If driving mode switch is added to adjust vehicle properties, then driving mode adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving mode adaptabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit serves multiple functions by detecting both the selected driving mode and the active assisted driving mode, then coordinating settings of multiple safety control systems based on this information. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated control units for each function, thereby managing device complexity while maintaining high adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If safety system support is increased in assisted driving mode, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety supportVSAvoiddriver control freedom
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides dynamic adjustment of safety system settings based on the detected driving mode. When assisted driving mode is detected, the control unit automatically enhances safety system support. This dynamic adaptation ensures high reliability when needed while maintaining ease of operation in manual modes, as the enhanced support is automatically activated only when the assisted driving mode is detected

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12397807B2System and method for the driving mode-dependent setting of vehicle properties of a motorized two-wheeled vehicle
Publication Date: 2025.08.26 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG
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AI summary

A system and method for the driving mode-dependent setting of vehicle properties of a motorized two-wheeled vehicle. The system includes a first detection unit designed to detect a manually selected driving mode, a second detection unit designed to detect an active at least assisted driving operating mode, in particular active automated longitudinal control of the two-wheeled vehicle, and a control unit designed to, based on the selected driving mode, select vehicle property settings that are defined depending on the detected driving operating mode.