Automatic Parking Position Registration Under Control Unit Load Limits

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing automatic driving techniques face challenges in managing processing loads when updating and registering information for vehicle control, leading to difficulties in smooth processing due to overload states in the control unit.

Innovation Solution

A control device and method that includes an external environment recognition unit to acquire recognition data, a reception unit for user input, and a control unit to execute parking control and registration, allowing for separate processing of parking position registration and automatic movement control to prevent overload, with the control unit suspending or continuing registrations based on user input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the control unit executes automatic movement control and updates parking information simultaneously, then the system integrates multiple functions, but the processing load increases causing overload states

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration of automatic movement control and parking information updateVSAvoidprocessing load of control unit
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit segments processing into distinct phases: parking information update processing and automatic movement control processing. By separating these functions temporally and logically, the system avoids simultaneous execution that would cause overload, while still achieving integrated functionality through coordinated sequencing of operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the control unit processes multiple tasks simultaneously, then the system operates efficiently, but smooth processing becomes difficult due to overload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing smoothness
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit implements periodic action by alternating between parking information update processing and automatic movement control processing in defined time slots. This periodic segmentation ensures that each task receives dedicated processing resources, maintaining processing smoothness and reliability while achieving overall operational efficiency through continuous cyclic execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

3Loss of information

If the system updates parking information frequently, then the information remains current, but the processing load increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecurrentness of parking informationVSAvoidprocessing load
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit performs preliminary action by executing parking information update processing during periods when automatic movement control is not active. This timing strategy allows the system to maintain current parking information without adding processing load during movement operations, as updates are prepared and completed in advance during idle processing windows.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250326389A1Control device, control method, and storage medium storing control program
Publication Date: 2025.10.23 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A control device includes a control unit that executes automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the parking position based on recognition data of an external environment of a moving body and the parking position and registers the parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit executes first registration of registering the designated parking position based on first recognition data and executes second registration of registering the designated parking position based on second recognition data. The control unit continues the second registration without executing automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed during execution of the second registration in new registration of the designated parking position. The control unit suspends the second registration and executes the automatic movement control when execution of the automatic movement control is instructed during execution of the second registration in update of the designated parking position.