Aerial Guided Pillar Track Vehicle With Adaptive Steering Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current transportation systems, including petroleum vehicles and new energy vehicles, face environmental pollution, high manufacturing costs, energy inefficiency, and safety risks due to delayed responses in manual and autonomous driving, leading to accidents and carbon emissions.

Innovation Solution

An aerial guided pillar track vehicle travel system integrating a pillar track electric vehicle with an aerial guided power supply system, featuring a guiding pillar, rotating rod, and adaptive navigation system, which allows for safe, energy-efficient, and autonomous driving by synchronizing steering angles and directions, reducing the need for batteries, and utilizing a single track for both guidance and power supply.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If petroleum vehicles are used for transportation, then mobility is provided, but environmental pollution and carbon emissions increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental pollutionVSAvoidmobility
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the internal combustion engine mechanical system with an aerial guided pillar track system that uses electromagnetic guidance and mechanical rolling contact. The vehicle travels along elevated tracks through friction-based wheel contact, eliminating petroleum-based combustion and associated emissions while maintaining mobility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms in the aerial vehicle design, including air cushioning systems for reduced friction contact with the track, and pneumatic suspension systems. These fluid-based systems replace traditional mechanical friction and improve energy efficiency while reducing environmental impact.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #29Pneumatics and hydraulics

2Object-affected harmful factors

If new energy vehicles with batteries are used, then environmental pollution is reduced, but manufacturing costs and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental pollutionVSAvoidmanufacturing costs
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and eliminates the heavy battery system from the vehicle by utilizing the aerial track infrastructure for power transmission. Energy is delivered through the track system via electromagnetic induction or contact-based power transfer, removing the need for large onboard energy storage systems and significantly reducing manufacturing complexity and cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The aerial track serves as an intermediary power transmission medium between the ground-based power source and the vehicle. Instead of carrying energy storage systems, the vehicle receives power through the track infrastructure, which acts as a mediator to deliver energy efficiently without requiring complex onboard energy management systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If manual driving is used, then vehicle control is achieved, but response time is delayed causing safety risks

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoidresponse time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The aerial guided pillar track system incorporates continuous feedback mechanisms through sensors, guidance systems, and automated control that monitor vehicle position, speed, and track conditions in real-time. This automated feedback loop eliminates human reaction delays and provides immediate response to any anomalies, significantly improving safety and response time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

4Reliability

If autonomous electronic guidance is used, then driving assistance is provided, but response time remains delayed causing safety risks

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoidresponse time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements real-time feedback through integrated sensors, communication systems, and automated control algorithms that continuously monitor and adjust vehicle operations. This eliminates electronic processing delays by using direct sensor-to-controller connections and immediate actuation responses, ensuring safety-critical operations occur without lag.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

5Ease of operation

If directional control and lane changing are allowed, then driving flexibility is improved, but traffic incidents increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving flexibilityVSAvoidtraffic safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The aerial track system is segmented into dedicated lanes with physical separation and controlled access points. Vehicles can change lanes only at designated intersections or transfer stations, eliminating unauthorized lane changes and improving safety. The track infrastructure itself is divided into functional segments that manage traffic flow and prevent conflicts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250214443A1Aerial guided pillar track vehicle travel system
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 REN DONG
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AI summary

An aerial guided pillar track vehicle travel system, including a pillar track electric vehicle and an aerial guided power supply system; wherein the pillar track electric vehicle comprises a coupling seat, a guiding pillar, a pillar track adaptive navigation system, elastic accessories, a first guiding strip and a second guiding strip, a rotating rod, a transmission component, a steering and transmission device of the pillar track electric vehicle, and a power assisting device. It solves the problem of driver driving and electronic guidance of autonomous vehicle in life, which can not avoid the safety risk of driving guidance caused by delayed response, and solves the carbon neutrality problem of public transportation; Suitable for automatic driving and manual assisted driving inside the air guided pillar track; Belonging to a new type of pillar track electric vehicle rail transit, energy-saving and environmental protection system.