Platooning Controller Interface for Overlapping Vehicle Line Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing platooning methods struggle to effectively display and control multiple vehicles on a single screen, particularly in joining, departing from, and adjusting platooning lines, while also failing to intuitively represent vehicle states and heights.
Innovation Solution
A platooning controller that displays vehicles as overlapping areas on a screen, allowing users to perform control actions through a drag-and-drop technique, with features like varying area sizes and colors to represent vehicle states and heights, enabling intuitive control of joining, departing, and adjusting platooning lines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all platooning vehicles are displayed on one screen, then the user can view all vehicles, but the screen space is insufficient to display detailed information of each vehicle
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple functional zones: a platooning line display area showing vehicle positions in sequence, a vehicle detail display area showing comprehensive information of selected vehicles, and a control area. This segmentation allows simultaneous display of multiple vehicles and their detailed information without overwhelming the screen space.
Solution Approach 2:
The platooning vehicles are displayed in a two-dimensional sequence arrangement on the screen, transitioning from traditional multi-screen or scattered display to a linear platooning line representation. This dimensional reorganization optimizes screen space utilization while maintaining clear vehicle hierarchy and relationship visualization.
2Measurement precision
If the platooning line is adjusted to match vehicle heights, then the visualization accuracy improves, but the control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The platooning line is rendered with local quality variations where each vehicle's position and height on the display line corresponds to its actual physical characteristics. Vehicles are positioned at different vertical levels on the platooning line according to their heights, providing accurate visual representation without requiring complex 3D modeling throughout the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
A simplified two-dimensional platooning line is created as a visual copy of the three-dimensional vehicle formation. This copy preserves essential height and position information in a simplified format that is easier to control and display, avoiding the complexity of full 3D visualization while maintaining measurement precision for height representation.
3Ease of operation
If touch-based control is implemented for platooning operations, then the ease of operation improves, but the risk of misoperation increases
Solution Approach 1:
Before executing critical platooning operations such as joining or departing the platooning line, the system displays preliminary confirmation prompts and visual feedback. The touch control interface shows preview states and requires user confirmation before finalizing operations, preventing accidental or erroneous control actions while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-based control system implements immediate visual feedback for each control operation. When the user touches or drags vehicle icons, the system provides real-time visual confirmation of the intended action, displays status changes, and confirms successful operation completion. This feedback mechanism reduces misoperation by making the system state transparent and predictable.
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AI summary
A platooning controller, a vehicle system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The platooning controller includes a processor that displays each of a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon as a certain vehicle area and arranges and displays vehicle areas of the vehicles on a screen to be partially overlapped with each other. A storage stores information for configuring the screen by the processor.