Platooning Display Synchronization for Driver Location Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
During vehicle platooning, the driver of the following vehicle experiences cognitive dissonance due to the mismatch between the capturing location of the image of the region ahead transmitted from the leading vehicle and the vehicle location at the time of displaying the image.
Innovation Solution
A device for controlling a vehicle that includes a display, a communication device, and a processor, which receives an image of a region ahead and platooning state information from a leading vehicle, synchronizes the image with the vehicle location when the platooning state is stable, and outputs the synchronized image on the display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the following vehicle transmits and displays the image of the region ahead captured by the leading vehicle, then the driver can predict the behavior of the following vehicle, but cognitive dissonance occurs because the capturing location and displaying location are different
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transmits the captured image from the leading vehicle to the following vehicle, creating a visual copy of the region ahead. This allows the following vehicle driver to see what is in front of the leading vehicle, compensating for the blocked front view. The image is displayed on the following vehicle's display device, providing information about the region ahead that would otherwise be invisible.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical line of sight with an electronic information transmission system. Instead of the following vehicle driver physically seeing the region ahead, the system uses image capture, transmission, and display to provide visual information. This substitution enables visibility but introduces the location mismatch problem that causes cognitive dissonance.
2Speed
If the image is displayed immediately upon receipt, then the information is transmitted quickly, but the location mismatch causes cognitive dissonance
Solution Approach 1:
The leading vehicle captures the image of the region ahead before the following vehicle reaches that location. The image is transmitted in advance, allowing the following vehicle driver to see the region ahead before the vehicle actually arrives there. This preliminary action provides advance information but creates a temporal and spatial mismatch.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback to the following vehicle driver about the region ahead by displaying the captured image. This feedback mechanism allows the driver to anticipate conditions ahead, but the feedback is based on past location data rather than current position, creating cognitive dissonance.
3Use of energy by moving object
If the inter-vehicle distance is reduced to reduce air resistance, then fuel economy is improved, but the front view of the following vehicle is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of the leading vehicle's image capture device and communication system. This intermediary transmits visual information about the region ahead to the following vehicle, compensating for the blocked view caused by reduced inter-vehicle distance. The intermediary enables the following vehicle driver to see around the leading vehicle despite the close spacing.
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AI summary
A device for controlling a vehicle and a method for outputting platooning information are provided. The device includes a display, a communication device, and a processor connected to the display and the communication device, and the processor is configured to receive information on an image of a region ahead and platooning state information from a leading vehicle through the communication device during platooning, synchronize the information on the image of the region ahead with a vehicle location when a platooning state is a stable state based on the platooning state information, and output the synchronized information on the image of the region ahead on the display.