Preference-Matched Vehicle Platooning for Occupant Travel Needs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle platooning systems do not adequately consider the preferences of vehicle occupants, leading to suboptimal travel experiences.
Innovation Solution
A travel support device that acquires occupant travel preference information and forms vehicle trains based on matching preferences, using a management server to control acceleration, deceleration, and lane changes to facilitate platooning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If vehicle platooning is performed without considering occupant preferences, then platooning efficiency is improved, but occupant satisfaction deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary acquisition and analysis of occupant travel preference information before forming vehicle trains. The management server collects preference data from multiple vehicles in advance, analyzes compatibility, and then presents matching vehicle train candidates to occupants, ensuring preferences are considered from the outset of the platooning process
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts vehicle train formation based on real-time preference matching. Instead of fixed platooning rules, the system continuously evaluates preference compatibility between vehicles and dynamically creates or modifies vehicle train compositions to optimize both efficiency and occupant satisfaction
2Ease of operation
If vehicle train formation is based on detailed preference matching, then occupant satisfaction is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management server acts as an intermediary that handles the complex preference analysis and vehicle train formation calculations. Individual vehicles do not need to perform complex computations themselves; instead, they provide preference data to the management server, which processes the information and returns matching recommendations, distributing the computational burden
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms complex multi-dimensional preference data into simplified matching parameters and compatibility scores. By converting detailed occupant preferences into quantifiable parameters that can be systematically compared and matched, the system manages complexity while maintaining comprehensive preference consideration
3Reliability
If existing platooning systems are used, then basic platooning function is achieved, but preference-based optimization is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The management server performs multiple functions: it manages basic platooning coordination, collects and analyzes occupant preference information, evaluates compatibility between vehicles, and generates optimized vehicle train formations. This multi-functional approach ensures reliable platooning operation while simultaneously enabling preference-based optimization
Data Source
AI summary
A travel support device according to the present disclosure supports platooning of vehicles. The travel support device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire, from a target vehicle, travel preference information indicating a preference of an occupant regarding vehicle traveling and including travel pattern preference information on a desired travel pattern; and based on the acquired travel preference information, execute vehicle train formation support processing of supporting formation of a vehicle train that performs the platooning. The vehicle train formation support processing includes presenting the vehicle train as a candidate for cooperatively performing the platooning, to the occupant of the target vehicle through a human machine interface device of the target vehicle, when a degree of match of the travel preference information between the vehicle train and the target vehicle is higher than a first threshold value.