Remote Commander Training Device for Autonomous Vehicles
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Evaluating the skill of remote commanders issuing instructions to autonomous vehicles is challenging due to the difficulty in replicating the actual vehicle environment during training, leading to inconsistent and inaccurate assessments.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle remote instruction training device that includes a commander interface, virtual situation display unit, remote instruction input recognition unit, and evaluation unit, allowing remote commanders to practice and be evaluated in a simulated environment that mimics actual vehicle scenarios, focusing on the timing and content of instructions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If remote commanders are trained in a completely different environment from actual vehicle operation, then training can be conducted independently, but the evaluation accuracy of remote instruction skills deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual situation that copies the actual vehicle operation environment. The virtual situation includes virtual road conditions, other vehicles, pedestrians, and traffic signals that replicate real-world scenarios, allowing trainees to practice in a simulated environment that accurately reflects actual operating conditions without requiring physical vehicles
Solution Approach 2:
The evaluation unit acts as an intermediary that bridges the training environment and actual operation. It automatically evaluates the timing and content of remote instructions issued by trainees in the virtual environment, providing objective assessment that correlates with actual vehicle operation requirements without requiring human evaluators or physical test drives
2Device complexity
If remote instruction training is conducted without a simulated environment, then the system complexity is reduced, but the relevance of training to actual vehicle operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The commander interface unit serves multiple functions: it displays information to the remote commander during actual vehicle operation, displays virtual situations during training, and recognizes remote instructions in both contexts. This multi-functional design allows the same hardware to support both operational and training modes without requiring separate specialized equipment
Solution Approach 2:
The evaluation unit automatically evaluates trainee performance by analyzing the timing and content of remote instructions against the virtual situation, without requiring external evaluators or additional assessment systems. The system self-evaluates training effectiveness through automated comparison of trainee actions with optimal instruction timing
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle remote instruction training device that trains a remote commander who issues a remote instruction to an actual autonomous vehicle includes: a commander interface including an information output unit that shows a situation of the actual autonomous vehicle to the remote commander and an instruction input unit for the remote commander to input the remote instruction to the actual autonomous vehicle; a virtual situation display unit that shows a virtual situation of a virtual vehicle with time variation to a remote commander who is a trainee through the information output unit; a remote instruction input recognition unit that recognizes an input of the remote instruction input into the instruction input unit; and an evaluation unit that evaluates the remote commander based on timing at which they issue the remote instruction with respect to the virtual situation of the virtual vehicle or on a content of the remote instruction.