Remote Operation Apparatus Correcting Vehicle-Specific Control Commands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote operation systems for autonomous vehicles are inefficient as a single remote operator cannot effectively manage multiple vehicles of different sizes and classes without experiencing significant differences in driving sensations, leading to labor cost issues and operational challenges.
Innovation Solution
A remote-operation apparatus that includes an operation accepter, communication circuit, and display, which receives detection data from autonomous vehicles, corrects the operation amount based on vehicle characteristics, and transmits control commands to ensure consistent remote operation across various vehicle types, allowing a single operator to manage multiple vehicles with the same driving sensation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single remote operator monitors and operates multiple autonomous vehicles, then labor cost reduction is achieved, but the operator cannot effectively manage vehicles of different sizes and classes due to differing driving sensations
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of operation amount by automatically correcting it based on vehicle characteristics. When an operator inputs operation data for a autonomous vehicle, the correction unit adjusts the operation amount according to stored characteristics of that specific vehicle type, ensuring consistent driving sensation across different vehicle classes while allowing one operator to manage multiple vehicles
2Measurement precision
If remote operation systems are designed for specific vehicle types, then operational precision is maintained, but the system cannot be universally applied to different vehicle classes
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by creating a remote operation apparatus that can handle multiple vehicle types through automatic correction. The correction unit stores characteristics of different autonomous vehicles and automatically selects and applies the appropriate correction parameters based on the target vehicle, making the system adaptable to various vehicle classes while maintaining operational precision for each type
3Ease of operation
If operation correction based on vehicle characteristics is implemented, then consistent driving sensation is achieved across different vehicles, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies self-service by automatically performing operation correction without requiring manual adjustment by the operator. The correction unit autonomously retrieves vehicle characteristics, calculates the appropriate correction parameters, and adjusts the operation amount automatically, reducing the operational burden on the remote operator while maintaining driving sensation consistency
Data Source
AI summary
In a remote-operation apparatus, a communication circuit receives, from an autonomous vehicle via a network, detection data indicating circumstances of an area around the autonomous vehicle. A display displays an image of the area around the autonomous vehicle generated based on the received detection data. The communication circuit transmits, via the network to the autonomous vehicle that is being remotely operated, a control command including an amount of operation obtained by correcting, based on characteristics of the autonomous vehicle, an amount of operation applied to an operation accepter by a remote operator.