Remote Parking Assist Risk Scoring for Safe Entry or Cancellation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote parking assist functions do not adequately assess the surrounding environment before initiating parking, leading to potential vehicle damage or driver injury due to insufficient situational awareness.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that utilize direct and indirect environment information to determine whether to enter, adjust, or cancel the remote parking assist function by calculating a combined risk score, and activate appropriate control functions based on predetermined thresholds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the remote parking assist function is activated without environmental assessment, then the parking operation can be performed quickly and conveniently, but the vehicle may collide with obstacles or cause driver injury due to insufficient situational awareness
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary environmental assessment by collecting direct environment information (from vehicle-mounted sensors) and indirect environment information (from external sources) before activating the remote parking assist function. This advance detection and risk scoring prevents collisions and ensures safety before the actual parking operation begins.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors environmental conditions during remote parking operations and provides real-time feedback through risk score calculations. Based on the combined risk score from direct and indirect environment information, the system can adjust parking parameters or cancel operations to maintain safety throughout the parking process.
2Reliability
If comprehensive environmental information is collected and analyzed before remote parking, then the safety and reliability of parking operation is improved, but the system complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The environmental assessment system is divided into two independent modules: direct environment information collection (using vehicle-mounted sensors) and indirect environment information collection (using external data sources). This segmentation allows the system to process information from multiple sources without creating a monolithic complex system, enabling modular implementation and maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms complex environmental data into simplified risk scores through parameter transformation. By converting diverse environmental information (obstacle detection, road conditions, weather data) into a unified combined risk score metric, the system reduces complexity while maintaining comprehensive safety assessment capabilities.
3Reliability
If comprehensive environmental information is collected and analyzed before remote parking, then the safety of parking operation is improved, but the time required for parking operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects and processes environmental information in advance before the remote parking operation is initiated. By performing detection and risk assessment beforehand, the system prepares safety data without delaying the actual parking execution, allowing quick response when the driver activates the function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous environmental monitoring and risk assessment throughout the remote parking operation. This continuous action ensures safety without requiring repeated stop-and-check cycles, allowing the parking process to proceed smoothly and efficiently from start to finish.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a device and a method of controlling a remote parking assist function capable of determining in advance whether to enter, adjustment, or cancel the remote parking assist function using direct or indirect environment information. The device for controlling a remote parking assist function may collect direct and indirect environment information on a location where a vehicle is to be parked from a surrounding-environment information source, analyze the collected information, and cause activation of at least one of an entry control function, an adjustment control function, or a cancellation control function.