Remote Vehicle Operation Operator Visibility System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote operation systems for vehicles, such as automobiles, fail to provide users with a sense of security due to the absence of a crew, leading to feelings of insecurity, especially in complex driving situations.
Innovation Solution
A remote operation system that includes a remote operation apparatus and a vehicle capable of communicating with each other, where the apparatus captures images of the operator and transmits operator information, including images, to the vehicle for display, allowing occupants to visually confirm the operator's state, thereby reducing insecurity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If remote operation is implemented without a crew in the vehicle, then operational efficiency is improved, but user sense of security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses image copying technology to transmit real-time visual copies of the operator's state to the vehicle's display. The imager captures images of the operator, and these image copies are transmitted to the displayer in the vehicle, allowing occupants to visually confirm the operator's state without requiring the operator to be physically present in the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of the imager, communication unit, and displayer that mediates between the remote operator and the vehicle occupants. This intermediary system transmits visual information about the operator's state, serving as a bridge that maintains the security sensation without requiring physical presence.
2Reliability
If operator information is continuously transmitted to the vehicle, then user security is improved, but communication traffic and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic transmission of operator information instead of continuous transmission. The controller is configured to transmit operator information at predetermined intervals, which reduces communication traffic and processing load while still maintaining the security benefit by periodically updating the occupant on the operator's state.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transmits only essential operator information (images of the operator) rather than all possible data. This partial transmission approach provides sufficient security information to occupants while minimizing communication traffic and processing requirements.
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AI summary
A remote operation system includes: a remote operation apparatus; and a vehicle, which is an operation target of the remote operation apparatus, wherein both of the remote operation apparatus and the vehicle are capable of communicate with each other. The remote operation apparatus is provided with: an imager configured to successively photograph an operator of the remote operation apparatus; a generator configured to generate operator information, which is information about the operator and which includes images of the operator outputted from the imager; and a controller configured to generate control information, which is information for remotely operating the vehicle, and to transmit the control information and the operator information to the vehicle. The vehicle is provided with: a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle on the basis of the transmitted control information; and a displayer configured to display images based on the transmitted operator information.