Remote Vehicle Speed Control via Transmission and Brake Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle control systems lack the capability to remotely and safely decrease a vehicle's speed to a desired level, such as zero miles per hour, for purposes like recovering stolen vehicles or ensuring safety during emergencies, as they do not effectively integrate remote communication and control over essential vehicle components like transmission and braking systems.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle control system comprising a communication module and a vehicle stop module that receives commands from a remote Vehicle Services Provider (VSP) to decrease speed by controlling the transmission, electronic parking brake, and electronically assisted brakes, allowing for safe reduction of vehicle speed to a desired level, including zero miles per hour.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle control systems integrate remote communication and control over transmission and braking systems, then the capability to remotely decrease vehicle speed is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system integrates multiple functions (remote communication, transmission control, braking control) into a unified system that can perform various vehicle control operations from a remote location, allowing the same system architecture to handle different control scenarios (speed decrease, emergency stopping, etc.)
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a communication module as an intermediary between the remote user and the vehicle's control systems (transmission and braking), enabling remote control without direct physical connection while maintaining system safety and reliability
2Reliability
If the system controls multiple critical vehicle components (transmission, electronic parking brake, electronically assisted brakes) to decrease speed, then the reliability of remote speed control is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is divided into separate functional modules: a communication module for receiving commands, a vehicle stop module for processing control logic, and individual control interfaces for transmission and braking systems. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together reliably
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the control module monitors the vehicle's actual speed and component status, comparing it with the desired state, and automatically adjusts control signals to achieve the target speed while maintaining safety and reliability
Data Source
AI summary
A control system for a vehicle includes a communication module and a vehicle stop module. The communication module receives a command from a vehicle services provider (VSP) to decrease a speed of the vehicle to a desired speed, wherein the VSP is located remotely with respect to the vehicle. In response to the received command, the vehicle stop module decreases the speed of the vehicle to the desired speed by controlling at least one of a transmission, an electronic parking brake, and electronically assisted brakes.