Self-Balancing Vehicle Autonomous Parking Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Self-balancing vehicles require human intervention for parking, leading to potential damage due to loss of balance during automatic shut-off and causing noise pollution with warning signals, which negatively impacts user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that enable self-balancing vehicles to automatically determine and move to a target parking spot using sensors and cameras, ensuring safe parking without human intervention, by determining the presence of a parking spot and controlling the vehicle to park at the optimal location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If warning signals (sound or light) are emitted during automatic turn-off, then persons nearby are warned to take the vehicle manually, but noise pollution is caused and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The self-balancing vehicle performs parking operations autonomously without requiring human assistance. The vehicle automatically detects parking spots, navigates to them, and positions itself, replacing the need for warning signals that previously required human intervention. This self-service capability eliminates noise pollution while ensuring safe parking.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the acoustic warning system (mechanical/electrical signal emission) with an automated navigation system using sensors and control algorithms. Instead of emitting sound waves to alert humans, the system uses optical sensors, distance detection, and automated motor control to achieve parking independently.
2Reliability
If warning signals are emitted during automatic turn-off, then persons are alerted to retrieve the vehicle, but if nobody is within preset distance or persons cannot reach in time, the vehicle still falls to ground
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting suitable parking spots and navigating to them before the turn-off occurs. This preliminary autonomous parking action ensures the vehicle is safely positioned before power is cut, eliminating the time delay associated with waiting for human response.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle independently completes the entire parking process without requiring human presence or intervention. The automated system detects parking opportunities, executes navigation, and positions the vehicle, making the parking process self-sufficient and independent of human response time.
3Ease of operation
If manual retrieval is required for parking, then the vehicle can be positioned by humans, but human participation is needed and the process is inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The self-balancing vehicle autonomously performs all parking operations including environment perception, path planning, navigation, and final positioning. The vehicle serves itself by detecting parking spots using sensors and executing the parking maneuver without any human intervention, achieving complete automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual human operations with an automated control system that uses sensors (optical, distance detection), microprocessors for decision-making, and motor control for execution. This substitution of mechanical/manual operations with automated electronic control achieves full automation while simplifying the user experience.
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AI summary
A method, device and computer-readable storage medium are provided for parking a self-balancing vehicle. The method includes: determining whether there is a target parking spot for parking a self-balancing vehicle when the self-balancing vehicle needs to be parked; controlling, when there is a target parking spot for parking the self-balancing vehicle, the self-balancing vehicle to park at the target parking spot.