Vehicle Energy Flow Map for Manual Subsystem Load Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle monitoring systems lack the capability to provide users with reliable, detailed information on energy consumption and distribution, making it difficult for users to optimize energy usage and minimize unnecessary consumption.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring system comprising a display unit, an adjustment tool, and a control unit that generates an energy flow map showing energy distribution from an energy storage system to various sub-systems, allowing users to visualize and adjust energy consumption interactively, with features like graphical representation, user input options, and simulation modes to optimize energy use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic control of vehicle functions is implemented, then system operation is facilitated, but user ability to manually control or disable individual functions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback through an energy flow map that displays current energy consumption of individual subsystems. This visual feedback enables users to make informed decisions about which functions to adjust or disable, bridging the gap between automatic operation and manual control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy flow map serves as an intermediary between the automatic control system and the user. It translates complex system states into comprehensible visual information, allowing users to indirectly control and optimize individual functions without directly interfacing with complex control systems.
2Reliability
If detailed energy consumption information is provided, then user ability to optimize energy usage is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of providing raw data from complex sensors and controllers, the system creates a simplified visual copy - the energy flow map - that represents energy consumption information in an easily comprehensible graphical format. This map is a simplified representation that maintains reliability while reducing perceived complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy flow map uses color coding to represent different levels of energy consumption and system states. This visual encoding allows detailed information to be conveyed through intuitive color variations rather than complex numerical data, maintaining information reliability while simplifying the user interface.
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The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a monitoring system, a method for monitoring such a vehicle and a computer program element for monitoring such a vehicle.The monitoring system comprises a display unit, an adjustment tool and a control unit. The control unit is configured to generate an energy flow map showing an energy flow from an energy storage system to at least one sub-system of the vehicle. The display unit is configured to display the energy flow map, to graphically emphasize the at least one sub-system and to display a current energy consumption of the sub-system. The control unit is further configured to adjust the energy consumption of the sub-system based on a user's input to the adjustment tool.