UAV Driver Training System for Instructor-Free Race Car Coaching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current driver training methods for race car drivers require the presence of two human drivers, increasing the risk of injury due to accidents.
Innovation Solution
A driver training system utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a processor and memory storing a UAV control module, which communicates driving instructions to a driver-in-training through a connected driver training interface, allowing the UAV to guide the training vehicle along a predetermined path.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a professional race car driver sits in the training vehicle to provide real-time instruction, then the driver-in-training receives effective guidance, but both the driver-in-training and professional driver are at risk of injury due to accidents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an intermediary between the training system and the driver-in-training. The UAV hovers above the track and provides visual guidance cues (such as positioning itself to indicate braking, turning, or accelerating) without requiring a human instructor in the vehicle. This intermediary approach maintains training effectiveness while eliminating the physical presence risk to the instructor.
2Ease of operation
If two human drivers are used for training (instructor and student), then comprehensive instruction can be provided, but the complexity and risk of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the instructional function from the human instructor and transfers it to the UAV system. The UAV is programmed to autonomously navigate and position itself to convey driving instructions through its movement patterns and positioning relative to the training vehicle. This extraction eliminates the need for a second human driver while maintaining the instructional quality through automated guidance cues.
Data Source
AI summary
A driver training system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor and storing a UAV control module including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to control operation of a driver training interface operably connected to the UAV to communicate driving instruction information in a manner configured to be perceptible by a human driver in a driver training vehicle following behind the UAV.