Vehicle Camp Mode Control With Suspension Leveling Safeguards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles lack an efficient method to automatically adjust settings for special situational uses, such as camping or tailgating, to create a desired environment, which current technologies fail to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method that assesses the roll and pitch angles of a vehicle using position sensors and adjusts the electronically controlled suspension to level it, while also modifying settings like lights, HVAC, and power delivery through a user interface and control system to optimize the vehicle's configuration for specific uses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the vehicle suspension is adjusted to level the vehicle frame, then the vehicle stability and environment for special use is improved, but the risk of collision with nearby objects increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of objects near the vehicle using sensors before adjusting the suspension. If objects are detected within the range that would be affected by suspension movement, the system prevents or cancels the suspension adjustment, thereby anticipating and avoiding the harmful collision effect before it occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the environment around the vehicle using sensors and provides feedback about detected objects. This feedback loop allows the system to dynamically adjust or cancel suspension leveling operations based on real-time environmental conditions, ensuring safety while maintaining levelness when safe.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple vehicle settings are adjusted for special situational use, then the adaptability and user convenience is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system combines multiple vehicle setting adjustments (suspension, lights, HVAC, power delivery) into a single integrated mode activation. When a special use mode is selected, all relevant settings are adjusted simultaneously through a unified control system, reducing the perceived complexity for the user while maintaining high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system is designed to handle multiple different vehicle settings and special use scenarios through a single universal interface and control architecture. This multi-functional approach allows the system to adapt to various situations (camping, tailgating, fishing, parades) without requiring separate complex control systems for each function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the vehicle to create a desired environment by automatically adjusting suspension and other settings, enhancing user convenience and safety by ensuring the vehicle is level and optimizing power usage for specific situations.
Implementation Method 1
The assessment of the roll angle and the pitch angle may be based on data received from a position sensor built into the vehicle (e.g., a gyroscope)
Data Source
AI summary
Some embodiments may provide a method for a desired operating environment. A signal to place a vehicle in a designated mode corresponding to a desired operating environment may be received. The designated mode may include modifications to one or more default operating characteristics of the vehicle. The modifications may be while the vehicle is in parked mode and a vehicle access key associated with the vehicle is within proximity of the vehicle. In response to receiving the signal, characteristics of the vehicle to be modified in order to create the desired operating environment may be identified. The default operating characteristics may relate to lighting or displays controlled by the vehicle, sounds controlled by the vehicle, or a passive entry system of the vehicle. One or more settings of the vehicle to change the default operating characteristics of the vehicle while in the designated mode may be modified.