Vehicle Control Apparatus Timing Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle control apparatuses often determine when a vehicle is stopped later than the driver feels it is, leading to difficulties in executing controls according to the driver's intention, as they may incorrectly assess the vehicle's state during operations.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle control apparatus that includes a clocking section to measure time after an operation is performed and a vehicle control section that initiates specific controls based on the vehicle's state within a certain time frame, with a determination section assessing the driver's intention to stop the vehicle through vehicle speed and operation analysis, allowing for timely and accurate execution of controls.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the vehicle control apparatus uses a standard stop determination timing, then the vehicle stop determination is reliable, but the control execution timing does not match the driver's intention

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle stop determination reliabilityVSAvoidresponse time delay
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of driver's stop intention using determination section 144 before the vehicle actually stops. By detecting brake operation and deceleration patterns in advance, the system prepares to execute control functions at the appropriate moment, resolving the timing mismatch between driver intention and system response while maintaining reliable stop determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts control execution timing based on detected driver intention. When determination section 144 detects the driver intends to stop, the system executes control functions at that moment rather than waiting for the standard stop determination timing, making the system's response dynamic and adaptive to driver behavior.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Loss of time

If the vehicle control apparatus advances the stop determination timing, then the control execution matches driver intention, but the vehicle control stability is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse timeVSAvoidvehicle control stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of driver's stop intention using determination section 144 before the vehicle actually stops. By detecting brake operation and deceleration patterns in advance, the system prepares to execute control functions at the appropriate moment, resolving the timing mismatch between driver intention and system response while maintaining reliable stop determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from determination section 144 about driver intention to adjust control execution timing. The determination section continuously monitors brake operation and vehicle state, providing feedback that triggers control execution at the optimal moment, thereby maintaining stability while improving responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If the vehicle control apparatus waits for the certain period of time to elapse, then it avoids premature control execution, but it delays necessary control actions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol execution accuracyVSAvoidcontrol execution speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of driver's stop intention using determination section 144 before the vehicle actually stops. By detecting brake operation and deceleration patterns in advance, the system prepares to execute control functions at the appropriate moment, resolving the timing mismatch between driver intention and system response while maintaining reliable stop determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts control execution timing based on detected driver intention. When determination section 144 detects the driver intends to stop, the system executes control functions at that moment rather than waiting for the standard stop determination timing, making the system's response dynamic and adaptive to driver behavior.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3357792B1Vehicle control apparatus
Publication Date: 2020.01.15 AISIN SEIKI KK
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AI summary

A vehicle control apparatus (14) includes: a clocking section (142) which clocks time after an operation section is operated until a certain period of time elapses; and a vehicle control section (145) which starts a first control in a case where a vehicle (1) is stopped within the certain period of time after the operation section is operated, the first control corresponding to a control executed in a case where the operation section is operated in a state where the vehicle is stopped.