Vehicle Control Device Marker Position Deviation Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle control devices fail to detect positional deviations of Bluetooth 5.1 markers, leading to potential erroneous operations during low-speed autonomous driving.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle control device equipped with a wireless transmitter detection unit, a vehicle behavior modification unit, and a positional deviation determination unit that uses a radio wave receiver to detect and correct positional deviations of markers, ensuring accurate positioning and preventing erroneous vehicle operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a wireless transmitter (marker) is placed at a predetermined location for positioning, then positioning accuracy is improved, but positional deviation occurs when the marker is displaced, leading to erroneous vehicle operation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning accuracyVSAvoidoperation reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors the position of wireless transmitters by comparing detected positions with stored reference positions. When a positional deviation is detected, the system generates feedback to alert the driver or automatically correct the positioning data, ensuring reliable vehicle operation despite marker displacement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-stores the correct positions of wireless transmitters in a database before vehicle operation. This preliminary action enables the system to quickly compare and detect any deviations from the expected positions, preventing erroneous operation before it occurs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the vehicle autonomously approaches the marker for detection, then detection accuracy is improved, but detection time increases due to behavioral modification

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoiddetection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial vehicle behavior modification only when necessary for detection. Instead of continuously modifying behavior, the system makes targeted adjustments (such as slight position corrections or repositioning maneuvers) only when the marker is not initially detected, thereby minimizing time loss while achieving detection accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

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

The device effectively detects and corrects positional deviations of markers, preventing erroneous vehicle operations and ensuring safe low-speed autonomous driving by modifying vehicle behavior based on detected marker positions.

Implementation Method 1

a radio wave receiver that receives a radio wave from a wireless transmitter placed at a predetermined point

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRadio wave reception: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS20240418855A1Vehicle control device
Publication Date: 2024.12.19 ASTEMO LTD
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AI summary

A vehicle control device 200 comprises: a marker detection unit 206 that uses a radio wave receiver 116 provided in a vehicle and receives a radio wave from a marker placed at a predetermined point to detect the marker; a vehicle behavior modification unit 210 that modifies a vehicle behavior such that the marker detection unit 206 detects the marker; a storage unit 204 that stores in advance a position of the marker; and a positional deviation determination unit 208 that determines whether there is a positional deviation of the marker, on the basis of a position of the marker detected by the marker detection unit 206 and the position of the marker stored in the storage unit 204.