Vehicle Control Unit Predicting Dynamic Object Intersections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Partially automated vehicles face challenges in navigating traffic situations where multiple vehicles intersect, leading to potential blockages and traffic jams, as they lack the ability to coordinate evasive maneuvers with other road users.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that use an electronic control unit to predict intersections with dynamic objects, determine evasive trajectories, and control the vehicle to release space, allowing the object to continue its journey with minimal hindrance, by analyzing vehicle environment data, map data, and kinematic information, and utilizing artificial intelligence for accurate predictions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the vehicle maintains its position in the first section of the traffic area, then the vehicle occupies its designated space, but the dynamic object cannot continue its journey without hindrance
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit predicts the intersection of the dynamic object with the first section of the traffic area before it occurs, and in advance determines a trajectory that resolves the intersection. This preliminary action allows the vehicle to proactively release the first section of the traffic area, preventing the blocking situation before it develops into a harmful factor.
2Productivity
If the vehicle releases the first section of the traffic area to allow the dynamic object to pass, then the blocking situation is avoided, but the vehicle must perform additional evasive maneuvers
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit continuously monitors the traffic area and detects the dynamic object's trajectory and position. Based on this feedback, the system determines whether an intersection is predicted and automatically plans and executes the appropriate evasive maneuver. This feedback mechanism manages the complexity by making the system responsive rather than requiring pre-computation of all possible scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle's control system autonomously detects the potential blocking situation, plans the evasive trajectory, and executes the maneuver without external intervention. The system serves itself by automatically resolving the traffic conflict, reducing the need for complex coordination with other road users or manual intervention.
3Ease of operation
If the vehicle uses conventional coordination methods (signs, gestures) to clear the traffic situation, then agreement with other road users can be achieved, but partially automated vehicles cannot perform these coordination actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical coordination methods (signs, gestures, direct communication) with an automated electronic control system. The control unit uses sensor data, map data, and trajectory calculations to automatically detect blocking situations and execute evasive maneuvers, substituting the need for manual coordination actions while maintaining the ability to clear traffic situations.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to an improved way to avoid or clear a traffic jam. In particular, the disclosure relates to a method for the operation of a vehicle in which at least partial intersection by a dynamic object with a first section of the traffic area occupied by the vehicle is predicted, wherein the vehicle is in a waiting situation waiting for a release for onward travel. Then a trajectory of the vehicle is determined, which at least clears or avoids the intersection by the dynamic object with the first section of the traffic area. Further, the disclosure relates to a device for the operation of a vehicle, a program element and a computer-readable medium with such a program element.