Vehicle Driving Control Using Transferable User Driving Profiles

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users may distrust autonomous driving systems when they cannot influence operational decisions, especially in unfamiliar vehicles with different driving styles or preferences.

Innovation Solution

A driving control system that includes a sensor unit to generate user-specific driving parameters based on the user's behavior, a data storage unit to store these parameters, and a user communication means to transmit and activate them in other vehicles, allowing for customized travel experiences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If autonomous driving systems take over operational decisions completely, then user comfort is improved, but user trust deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser comfortVSAvoiduser trust
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user behavior through sensor units and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust driving parameters. The control unit processes this feedback and modifies operational decisions to match user preferences, creating a closed-loop system that balances automation with user-specific customization, thereby maintaining both comfort and trust.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user behavior patterns during initial driving phases and pre-adjusts driving parameters before critical situations arise. By proactively learning and storing user-specific preferences in advance, the system prepares customized operational decisions that align with user expectations, enhancing both comfort and trust before they are needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If driving parameters are customized for each user, then user trust is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser trustVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit serves multiple functions: it monitors sensor data, analyzes user behavior patterns, stores preferences in memory, and adjusts driving parameters. This multi-functional design consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single integrated unit, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining customization capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically learns and adapts to user preferences without requiring manual configuration or complex setup procedures. The sensor units and control unit work autonomously to detect, analyze, and adjust driving parameters based on observed user behavior, eliminating the need for complex user interfaces or manual calibration processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If sensor units monitor user behavior continuously, then driving parameter accuracy is improved, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving parameter accuracyVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The sensor units and control unit operate in periodic cycles rather than continuously, monitoring user behavior at intervals and processing data in batches. This periodic operation maintains measurement precision by regularly updating driving parameters while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring, as the system can enter low-power states between measurement cycles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentEP4166409B1A driving control system for a vehicle
Publication Date: 2024.06.12 VOLVO CAR CORP
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a driving control system for a vehicle, a vehicle capable to operate with such a driving control system, a method for a driving control for a vehicle and a computer program element for a driving control. The driving control system comprises a sensor unit, a data storage unit, a user communication means and a control unit. The sensor unit is arrangeable in a first vehicle and configured to generate at least one user-specific driving parameter of at least one user travelling with the first vehicle. The at least one user-specific driving parameter is based on a driver's driving behavior of the first vehicle. The user communication means is configured to receive an input of the user to store the at least one user-specific driving parameter in the data storage unit and activate the stored at least one user-specific driving parameter in a second vehicle to be occupied by the user. The control unit is configured to transmit the at least one user-specific driving parameter of the user from the data storage unit to the second vehicle. The control unit is configured to control the second vehicle based on the transmitted at least one user-specific driving parameter. The user communication means is arrangeable in a mobile device of the user.