Vehicle Exit Control for Door-Specific Remote Parking Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing remote parking systems burden users with heavy setting operations when accessing vehicle doors other than the driver seat during automated exiting.

Innovation Solution

A control device and method that sets the target movement position of a moving object based on the positional relationship between a specific opening and closing body and an information terminal, reducing user burden by automatically positioning the vehicle for easy access to desired doors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If the vehicle performs automated exiting to a fixed position, then the automation level is high, but the user burden increases when accessing doors other than the driver seat

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomated exitingVSAvoiduser burden
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the target movement position variable rather than fixed. The control unit dynamically adjusts the target position based on which door the user wants to access and the detected position of the information terminal. This allows the system to maintain high automation while adapting to different user needs, thereby reducing user burden when accessing doors other than the driver seat.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of target movement position based on detected conditions. Specifically, it modifies the target position parameters according to the desired door and information terminal location, enabling the automated system to optimize its behavior for different scenarios without reducing automation level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If the user specifies the target movement position manually, then the ease of operation is improved, but the automation level decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidautomation level
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically determining the target movement position based on the desired door and information terminal position. The control unit autonomously calculates and adjusts the target position without requiring manual user specification, thereby maintaining high automation while improving ease of operation through intelligent decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses feedback from the detected position of the information terminal and the desired door information to automatically adjust the target movement position. This feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt to user needs automatically, maintaining both high automation and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If the vehicle exits to a position far from the information terminal, then the safety margin is larger, but the accessibility to the desired door is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety marginVSAvoidaccessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by adjusting the target movement position specifically based on the desired door and information terminal location. Instead of using a uniform safety distance for all scenarios, the system optimizes the position locally for each specific door access scenario, balancing safety margin with accessibility to the desired door.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the target position to balance safety and accessibility. By making the position variable based on real-time conditions (desired door, terminal location), the system maintains adequate safety margins while ensuring optimal accessibility to the specific door the user wants to access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250206260A1Control device, control method, and control program
Publication Date: 2025.06.26 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A control device for a moving object that includes a plurality of opening and closing bodies includes: a control unit configured to perform movement control of the moving object based on a specific operation on an information terminal portable by a user of the moving object. In response to an opening and closing reservation of a specific opening and closing body other than an opening and closing body of a driver seat of the moving object among the plurality of opening and closing bodies being received during execution of the movement control, the control unit sets a target movement position of the movement control based on a positional relationship between the specific opening and closing body and the information terminal.