Vehicle Group Formation Using Priority Lane Conformity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles in a group cannot effectively use priority lanes when traveling conditions are not met, leading to inefficient use of lanes intended for low-environmental-load vehicles or those with multiple passengers, resulting in missed benefits like avoiding traffic jams.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle group forming device and method that select and order vehicles based on their conformity to priority lane traveling conditions, allowing vehicles to travel continuously in priority lanes even when transitioning from roads without such lanes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If vehicles are selected for a vehicle group based on destination or general vehicle information, then the vehicle group can be formed with sufficient members, but the ability to effectively use priority lanes is reduced when the group includes vehicles that do not meet priority lane traveling conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the vehicle group formation criteria flexible and adaptive. The system dynamically adjusts the selection criteria based on the presence and characteristics of priority lane conditions. When priority lanes are detected ahead, the system adapts by prioritizing vehicles that meet the traveling conditions, while still allowing other vehicles to join if they have compatible destinations. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between maintaining sufficient group size and ensuring priority lane eligibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the selection parameters based on the detection of priority lanes. When a priority lane is detected, the parameter for vehicle selection shifts from general destination compatibility to specific priority lane condition compliance. The control device modifies the weighting of different selection criteria, giving higher importance to priority lane eligibility parameters when such lanes are present ahead, thereby resolving the contradiction between group formation and priority lane usage.
2Stability of the object's composition
If vehicles entering a priority lane from non-priority roads are included in the vehicle group, then the vehicle group maintains continuity and stability, but the group cannot travel in the priority lane if any vehicle does not conform to the traveling condition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the vehicle group into different segments or categories based on priority lane eligibility. The control device identifies and separates vehicles that meet priority lane conditions from those that do not. This segmentation allows the system to manage the group composition strategically, ensuring that when entering priority lanes, only eligible vehicles are positioned to utilize the lane, while maintaining overall group stability and continuity through coordinated control.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary that mediates between vehicles with different priority lane eligibility statuses. It coordinates the behavior of vehicles entering from non-priority roads, managing their integration into the group in a way that preserves group continuity while ensuring priority lane travel capability. The intermediary function of the control system resolves the conflict between group stability and priority lane access by orchestrating vehicle positions and movements.
3Device complexity
If the vehicle group selection criteria are expanded to include more vehicles regardless of priority lane conditions, then the processing load is reduced and group formation is simpler, but the effective usage of priority lanes is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-detecting and storing information about priority lanes ahead on the route. The control device提前 acquires priority lane information and uses it to guide vehicle selection before the group actually reaches the priority lane section. This preliminary preparation allows for simpler real-time processing while ensuring high priority lane utilization, as the selection criteria are already optimized based on advance knowledge of upcoming priority lanes.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a vehicle group forming device and a vehicle group forming method capable of effectively using a priority lane. A vehicle group forming device which forms a vehicle group with a plurality of vehicles includes vehicle group forming means for selecting vehicles forming a vehicle group or determining the order of the vehicles on the basis of the degree of conformity to the traveling condition of a priority lane.