Vehicle Hardware Control Using Dynamic Processing Specifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing autonomous driving technologies fail to optimally control vehicle hardware operations based on external environments and hardware status, leading to suboptimal performance and potential inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
An electronic control device equipped with an information collection unit, storage unit, and processing control unit that determines and applies appropriate processing specifications based on external information and hardware status, optimizing hardware operation and reducing power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple processing specifications are stored for different external environments and hardware statuses, then hardware operation optimization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects processing specifications based on real-time external environment conditions and hardware status, rather than using a fixed specification. The processing control unit adjusts which processing specification is active according to current conditions, making the system adaptable and optimized for varying situations without requiring manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes processing parameters by selecting from multiple stored processing specifications, each optimized for specific conditions. The processing control unit modifies system behavior by switching between different processing specifications based on environmental parameters and hardware status, achieving optimization without physical hardware changes.
2Loss of energy
If processing specifications are dynamically adjusted based on external environment, then power consumption is reduced, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-adjustment by automatically selecting appropriate processing specifications based on monitored external environment conditions and hardware status. The processing control unit autonomously determines the optimal processing specification without requiring external intervention, enabling the system to optimize its own power consumption based on real-time conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from environmental sensors and hardware status monitoring to dynamically adjust processing specifications. The processing control unit continuously receives information about external conditions and hardware state, then selects processing specifications that optimize power consumption based on this feedback loop.
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AI summary
An electronic control device is mounted on a vehicle equipped with a plurality of hardware capable of operation, and comprises an information collection unit which collects external information of the vehicle, a storage unit which stores a plurality of processing specifications which prescribe processing to be executed by each of the plurality of hardware and the external information to be used by the plurality of hardware for performing operation, and an applied condition, which is a condition related to the external information and a status of the plurality of hardware for applying each of the plurality of processing specifications, and a processing control unit which determines one processing specification among the plurality of processing specifications from a correspondence to the condition based on the collected external information and the status of the plurality of hardware, and controls the plurality of hardware based on the determined processing specification.