Intelligent Vehicle In-Loop Test System with Rotary Drum and Virtual Projection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle-in-loop test systems for intelligent automobiles are limited in simulating real-world scenarios, particularly failing to rotate autonomously and accurately simulate complex movements like lane changes and driving on curves, with limited speed and inability to detect real road environments.

Innovation Solution

A whole vehicle in-loop test system incorporating a rotary drum platform for longitudinal movement, an environment perception platform for transverse movement with a six-degree-of-freedom mechanism, and a target vehicle simulation unit, including adjustable-pitch rotary drums and program-controlled electric vehicles, to simulate realistic scenarios and detect road environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If a program-controlled electric vehicle is used to simulate target vehicle movement, then the test platform can simulate basic vehicle movements, but the limited speed of the electric vehicle cannot simulate dangerous scenarios of high-speed oncoming vehicles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimulation speedVSAvoidscenario simulation capability
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical limitation of a program-controlled electric vehicle with a virtual reality simulation system. The high-speed oncoming vehicle scenarios are simulated through visual projection and virtual environment creation, allowing the test vehicle to experience high-speed approach scenarios without requiring a physically high-speed target vehicle. This resolves the contradiction by substituting physical mechanical speed limitations with virtual environmental simulation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates virtual copies of high-speed target vehicles through projection systems and virtual reality environments. Instead of using a physical electric vehicle that cannot achieve high speeds, the system projects virtual images of high-speed oncoming vehicles and creates corresponding virtual environmental parameters (wind resistance, audio cues, etc.) to replicate the sensory experience of high-speed approach scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If the test platform uses a fixed configuration, then the structure is simple, but it cannot rotate autonomously and cannot simulate complex movements like lane changes and curve driving

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemovement simulation capabilityVSAvoidplatform structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the fixed test platform into a dynamic system with multiple degrees of freedom. The test vehicle platform is equipped with rotation mechanisms that allow autonomous rotation and positioning, enabling the vehicle to simulate lane changes, curve driving, and other complex movements. The system dynamically adjusts the platform orientation and position based on the simulated driving scenario requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a multi-functional test platform that can perform multiple operations: longitudinal movement simulation, transverse movement simulation, autonomous rotation, and virtual environment projection. This universal platform replaces the need for multiple separate test devices, achieving high adaptability for various driving scenarios while managing complexity through integrated design.

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

3Measurement precision

If the in-vehicle sensor device is used in a static test environment, then the test setup is simple, but the sensor cannot really detect road environment and cannot record real lane marking changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironment detection accuracyVSAvoidtest system configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a virtual reality environment as an intermediary between the static test platform and the sensor devices. The virtual environment projects realistic road scenes, lane markings, and environmental features that move and change according to the simulated vehicle motion. This intermediary allows the sensors to detect and record data as if in a real dynamic environment, while the physical platform remains relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a virtual dimension to the physical test environment. By projecting three-dimensional virtual road environments and lane markings that move and transform according to simulated vehicle motion, the system creates a multi-layered testing space where sensors can detect both virtual and physical stimuli, achieving high measurement precision without requiring complex physical environmental changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12104979B2Whole vehicle in-loop test system of intelligent automobile
Publication Date: 2024.10.01 TONGJI UNIV
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AI summary

A whole vehicle in-loop test system of an intelligent automobile, including: a rotary drum platform, used for simulating a longitudinal movement of a test vehicle; an environment perception platform, disposed at a front end of the rotary drum platform, used for simulating a transverse movement of a test vehicle, and including a support base at a lower portion and a vehicle placing platform at an upper portion, where a transverse drive wheel is mounted at the lower portion of the support base, and the transverse drive wheel moves along a transverse track disposed on the ground; and a target vehicle simulation unit, disposed at a periphery of the environment perception platform, and configured to simulate a target vehicle.