Vehicle Remote Control Inhibition During Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge is to ensure the safety of vehicles and personnel during maintenance by preventing inadvertent activation of remote control modes, which could lead to unexpected movement of the vehicle, potentially causing injuries.
Innovation Solution
The system inhibits remote control mode activation when a diagnostic device is not connected to the vehicle and the maintenance mode is not enabled, using signals from the diagnostic device, bonnet or door open status, or weight on wheels to determine maintenance conditions, requiring deliberate actions to override the inhibition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote control mode is enabled for convenient vehicle operation, then ease of operation is improved, but safety of personnel during maintenance deteriorates due to risk of inadvertent activation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary safety checks before enabling remote control mode by detecting whether a diagnostic device is connected and whether maintenance mode is active. These checks are conducted in advance to prevent inadvertent activation during maintenance operations, thereby resolving the contradiction by ensuring safety conditions are met before allowing convenient remote operation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If remote control mode is inhibited during maintenance to ensure safety, then safety of personnel is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to restricted vehicle control
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the remote control inhibition status based on real-time detection of maintenance conditions. When no diagnostic device is connected and maintenance mode is not active, remote control is permitted. When a diagnostic device is connected and maintenance mode is detected, remote control is inhibited. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by balancing safety restrictions with operational convenience based on actual vehicle state.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle includes processing means configured to: receive first signals from a receiving means in dependence on received transmitted signals from a remote control device indicating a requested motion of a vehicle; receive one or more second signals indicative of a diagnostic device being in operative communication with the vehicle; and provide an output signal for controlling movement of the vehicle in dependence on the requested motion. The output signal is inhibited if: a diagnostic device is in operative communication with the vehicle and a maintenance mode has not been activated, as determined from the first signals or from one or more third signals; or if a door or the bonnet is open, unless a diagnostic device is in operative communication with the vehicle; or if the vehicle weight is not being borne by the wheels unless a diagnostic device is in operative communication with the vehicle.