Autonomous Vehicle Retrieval Timing Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current autonomous parking systems face challenges in accurately determining the return travel time for vehicle retrieval, leading to long and unpredictable waiting times for drivers, especially in urban areas with limited parking space and adverse weather conditions.
Innovation Solution
An arrangement comprising a communication interface, processor, and actuator that monitors parameters such as time duration, vehicle velocity, and map data to calculate the optimal start time for autonomous return travel to the pick-up point, ensuring timely retrieval based on user-defined or event-related schedules, and securely interacts with personal communication devices for user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the vehicle is parked at a distant location to eliminate the need for driver walking, then driver convenience is improved, but the pick-up time becomes long and unpredictable
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculations of return travel time during the autonomous parking process itself. By monitoring parameters such as time duration, vehicle velocity, and map data while the vehicle is being parked, the system computes when to start the autonomous return travel to arrive at the pick-up point at the desired retrieval time, rather than waiting passively after parking is complete.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors parameters during the parking process and uses this feedback to adjust and calculate the optimal return travel start time. This feedback mechanism allows the system to account for actual parking duration and conditions, providing accurate pick-up time estimates even for distant locations.
2Ease of operation
If valet parking service is used to park the vehicle at the destination, then driver convenience during parking is improved, but the driver must wait at the valet desk for vehicle retrieval
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the vehicle to serve itself by automatically calculating and initiating its own return travel to the pick-up point. The vehicle monitors its own parking parameters and autonomously determines when to return, eliminating the need for driver waiting at a valet desk and enabling autonomous retrieval operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If autonomous parking is implemented in urban areas with limited space, then parking availability is improved, but the distance to destination increases leading to longer retrieval times
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculations during the autonomous parking process to determine the optimal return travel start time. By computing this timing in advance based on monitored parameters, the system ensures that even when parked at distant locations necessary for urban parking availability, the vehicle will arrive back at the pick-up point at the desired time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the return travel start time based on actual monitored parameters such as parking duration, vehicle velocity, and map data. This dynamic calculation allows the system to adapt to varying distances and conditions in urban environments, providing accurate retrieval timing regardless of parking location.
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AI summary
A method and arrangement are described for pick-up point retrieval timing in a vehicle having autonomous parking capabilities. The arrangement may include a communication interface arranged to receive data concerning a desired retrieval time. A processor may be arranged to monitor one or more parameters while the vehicle is performing autonomous driving along a route to a final slot until autonomous parking of the vehicle has been completed. The processor may be further arranged to calculate when to start autonomous return travel in order to be at the pick-up point at the desired retrieval time based on at least one monitored parameter. An actuator may be arranged to initiate autonomous travel to the pick-up point at the calculated return travel start time.