Vehicle Simulation Device Synchronizing CAN Signals with Driving Video

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle simulation devices fail to provide users with an intuitive understanding of vehicle body parameter signals in different scenarios, leading to difficulties in accurately designing vehicle systems and increasing design costs due to the lack of unified signal outputs across various vehicle models from different brands.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle simulation device and method that synchronously outputs vehicle body parameter signals with external motion images, integrating signals and specifications from different manufacturers and models, allowing designers to create compatible applications and programs across various brands.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If CAN signals are transmitted without driving video, then signal transmission is simple, but user understanding of vehicle parameter signals in different scenarios is not intuitive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunderstanding of vehicle parameter signalsVSAvoidsimulation device complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines CAN signal transmission with driving video output into a unified simulation device. The device simultaneously outputs vehicle body parameter signals and external motion images, merging previously separate functions into one integrated system that provides both data and visual context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The simulation device is designed to handle multiple vehicle models from different brands with unified signal specifications. It can process and output signals for various vehicle types while maintaining consistent data formats, enabling the device to serve multiple purposes across different automotive applications.

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

2Manufacturing precision

If vehicle body parameter signals are not synchronized with driving video, then device operation is simple, but accuracy of design for vehicle system is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of vehicle system designVSAvoiddevice operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The device establishes a synchronous relationship between CAN signal output and driving video playback. By using the video timestamp as a reference, the system ensures that vehicle parameter signals are accurately timed and correlated with corresponding driving scenarios, providing feedback alignment between data and visual context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-processes and stores driving video with embedded timestamp information before signal synchronization. This preliminary preparation of video data with time references enables accurate subsequent synchronization of vehicle parameter signals without requiring complex real-time processing during operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of manufacture

If output signals and specifications of various vehicle models are not unified, then each model can be obtained individually, but design costs increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign costVSAvoidsignal compatibility across brands
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The simulation device implements unified signal specifications that work across multiple vehicle brands and models. By standardizing output formats and signal definitions, the device can generate compatible signals for different manufacturers without requiring separate acquisition processes, enabling universal application in vehicle system design.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The device adjusts signal parameters according to different vehicle models while maintaining unified output specifications. It transforms model-specific signal variations into standardized formats through parameter mapping and conversion, allowing the same device to serve multiple vehicle types with consistent data structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3644284B1Vehicle simulation device and method
Publication Date: 2023.07.05 PEGATRON
  • EP3644284B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP3644284B1 patent drawingFigure 2
  • EP3644284B1 patent drawingFigure 3

AI summary

A vehicle simulation device (1) and method, the device includes a user interface (12), a database (14), and a processing device (10). The user interface (12) includes a scenario selection interface (120), a vehicle signal display interface (122), and a motion image display interface (124). The database (14) stores external motion images (140) and motion image description files (142) associated with the external motion images (140). The motion image description file (142) includes a plurality of time stamps and a plurality of vehicle operating parameters corresponding to each time stamp. The processing device (10) is configured to load a corresponding external motion image (140) to be displayed on the motion image display interface (124) when the user selects a vehicle operation scenario, output the vehicle operating parameters corresponding to the time stamp according to the current time and the motion image description file (142) of the displayed external motion image (140), and display the vehicle operating parameters on the vehicle signal display interface (122).