Vehicle Sliding Detection Using Actual vs Expected Driving Behavior

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Solution Overview

Problem

Vehicles sliding on slippery roads pose a safety risk due to inadequate control by drivers, which can lead to accidents and endanger other road users.

Innovation Solution

A method to determine if a second vehicle is sliding by comparing actual and expected driving behavior data, using sensors and data processing to identify slippage beyond a predefined threshold, and implement collision mitigation maneuvers or warnings for other vehicles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a sliding vehicle is detected by comparing actual and expected driving behavior data, then road safety is improved and collision risks are reduced, but the device complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The detection system is segmented into multiple independent components: obtaining actual driving behavior data from sensors, obtaining expected driving behavior data from maps and vehicle parameters, comparing the two data sets, and executing mitigation maneuvers. This modular segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Expected driving behavior data is pre-calculated and stored based on road geometry, traffic rules, and typical driving patterns before actual detection is needed. This preliminary action enables rapid comparison with actual behavior during critical moments, improving detection speed and reliability without adding real-time processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If real-time comparison of actual and expected driving behavior is performed to detect sliding, then detection reliability is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesliding detection accuracyVSAvoiddetection time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Expected driving behavior data including trajectory, speed profiles, and steering angles are pre-calculated offline based on road maps, traffic rules, and vehicle characteristics. This pre-computation stores reference data in accessible formats, enabling rapid real-time comparison with actual sensor data without heavy computational burden during critical detection moments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The comparison process focuses on locally relevant parameters at the vehicle's current position and immediate future trajectory, rather than analyzing entire historical data sets. This local quality approach processes only the most critical segments of driving behavior data, reducing computational time while maintaining detection accuracy for sliding conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4632713A1Method for determining whether a vehicle is sliding, method for controlling a first vehicle, data processing apparatus, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.15 VOLVO CAR CORP
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AI summary

The disclosure relates to a method for determining whether a second vehicle (14) is sliding from a perspective of a first vehicle (10) or from a perspective of an infrastructure element. The method comprises obtaining first data indicative of an actual driving behavior of the second vehicle (14), obtaining second data indicative of an expected driving behavior of the second vehicle (14), and determining whether the second vehicle (14) is sliding or not based on a comparison of the first data and the second data. Further, the disclosure relates to a method for controlling the first vehicle (10). Moreover, the disclosure is directed to a data processing apparatus comprising means for carrying out any of said methods as well as a computer program and a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out any of said methods.