Motor Vehicle Stopping Control via Infrastructure Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for operating motor vehicles do not adequately assist drivers with time-dependent stopping points, particularly in situations like parking or waiting at traffic infrastructure, leading to potential accidents and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A method where a motor vehicle determines the need to stop at a time-dependent stopping point, coordinates with other vehicles, and uses traffic infrastructure information to autonomously stop or alert the driver, allowing for efficient coordination and reduced driver workload.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the driver manually monitors and stops at time-dependent stopping points, then the driver maintains control and awareness, but the risk of accidents increases and temporal efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle's control device autonomously performs the stopping function by receiving stopping point information from traffic infrastructure, calculating arrival times, and automatically stopping at the correct position without requiring continuous driver intervention or manual monitoring
Solution Approach 2:
The system receives and processes stopping point information in advance from traffic infrastructure components, calculates the optimal stopping position and timing before reaching the stopping point, and prepares the vehicle for automatic stopping, thereby eliminating last-minute manual intervention needs
2Productivity
If the vehicle autonomously stops at determined stopping points, then temporal efficiency improves and driver workload reduces, but the complexity of the control system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device acts as an intermediary that receives standardized stopping point information from traffic infrastructure components, processes this information through calculated arrival time comparisons, and executes simple stop/continue decisions, thereby managing complexity within the vehicle's control system while achieving autonomous stopping functionality
3Productivity
If the vehicle coordinates with other vehicles for stopping points, then the efficiency at shared stopping points improves, but the communication and coordination complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device performs multiple functions including receiving stopping point information from traffic infrastructure, calculating arrival times, determining stopping decisions, and coordinating with other vehicles through a single integrated system, thereby managing communication complexity while achieving efficient multi-vehicle coordination at stopping points
Data Source
AI summary
To provide stopping assistance, the disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle, in which a stopping point for the motor vehicle is determined using a sensor device of the motor vehicle. In the method, the motor vehicle determines a need to stop at the stopping point and initiates stopping of the motor vehicle at the stopping point when the need is present. If the need is absent, a control device of the motor vehicle performs a movement of the motor vehicle or issues a message characterizing the absence of the need to a driver of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a motor vehicle.