Vehicle Teleoperation Assembly for Third-Person Terrain Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current recreational and utility vehicles lack effective remote control and autonomous operation capabilities, particularly in challenging terrains, due to limited visibility and dynamic environment interactions.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle is equipped with a teleoperation assembly and a controller that captures image data, processes it to amplify vehicle movements, and provides remote control commands, allowing for enhanced visibility and control through a third-person view, while also utilizing sensors to manage traction and center of mass for stable operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a teleoperation assembly is added to provide third-person view and remote control capability, then visibility and control are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller serves multiple functions: it processes teleoperation commands, controls vehicle operation, and manages sensor data. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby improving visibility and control without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The teleoperation assembly is integrated with the vehicle's existing control system through the controller. By merging the teleoperation functionality with the vehicle's control architecture, the system achieves enhanced visibility and remote control capability while minimizing additional complexity through shared hardware and software resources.
2Extent of automation
If sensors and processing systems are added to enable autonomous operation and terrain analysis, then autonomous capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous operation system is divided into functional modules: image data capture by the teleoperation assembly, processing by the controller, and execution by the vehicle's ground-engaging members. This segmentation allows complex autonomous functionality to be achieved through coordinated simpler components, reducing overall system complexity while improving autonomous capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system captures and processes image data in advance to analyze terrain and plan paths before execution. By performing preliminary analysis and path planning, the system reduces the complexity of real-time decision-making during vehicle operation, enabling autonomous capability through pre-computed information.
3Ease of operation
If image data processing is performed to amplify vehicle movements, then maneuverability awareness is improved, but loss of time in processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system processes image data to amplify only the critical movement components necessary for maneuverability awareness, rather than processing all possible image information. This selective processing approach improves maneuverability awareness while minimizing processing time by focusing computational resources on essential motion parameters.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to vehicle teleoperation and systems and methods for an autonomous-ready vehicle. As an example, the described aspects may provide a variety of functionality, including the use of a teleoperation assembly to provide a third-person perspective for vehicle teleoperation, vehicle width fit checking for a set of obstacles and an associated clearance, semi-autonomous clearance navigation, dynamic vehicle standoff adjustment according to a communication latency associated with teleoperation, vehicle contents change detection and notification generation, path navigation with increased granularity based on ground-engaging member paths, autonomous anchoring for increased traction, vehicle configuration according to a determined three-dimensional center of mass, automatic rocking for improved terrain traversal, audio-aware path generation and vehicle routing, and annunciation of vehicle modes to nearby individuals.