Vehicle Exterior User Identification for Remote Boarding Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a challenge in determining whether a person should board a vehicle or load a package when there is no occupant present, as existing autonomous and remote driving systems do not clearly indicate the user's identity.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle equipped with a communication section, acquisition section, travel plan generation section, travel control section, and presentation device that displays or outputs identifying information, such as images or audio, to identify the user and control access, enabling users outside the vehicle to ascertain if they can board or load a package.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If autonomous driving or remote driving is implemented without an occupant present, then the vehicle can provide transportation services flexibly, but it becomes unclear to outsiders whether they should board or load a package
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a presentation device as an intermediary between the vehicle's control system and external users. This device displays identifying information (such as user images or names) on the vehicle exterior, mediating the communication of user identity to outsiders without requiring direct interaction with the vehicle's internal systems or the user themselves.
2Ease of operation
If no identifying information is displayed on the vehicle exterior, then the vehicle system remains simple, but outsiders cannot determine whether they may board or load a package
Solution Approach 1:
The presentation device is designed to serve multiple functions: it can display various types of identifying information (images, names, codes), work with both autonomous and remote driving modes, and interface with different communication sections. This multi-functionality allows a single device to handle all external identification needs without requiring separate systems for each function.
3Loss of information
If identifying information is displayed on the vehicle exterior, then outsiders can clearly identify the user and determine boarding permission, but the vehicle system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring and storing identifying information about the user before the vehicle departs. The communication section receives this information in advance, and the presentation device is pre-configured to display it, ensuring that user identification is already in place before any external interaction is needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a travel device from an external operation device; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information peripheral to a vehicle body from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan based on the peripheral information, and control the travel device so as to perform autonomous driving in which travel is based on the generated travel plan, and perform remote driving in which travel is based on the operation information received by the communication section; and the vehicle further comprising a presentation device configured to present, at a vehicle exterior, identifying information received by the communication section, the identifying information relating to a user making use of transportation by the autonomous driving or the remote driving.