Vehicle Control Interface for Reliable Wheel Direction Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing autonomous driving systems face challenges in accurately determining the rotation direction of vehicle wheels, leading to potential erroneous detection and reduced accuracy in autonomous driving control.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle control interface is introduced to interface between the vehicle platform and the autonomous driving system, which fixes the rotation direction of the wheel by consecutively receiving pulses from the wheel speed sensor and provides appropriate signals to the autonomous driving system, such as 'Forward', 'Reverse', or 'Invalid value', to ensure accurate wheel direction detection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If the rotation direction of the wheel is fixed each time the vehicle platform receives a pulse from the wheel speed sensor, then the responsiveness of rotation direction detection is improved, but erroneous detection of the rotation direction occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponsiveness of rotation direction detectionVSAvoidaccuracy of rotation direction detection
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system requires two consecutive pulses in the same direction before fixing the rotation direction, which is a preliminary verification action that prevents premature or erroneous detection while maintaining responsive operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If the autonomous driving system is externally attached to the vehicle main body, then the system architecture flexibility is improved, but the accuracy of vehicle state information provided to the autonomous driving system deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem architecture flexibilityVSAvoidaccuracy of vehicle state information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The vehicle control interface acts as an intermediary between the vehicle main body and the autonomous driving system, ensuring accurate transmission of rotation direction information while maintaining the external attachment architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP3858558B1vehicle
Publication Date: 2023.10.18 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

When a vehicle control interface receives information indicating "Forward" from a VP, the vehicle control interface sets a value 0 in a signal indicating a rotation direction of a wheel. When the vehicle control interface receives information indicating "Reverse" from the VP, the vehicle control interface sets a value 1 in the signal indicating the rotation direction of the wheel. When the vehicle control interface receives information indicating "Invalid value" from the VP, the vehicle control interface sets a value 3 in the signal indicating the rotation direction of the wheel. The vehicle control interface provides the signal indicating the rotation direction of the wheel to an ADK.