Concept of a Control Center for an Automated Vehicle Fleet

Feiler, Johannes; Hoffmann, Simon; Diermeyer, Frank

doi:10.1109/itsc45102.2020.9294411

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“…The automated vehicle system eventually generates the route from these waypoints and drives it autonomously. In turn, Feiler et al (2020) propose to apply the conduct-by-wire concept which was originally developed as a driver assistance system (Kauer et al, 2010) to the context of indirect vehicle control. This involves indirect vehicle control through a sequence of individual driving maneuvers such as lane changing, turning or following the current lane (Kauer et al, 2010).…”

Section: Indirect Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Coordination task includes organizing, planning and coordinating the operation of the vehicles in a fleet. Among other things, the role of the Technical Supervisor is to put the vehicles of a fleet into service or out of service (Biletska et al, 2021;SAE, 2020), restructure the deployment schedule in the event of vehicle breakdowns (Feiler et al, 2020) and inform vehicles of potential route closures (Feiler et al, 2020;Kang et al, 2018;Kettwich and Dreßler, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Who Will Drive Automated Vehicles? - Usability Context Analysis and Design Guidelines for Future Control Centers for Automated Vehicle Traffic

Schwindt¹,

Heller²,

Theobald³

et al. 2023

Human Factors in Transportation

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In order to create framework conditions for the introduction of highly or fully automated vehicles in Germany, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has drafted a bill to amend the Road Traffic Act and the Compulsory Insurance Act. A key aspect of the bill on automated driving is the introduction of Technical Supervision. This serves as a fallback level and must be able to intervene from the Control Center if necessary. Since future Control Centers for automated vehicles will differ significantly from existing Control Centers in other contexts, an appropriate distribution of tasks between the Technical Supervision and the automated vehicle on the one hand, and between the personnel within the Control Center on the other hand, must first be found. Therefore, this paper describes the requirements for framework conditions, work contents and processes, the necessary tools and the qualification of the employees of future Control Centers, which were identified on the basis of an analysis of the context of use. Since an analysis of existing systems and the participation of actual Technical Supervisors is not possible due to not yet existing Control Centers for highly or fully automated vehicles, the analysis is based on a systematic literature review and an expert workshop.

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Section: Indirect Controlmentioning

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Who Will Drive Automated Vehicles? - Usability Context Analysis and Design Guidelines for Future Control Centers for Automated Vehicle Traffic

Schwindt¹,

Heller²,

Theobald³

et al. 2023

Human Factors in Transportation

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“…There are different operating modes of the vehicle (i.e. autonomous driving, Safe Halt [6], or teleoperation [11]). For each mode, a different interconnection of services is necessary, which is implemented using a so called orchestrator, dynamically reconfiguring services based on current requirements.…”

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confidence: 99%

Encapsulated trajectory tracking control for autonomous vehicles

Homolla

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2022

Automot. Engine Technol.

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The motion control of autonomous vehicles with a modular, service-oriented system architecture poses new challenges, as trajectory-planning and -execution are independent software functions. In this paper, requirements for an encapsulated trajectory tracking control are derived and it’s shown that key differences to conventional vehicles with an integrated system architecture exist, requiring additional attention during controller design. A novel, encapsulated control architecture is presented that incorporates multiple extensions and support functions, fulfilling the derived requirements. It allows the application within the modular architecture without loss of functionality or performance. The controller considers vehicle stability and enables the yaw motion as an independent degree of freedom. The concept is applied and validated within the vehicles of the UNICARagil research project, that feature the previously described system architecture to increase flexibility of application by dynamically interconnecting services based on the current use-case.

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“…After the ADS dedicated vehicle comes to a stop by way of its integrated DDT-fallback function or following a failure mitigation strategy, the vehicle contacts a control center. A concept for such a control center is proposed by Feiler et al (2020). A remote operator has to analyze the problem and can choose among different options to resolve the situation (Feiler et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A concept for such a control center is proposed by Feiler et al (2020). A remote operator has to analyze the problem and can choose among different options to resolve the situation (Feiler et al, 2020). One of them remotely controls the vehicle until the ADS can continue the DDT itself.…”

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Systems-Theoretic Safety Assessment of Teleoperated Road Vehicles

Hoffmann¹,

Diermeyer²

2021

Preprint

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Teleoperation is becoming an essential feature in automated vehicle concepts, as it will help the industry overcome challenges facing automated vehicles today. Teleoperation follows the idea to get humans back into the loop for certain rare situations the automated vehicle cannot resolve. Teleoperation therefore has the potential to expand the operational design domain and increase the availability of automated vehicles. This is especially relevant for concepts with no backup driver inside the vehicle. While teleoperation resolves certain issues an automated vehicle will face, it introduces new challenges in terms of safety requirements. While safety and regulatory approval is a major research topic in the area of automated vehicles, it is rarely discussed in the context of teleoperated road vehicles. The focus of this paper is to systematically analyze the potential hazards of teleoperation systems. An appropriate hazard analysis method (STPA) is chosen from literature and applied to the system at hand. The hazard analysis is an essential part in developing a safety concept (e.g., according to ISO26262) and thus far has not been discussed for teleoperated road vehicles.

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Concept of a Control Center for an Automated Vehicle Fleet

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Who Will Drive Automated Vehicles? - Usability Context Analysis and Design Guidelines for Future Control Centers for Automated Vehicle Traffic

Who Will Drive Automated Vehicles? - Usability Context Analysis and Design Guidelines for Future Control Centers for Automated Vehicle Traffic

Encapsulated trajectory tracking control for autonomous vehicles

Systems-Theoretic Safety Assessment of Teleoperated Road Vehicles

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