Automatic Accident Reporting System with Camera and GPS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current motor vehicle accident reporting systems require manual intervention by drivers, who may be unable to communicate effectively due to panic or lack of information, and are limited to reporting only accidents involving their own vehicle, without the capability to capture and transmit photographs of other accidents.
Innovation Solution
An automatic accident reporting system for motor vehicles that includes a camera, microphone, and GPS, allowing a driver to wirelessly transmit accident reports, including location, images, and voice descriptions, to emergency responders via a user-actuatable switch, enabling the reporting of accidents involving other vehicles, pedestrians, or life-threatening incidents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a driver manually calls 911 to report an accident, then the accident can be reported to emergency responders, but the driver is unable to communicate location and details effectively due to panic and lack of information
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing accident location data via GPS, taking photographs of the accident scene, and recording relevant details before the driver needs to report. This preparation eliminates the need for the driver to manually provide information under stress.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by automatically gathering and transmitting accident information without requiring the driver to manually communicate details. The vehicle's electronic systems independently capture location, images, and accident data, then transmit it to emergency responders.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a vehicle system automatically reports accidents involving only that vehicle, then the reporting process is simplified, but the system cannot capture and send photographs of other accidents/incidents
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed with multi-functionality to perform various reporting tasks: it can report accidents involving the host vehicle, observe and photograph other accidents on the road, capture pedestrian incidents, and record wildlife collisions. This universal capability allows a single system to handle diverse reporting needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system acts as an intermediary that captures visual evidence of accidents and transmits this information to emergency responders. The camera serves as a mediator between the accident scene and the reporting system, enabling documentation of incidents without requiring direct driver involvement in the capture process.
3Measurement precision
If the system captures and transmits comprehensive accident data including images and location, then accurate reporting is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple functions into a single integrated accident reporting system: GPS location tracking, camera photography, microphone audio recording, and wireless data transmission are combined into one unified system. This consolidation achieves comprehensive data collection while managing complexity through integration rather than separate independent systems.
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AI summary
An accident reporting arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle. A microphone is positioned to produce a microphone signal based on sounds in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. A global positioning system determines a global position of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to each of the at least one camera, the microphone, the global positioning system, and a user-actuatable switch. The electronic processor causes an accident reporting signal to be wirelessly transmitted in response to a user actuating the user-actuatable switch. The accident reporting signal is dependent upon the images captured by the at least one camera, the global position of the motor vehicle, and the microphone signal.