Anti-Motion Sickness System Using Camera Feed Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passengers in vehicles, especially those in rear seats, often experience motion sickness due to conflicting sensory inputs from their ears, eyes, and nervous system, as they have a limited view and their eyes receive conflicting information about the vehicle's motion.
Innovation Solution
An Anti-Motion Sickness System that uses a user's personal device to align the screen with the vehicle's front view camera feed, providing an arrow indication to orient the device so that the user is looking forward, thereby synchronizing visual and physical motion cues, reducing the likelihood of motion sickness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If passengers in rear seats use personal devices for reading or entertainment, then they can engage in these activities, but they experience motion sickness due to conflicting sensory inputs from limited view
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a camera feed as an intermediary visual source that provides motion information consistent with the passenger's actual movement. This mediator bridges the gap between the limited rear seat view and the need for visual reference during vehicle motion, allowing passengers to use personal devices without experiencing motion sickness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system captures real-time camera feed from the front of the vehicle and feeds it back to the passenger's personal device. This feedback loop provides continuous visual information about the vehicle's motion and the road ahead, synchronizing visual input with the physical motion sensed by the inner ear, thereby preventing motion sickness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If passengers have limited view from rear seats, then vehicle seating arrangement is flexible, but visual and physical motion cues become unsynchronized causing motion sickness
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system acts as an intermediary that captures the forward view and transmits it to rear seat passengers. This mediator restores the synchronization between visual motion cues and physical motion sensation, enabling reliable motion perception despite the limited direct view from rear seats.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from direct line-of-sight viewing to indirect viewing through electronic display. By moving the visual information to another dimension (electronic feed rather than direct optical path), the system maintains motion cue synchronization while preserving seating arrangement flexibility.
3Reliability
If driver has direct view of road, then visual and physical motion cues are synchronized preventing motion sickness, but rear seat passengers lack this view
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the driver's forward view (captured by vehicle cameras) with the passenger's personal device display. This combination allows rear seat passengers to access the same synchronized motion cue information that the driver receives directly, equalizing the motion sickness prevention benefit across all seating positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a visual copy of the forward view through camera feeds that are transmitted to personal devices. This copy provides rear seat passengers with motion information identical to what the driver sees directly, restoring synchronization between visual and physical motion cues without requiring physical access to the front seat viewing position.
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AI summary
Anti-motion sickness systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining alignment of a face of a user with an alignment tool provided on a display of a user device. When the face is aligned with the alignment tool the user device is in a preferred orientation. Providing a camera feed on the display, and determining a current orientation of the user device. The method can include presenting selected content on the display in combination with the camera feed. A location of the selected content on the display can be based on the current orientation of the user device. The selected content can be centered on the display when the current orientation substantially matches the preferred orientation.