Audible Alert Analysis System Using Microphone and Database Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Audible alerts, such as car horns and bicycle bells, do not provide information to the intended recipient about the cause of the alert, leading to potential misinterpretation or unawareness, which can impact the travel experience for drivers and pedestrians.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a distributed data processing environment with a computing device equipped with a microphone to analyze audible alerts by combining sound input with data from a database, determining the cause of the alert, and providing feedback to the user through a user interface, such as a graphical display or audible messages, to improve awareness and behavior.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If audible alerts are used to warn others of vehicle approach or presence, then safety and awareness are improved, but information about the cause of the alert is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures audible alerts through microphones, retrieves relevant data from databases (such as vehicle status, location, sensor information), analyzes the combination of audio and data, and provides feedback to the user about the cause of the alert. This closed-loop feedback mechanism transforms the one-way alert into an informative dialogue, resolving the information loss while maintaining safety benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer between the audible alert and the user. This intermediary (the analysis system) captures the alert, processes it through data retrieval and analysis, and delivers interpreted information about the cause. The intermediary transforms the raw alert signal into meaningful contextual information without losing the original safety function
2Loss of information
If vehicle telemetry systems are implemented to transfer data between vehicle and remote user, then information availability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a multi-functional architecture where the same computing device and database infrastructure support both traditional telemetry functions and the new audible alert analysis function. The microphones, processors, and databases serve multiple purposes, reducing the need for separate dedicated systems and thereby limiting the increase in complexity while improving information availability
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AI summary
In an approach to analyzing audible alerts, one or more computer processors receive an audible alert originating external to a user. The one or more computer processors retrieve data related to the audible alert. The one or more computer processors analyze the data related to the audible alert. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the audible alert.