Augmented Safety Restraint With Gesture Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current safety restraints in vehicles primarily focus on securing passengers but lack integration of features for enhanced interaction with the vehicle and other passengers, entertainment, and comfort, which is expected to become more significant with advancements in autonomous driving.
Innovation Solution
The development of augmented safety restraints that include gesture-sensing devices, display screens, energy-producing elements, and integrated sensors and devices for holistic passenger monitoring, entertainment, and comfort, while maintaining regulatory safety standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If safety restraints are enhanced with gesture-sensing devices, display screens, and entertainment features, then passenger interaction and entertainment capabilities are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (safety restraint, gesture sensing, display, entertainment) into a single integrated seatbelt system. The gesture-sensing device is embedded within the restraint structure, and the display screen is integrated onto the restraint surface, merging safety and entertainment functions into one unified device that reduces overall system complexity despite adding capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The safety restraint is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides safety restraint, gesture input detection, visual display, and entertainment output. This multi-functional approach allows a single device to replace what would traditionally require separate components, improving versatility while managing complexity through integration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices are integrated into the safety restraint for entertainment and interaction, then functionality is improved, but the restraint structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The gesture-sensing device and display screen are nested within or onto the restraint structure. The sensing device is embedded in the webbing or housing, while the display is integrated onto the surface, creating a nested arrangement where smaller functional components are housed within the larger restraint structure, adding functionality without proportionally increasing overall complexity.
3Use of energy by moving object
If energy-producing devices are added to power electronic components, then power availability is improved, but the restraint system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The restraint system generates its own power through energy-producing devices (such as photovoltaic cells or piezoelectric elements) integrated into the structure. This self-powering approach eliminates the need for external power sources or complex wiring to the vehicle's electrical system, providing energy independence while maintaining relatively simple system architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables passengers to interact with the vehicle and other passengers through touch-based communication, provides entertainment and comfort features, and generates power to support these capabilities while ensuring safety compliance.
Implementation Method 1
A photovoltaic device is disposed on the exposed surface of the safety restraint
Data Source
AI summary
An augmented safety restraint system includes a first restraint operable to secure a first passenger. The first restraint has an exposed surface facing away from a body of the first passenger. A gesture-sensing device is disposed on the exposed surface of the first restraint and is operable to receive an input from the first passenger.