Autonomous Mobile Object Traffic Violation Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for detecting vehicle speeding violations are limited in their ability to identify and penalize violators without roadside speed monitors and struggle to detect violations from vehicles not equipped with position and speed reporting capabilities, and are inefficient in utilizing image data for traffic violation detection.
Innovation Solution
An information collection system comprising autonomous mobile objects that acquire driving information, capture images, and detect traffic violations, sending violation data to a server for identification and enforcement, enabling the system to autonomously patrol routes and detect violations such as speeding and improper inter-vehicle distance, with the capability to provide enlightenment notices to drivers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If roadside vehicle speed monitors are deployed to detect speeding violations, then detection capability is improved, but system cost and infrastructure complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables vehicles to autonomously monitor and report their own speed and position data without requiring roadside monitoring infrastructure. Each vehicle acts as its own monitoring station, collecting data through onboard sensors and communicating it to other vehicles or central servers, thereby eliminating the need for expensive roadside speed monitors while maintaining violation detection capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces communication networks and servers as intermediaries that facilitate the exchange of speed and position information between vehicles. These intermediaries enable vehicles to share monitoring data, allowing any vehicle to detect violations by other vehicles in the network without requiring dedicated roadside monitoring equipment
2Measurement precision
If vehicles are equipped with position and speed reporting capabilities to enable violation detection, then detection coverage is improved, but vehicle equipment complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates speed and position monitoring functions into existing autonomous vehicle control systems and navigation equipment. The same sensors and processors used for autonomous navigation and safety also collect violation detection data, eliminating the need for separate dedicated reporting equipment and reducing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines violation detection functionality with existing vehicle telematics and communication systems. By merging speed monitoring, position tracking, and violation reporting into a single integrated system, the patent reduces equipment complexity while enabling comprehensive violation detection coverage
3Area of stationary object
If image data is collected by mobile objects for surveillance, then surveillance coverage is improved, but ability to detect and identify traffic violations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the surveillance function into two distinct components: mobile imaging units that provide broad area coverage and stationary or vehicle-mounted detection units that provide precise violation measurement. The mobile units capture images for identification purposes while dedicated sensors accurately measure speed and position data, allowing each component to optimize its specific function without compromise
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AI summary
An information collection system enables crackdown on traffic violations by vehicles to be carried out in a preferable manner. The information collection system includes an autonomous mobile object that moves autonomously based on an operation command and a server apparatus. The autonomous mobile object includes a driving information acquirer that acquires driving information relating to the state of driving of a nearby vehicle, image acquirer that captures an image of the environment of the autonomous mobile object, a detector that detects a traffic violation by a nearby vehicle based on the driving information, and a controller that sends violation information relating to a traffic violation to the server apparatus. When a traffic violation is detected by the detector, the controller sends a captured image relating to the violator's vehicle and the driving information about the violator's vehicle, to the server apparatus as the violation information.