In-Cabin Possession Monitoring for Unauthorized Access Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ridesharing passengers, especially those who are vision-impaired or distracted, face challenges in monitoring their personal possessions during transit, as they may be interacted with or taken by other passengers without authorization.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing cameras and controllers to monitor the interior cabin of a vehicle, detect entrance events, identify associated possessions, and generate notifications when unauthorized interactions occur, employing facial recognition and machine learning algorithms to differentiate between authorized and unauthorized actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If passengers are sleeping or distracted during ridesharing, then they can relax and enjoy the ride, but they cannot monitor their possessions and are vulnerable to unauthorized interaction
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables possessions to monitor themselves for unauthorized interactions without requiring passenger attention. Sensors detect interactions with possessions and automatically generate notifications, allowing the possession monitoring function to serve itself independently of passenger awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system acts as an intermediary between possessions and passengers. When unauthorized interaction is detected, the system mediates by sending alerts to the passenger's mobile device, bridging the gap between the unmonitored possession and the distracted passenger.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vision-impaired passengers cannot see, then they have reduced vision capability, but they also cannot detect when others interact with their possessions
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the mechanical visual detection capability with electronic sensors and digital notification systems. Instead of relying on the passenger's visual system to detect interactions, the patent uses sensors to detect interactions and electronic notifications to convey information to the passenger.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system serves as an intermediary that translates physical interactions with possessions into audible or tactile alerts that vision-impaired passengers can perceive through other senses.
3Ease of operation
If second passengers can freely interact with other passengers' possessions, then they can access items they need, but they may take possessions without authorization
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring possession interactions and providing real-time notifications to occupants. When an interaction is detected, the system immediately communicates this information to the relevant passenger, enabling them to respond appropriately.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system provides preliminary anti-action by alerting occupants before unauthorized taking can occur. The early warning allows passengers to take preventive measures, such as securing their possessions or confronting the unauthorized user.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for notifying an occupant of a vehicle of unauthorized interaction with his or her possessions includes one or more cameras that collect image data of a surrounding environment of the occupant. The surrounding environment of the occupant is an interior cabin of the vehicle. The system also includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with the one or more cameras, the one or more controllers execute instructions to monitor, by the one or more cameras, the image data of the surrounding environment of the occupant. In response to detecting the unauthorized interaction with the one or more possessions associated with the occupant, the one or more controllers generate a notification informing the occupant of the unauthorized interaction.