Cellular Augmented Radar Detector Network
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing radar and laser detectors provide limited advance warning to drivers of impending radar traps, as they only alert users to emissions detected directly by their own device, failing to share information with other vehicles in the vicinity.
Innovation Solution
A cellular augmented emission detection device that shares radar or laser emission data among vehicles via a cellular network, allowing for earlier warnings by communicating detection information between devices, even if the detecting device is not within direct range.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If radar/laser detectors only detect emissions directly by their own device, then the device complexity remains simple, but the advance warning time to drivers is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cellular network as an intermediary to enable communication between radar/laser detectors in different vehicles. Each detector transmits detection information via cellular network to other detectors, allowing drivers to receive advance warning of radar traps detected by other vehicles ahead, thus resolving the contradiction between simple device design and extended warning time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines radar/laser detection technology with cellular communication technology into an integrated system. The detector not only detects emissions but also communicates with other detectors through cellular network, merging two separate functions (detection and communication) into a single unified system that provides extended warning capability
2Loss of time
If detectors share emission information via cellular network, then the advance warning time increases, but the use of energy increases due to cellular communication
Solution Approach 1:
The detector transmits detection information periodically or on-demand through the cellular network rather than continuously, reducing energy consumption. The system activates cellular communication only when detection information needs to be shared, balancing the need for advance warning with energy conservation for battery-operated devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the existing cellular infrastructure already available in modern vehicles, rather than requiring a dedicated communication system. This leverages existing resources to minimize additional energy requirements while still achieving the goal of information sharing between detectors
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AI summary
A radar/laser emission detector is augmented with a cellular communications capability to provide the capability to share emission detection information amongst drivers to give other drivers even more advanced warning. A network of a plurality of cellular augmented radar/laser emission detector devices may be formed, each having the capability to source the location of radar or laser emission detections to others requesting access to such information, and each being warned when within a proximity of a recent radar or laser emission detection reported by at least one of the plurality of hybrid radar/laser detector devices.