Vehicle Double-Lock Exit Authentication for Trapped Occupants
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern vehicles often enter a double-lock mode, preventing occupants from opening doors or starting the engine, which can trap individuals inside, and existing solutions lack effective methods to safely exit this mode while ensuring security and privacy.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle system that uses sensors and cameras to detect occupant presence, requiring predefined actions such as image/video consent, passcode entry, or questionnaire response to authenticate the occupant before exiting double-lock mode, ensuring security and privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the vehicle enters double-lock mode to enhance security, then vehicle security is improved, but the occupant cannot open doors or start the engine, trapping individuals inside
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of occupant presence using sensors and cameras before allowing exit from double-lock mode. This preliminary action ensures that the vehicle can authenticate occupants and provide exit capability only when needed, maintaining security while preventing trapping of individuals.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system between the double-lock mode and door opening capability. This intermediary layer uses biometric sensors and cameras to verify occupant identity, allowing the vehicle to maintain security while enabling authorized occupants to exit when trapped.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system uses sensors and cameras to detect occupant presence for authentication, then occupant authentication capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs multi-functional sensors and cameras that serve both occupant detection and biometric authentication purposes. This universal approach allows the vehicle to authenticate occupants using existing hardware components, improving authentication capability without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system uses the occupant's own biometric data (facial recognition, iris patterns) stored in the vehicle's system for verification. This self-service approach eliminates the need for external authentication devices or complex manual verification processes, enhancing authentication capability while keeping the system relatively simple.
3Reliability
If the vehicle requires predefined actions such as passcode entry or questionnaire response to exit double-lock mode, then security is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary biometric authentication using sensors and cameras before requiring predefined actions like passcode entry. This preliminary verification ensures that only authorized occupants need to perform additional actions, maintaining security while reducing the operational burden on authenticated users.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring all occupants to perform complex predefined actions to exit double-lock mode, the system inverts the approach by automatically authenticating occupants through biometric detection. This inversion allows the vehicle to maintain security through automated verification while enabling authenticated occupants to exit with simple actions or even automatically.
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AI summary
A vehicle including a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a processor is disclosed. The first detection unit may be configured to detect presence of an occupant inside the vehicle. The second detection unit may be configured to detect that the vehicle may be in a double-lock mode. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from the first detection unit and the second detection unit. Responsive to obtaining the inputs, the processor may determine that a predetermined condition is met. The predetermined condition may be met when the occupant may be present inside the vehicle and the vehicle may be in the double-lock mode. The processor may be further configured to output a notification comprising instructions for the occupant to perform a predetermined action responsive to a determination that the predetermined condition is met to enable the vehicle to exit the double-lock mode.