Grouped Light Mobility Sensor Sharing for Collision Awareness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Light mobility vehicles face increased collision risks due to varying safety conditions and limited connectivity among users, leading to unpredictable safety risks and reduced visibility on roads.
Innovation Solution
A safety system for light mobility vehicles that integrates sensors and processors to dynamically leverage multi-source safety-related data, enabling communication and alert systems among vehicles in a group, and adjusting data ingestion based on situational awareness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If light mobility vehicles travel in groups, then safety risks increase due to larger target profile, but individual vehicle safety can be improved through data sharing among group members
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines safety data from multiple vehicles in a group into a unified safety profile. The system aggregates sensor data, threat information, and situational awareness from all group members to create a comprehensive safety assessment that benefits each individual vehicle, effectively merging their safety capabilities while mitigating the increased collision risk from traveling in groups
2Loss of information
If safety data is continuously collected from all vehicles in a group, then situational awareness improves, but data transmission overhead and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by selectively determining which safety data to share based on the specific position and role of each vehicle within the group. Rather than uniformly processing all data from all vehicles, the system tailors data collection and transmission to each vehicle's local context and requirements, reducing overall processing complexity while maintaining comprehensive situational awareness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by selectively sharing only the most relevant safety data among group members rather than continuously transmitting all available information. The system identifies and prioritizes critical safety information based on current threats and vehicle positions, reducing data transmission overhead while maintaining adequate situational awareness
3Measurement precision
If sensors are positioned to maximize individual vehicle safety, then detection capability improves, but coverage of surrounding group members decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the fields of view and detection capabilities of all vehicles in the group by combining sensor data from multiple sources. Each vehicle's sensors are positioned to optimize individual detection, and the system integrates this data to achieve comprehensive group coverage, effectively summing the detection areas of all members to monitor the entire group perimeter
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to safety devices and systems for light mobility vehicles. In one example, a light mobility vehicle safety system includes one or more sensors and a processor coupled to a light mobility vehicle. The processor may be configured to determine that the light mobility vehicle is part of a group of two or more light mobility vehicles; determine a position of the light mobility vehicle relative to one or more other light mobility vehicles in the group; determine one or more relevant sensors of the one or more sensors based on the position of the light mobility vehicle and positioning of the one or more sensors on the light mobility vehicle; receive first relevant safety-related data from the one or more relevant sensors; and transmit the first relevant safety-related data to one or more other light mobility vehicles in the group.