Hazardous Driver Tagging Interface for Nearby Vehicle Reporting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current autonomous driving systems lack the capability to effectively identify and report hazardous drivers in real-time to both nearby vehicles and centralized traffic resources, especially as vehicles with varying levels of automation navigate shared roads.
Innovation Solution
An onboard electronic system in host vehicles, equipped with sensors and displays, allows occupants to tag and report hazardous drivers using a graphical user interface, transmitting signals to both nearby vehicles and a central traffic resource, which includes a sensor array, displays, and a signal transmitter, enabling real-time identification and documentation of unsafe driving behaviors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If autonomous driving systems use sensor arrays to track surrounding vehicles, then vehicle tracking capability is improved, but the ability to identify and report hazardous drivers in real-time deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the monitoring function into two parts: the sensor array continues to track vehicle positions and movements, while the hazardous driver identification system separately analyzes driving behaviors using the tracking data. This segmentation allows each subsystem to optimize its specific function without interfering with the other, resolving the contradiction between tracking precision and hazard identification reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that receives data from the sensor array and processes it to identify hazardous driving behaviors. This intermediary layer acts as a bridge between the basic tracking function and the hazard identification function, enabling real-time analysis of driving patterns without compromising the original tracking capability.
2Loss of information
If the system transmits signals to multiple vehicles and central traffic resources, then information dissemination is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the signal transmission function into the existing sensor array and communication infrastructure of autonomous vehicles. By combining multiple transmission targets (nearby vehicles and central traffic resources) into a unified communication protocol and data structure, the system reduces complexity while maintaining comprehensive information dissemination.
Solution Approach 2:
The signal transmission system is designed with multi-functionality to handle multiple transmission targets simultaneously. The same communication infrastructure serves both nearby vehicles and central traffic resources, eliminating the need for separate transmission systems and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full information dissemination capability.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the system provides visible indicia on tagged vehicles through displays, then hazard visibility is improved, but energy consumption deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display system on tagged vehicles uses periodic action by activating visible indicia only when the vehicle is identified as hazardous and needs to be flagged. The displays remain inactive during normal operation, consuming minimal energy, and are activated periodically or on-demand when hazard identification occurs, balancing visibility requirements with energy conservation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses color changes on the display to indicate hazard status. By using high-visibility color transitions (such as from neutral to red or yellow) only when needed, the system maximizes hazard visibility during critical moments while keeping energy consumption low during normal operation when color changes are not required.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a system and method onboard a host vehicle for identifying, tagging and reporting hazardous drivers in adjacent vehicles in the vicinity of the host vehicle and displaying a message on a display of the tagged adjacent vehicle visible outside the tagged vehicle.