Security Vehicle Light Bar With Drone Port for Exterior Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Security vehicles, particularly police vehicles, require extensive time and effort to install and maintain equipment due to the need for interior disassembly, and existing systems lack a solution for providing security functions without interior installation and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A chassis-mounted system that includes a drone port, lights, radios, cameras, and storage, allowing for exterior installation and maintenance, with a drone that can capture images and track objects autonomously, eliminating the need for interior wiring and enabling remote operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If equipment is installed inside the vehicle interior, then security functions are provided, but installation and maintenance require interior disassembly which consumes time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts security equipment from the vehicle interior and relocates it to an exterior mounting platform. The platform serves as a separate structure that holds cameras, lights, and other security devices outside the vehicle, eliminating the need to disassemble interior panels for installation or maintenance access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the security equipment into modular units mounted on a separate platform structure. Each device (cameras, lights, etc.) is independently mounted on the exterior platform, allowing individual access and maintenance without affecting other components or requiring interior vehicle disassembly.
2Ease of repair
If equipment is installed inside the vehicle interior, then security functions are provided, but the vehicle must be disassembled to access equipment for testing, repair, and replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts all security equipment from the vehicle interior and places it on an exterior mounting platform. This extraction allows technicians to access, test, repair, and replace equipment without any vehicle disassembly, as all components are externally mounted and easily accessible from the outside.
3Ease of operation
If a chassis-mounted system with exterior equipment is used, then installation and maintenance are simplified with exterior access, but additional structural components (chassis, platform) are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple security functions (cameras, lights, mounting structure, power distribution) into a single integrated chassis-mounted platform. This consolidation reduces the number of separate components needed compared to individual interior installations, simplifying the overall system while maintaining ease of exterior access for all equipment.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for providing security functions to a vehicle may comprise a chassis and a drone. The chassis may be configured to be mounted on top of the vehicle. The chassis may include a drone port for housing a drone. The drone may include a camera. The camera of the drone may be configured to capture images of objects outside of the chassis while the drone is positioned in the drone port. A device including the chassis may be a light bar and further include lights positioned at a periphery of the device.