Mobile Device Location Monitoring in Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passengers often face difficulties in locating their mobile devices after exiting a vehicle, leading to time-consuming searches.
Innovation Solution
A system and method to monitor the relative location of a mobile device with respect to a vehicle, using location sensors and signal strength analysis to determine if the device is coincident with the vehicle, and generate alerts when left behind.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If passengers manually search for their mobile devices in the vehicle, then they can locate the device, but it consumes time and is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the relative location between the mobile device and vehicle, providing real-time feedback about device location status. When the device is detected to be inside the vehicle after the passenger exits, an alert is generated and sent to the passenger's mobile device, enabling immediate location without manual searching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects and alerts passengers about left-behind devices without requiring manual intervention. The monitoring system uses location sensors and signal strength analysis to self-determine device location status and autonomously generates alerts, eliminating the need for passengers to manually search.
2Measurement precision
If the system monitors relative location continuously, then device location can be accurately detected, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring location data and signal strength before the passenger actually exits the vehicle. This allows the system to predict and detect device location status in advance, maintaining high detection accuracy while enabling efficient alert generation only when necessary.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses signal strength as an intermediary parameter to infer device location. Instead of directly tracking precise device coordinates, the system monitors signal strength between the vehicle and device, which serves as a mediator to determine whether the device is inside or outside the vehicle, simplifying the monitoring mechanism.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media may be configured to facilitate monitoring location of a mobile device. A relative location of a mobile device of a passenger to a vehicle may be monitored. Whether a location of the mobile device is coincident with a location of the vehicle may be determined based on the relative location of the mobile device to the vehicle. An alert may be generated responsive to a determination that the location of the mobile device is coincident with the location of the vehicle.