Modular Mobile Part Lighting for Collision Risk Indication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile parts lack effective safety measures for navigation on driving surfaces, particularly in terms of all-around monitoring and collision risk indication, with existing systems not efficiently integrating illumination and sensor technologies for enhanced safety.
Innovation Solution
A mobile part with modular design featuring a controllable LED illumination device and radar sensors, allowing for all-around monitoring and signaling, with the illumination device's color, hue, and flashing frequency controlled based on detected object distance, and energy-efficient operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional mobile parts use basic safety measures, then device complexity is low, but safety and all-around monitoring capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile part is divided into modular units, each equipped with its own illumination device and sensor system. This segmentation allows distributed safety monitoring across all corners of the mobile part, improving overall reliability while keeping individual module complexity manageable
Solution Approach 2:
The illumination devices serve multiple functions: they provide visual signaling for safety monitoring, indicate collision risks, and can be controlled based on sensor data. This multi-functionality improves safety capabilities without proportionally increasing device complexity
2Illumination intensity
If illumination devices are continuously operated, then visibility and signaling are improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination devices are controlled to operate periodically rather than continuously, activating based on detected objects or specific operational conditions. This periodic operation maintains necessary visibility and signaling while significantly reducing overall energy consumption
Solution Approach 2:
Sensor systems provide feedback about the operational environment, which feeds back to control the illumination devices. This feedback mechanism ensures illumination is provided only when and where needed, optimizing both visibility and energy efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances safety by enabling all-around monitoring and collision risk indication through modular integration of sensors and illumination, allowing for adaptive lighting and energy-efficient movement on driving surfaces.
Implementation Method 1
the module has a controllable illumination device, in particular an LED band
Data Source
AI summary
In a mobile part having at least one module, and a method for operating a mobile part, the mobile part is able to be moved on a driving surface, and the module includes a controllable illumination device. The illumination device is provided and/or situated in elongated form along a planar curve, in particular, a line.