Motorcycle Accident Detection System with Rider Helmet Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current motorcycle accident detection systems face challenges in accurately distinguishing between normal maneuvers and accidents due to the lighter weight and instability of motorcycles, leading to false alarms, and existing solutions lack reliable methods to detect rider injuries and communicate effectively in emergency situations, especially when riders are separated from their vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising modules on the motorcycle for continuous location and acceleration monitoring, with portable submodules for the rider to detect accidents and make emergency calls, incorporating GPS, sensors, and wireless communication to ensure reliable detection and reporting, including the ability to identify the number of riders and provide separate communication for each.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If motorcycle accident detection systems use sensors to detect acceleration and tilt, then accident detection capability is improved, but false alarms increase due to motorcycle instability and lighter weight
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the detection function into two independent modules: one on the motorcycle detecting acceleration and tilt, and another on the rider's helmet detecting impact. This segmentation allows cross-validation of detection data, reducing false alarms caused by motorcycle instability while maintaining accurate accident detection capability.
2Loss of time
If the system makes automatic emergency calls, then emergency response time is improved, but rider autonomy is reduced as riders may not need 112 services
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback to the rider through the helmet before making an automatic emergency call, allowing the rider to confirm or cancel the call. This feedback mechanism maintains rider autonomy while ensuring rapid emergency response when needed, as the rider can quickly validate the accident detection or prevent false alarms.
3Manufacturing precision
If the system uses in-band modem for eCall, then data transmission standardization is improved, but communication reliability deteriorates when riders are separated from vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The rider's helmet acts as an intermediary communication device that maintains connection with the motorcycle's detection system even when separated during or after an accident. The helmet receives detection data wirelessly and can independently initiate emergency calls, ensuring communication reliability when the rider is separated from the vehicle while maintaining standardized data transmission through the detection modules.
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
The system provides accurate and reliable detection of motorcycle accidents, reduces false alarms, and ensures effective emergency communication, even when riders are separated, by integrating sensors and communication technologies to transmit critical information, including rider presence and location, to emergency services.
Implementation Method 1
a module with calculation capacity (111) with processing means for detecting when an accident takes place
Implementation Method 2
a first module (110) located in the motorcycle with means for obtaining a location of the motorcycle (200)
Implementation Method 3
The call made by the eCall service is defined by a voice call, carried out by means of an in-band modem
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system for detecting and reporting motorcycle accidents, comprising a module located in the motorcycle with means for obtaining the location of the motorcycle at all times, means for detecting the acceleration and tilt of the motorcycle, and means for communicating with other modules of said system, a module with calculation capacity located in the motorcycle with processing means for detecting when an accident happens and with means for communicating with other modules of the system, a portable module that can be physically separated into two analogue submodules with means for making an emergency call and means for communicating with other elements of said system, wherein if both submodules are physically joined they act as a single module and only the means of one of the parts function, and when they are physically separated, the means of both parts function independently.