Near Miss System for Vehicle Collision Warning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current collision avoidance systems only alert drivers within a single vehicle and do not share data on near misses across multiple vehicles or instances in time, limiting the compilation and communication of such events.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that receive sensor data from a vehicle to determine near collisions or risky maneuvers, generating a warning message which is sent to a mobile device and potentially communicated to other vehicles or a central location, using a system comprising a server, mobile devices, and a network to analyze and broadcast near miss warnings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If collision avoidance systems use closed systems to detect nearby objects and provide alerts only to passengers of the same vehicle, then the system complexity is reduced and reliability is maintained within a single vehicle, but the ability to compile occurrences of nearby objects across multiple vehicles and instances in time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple closed collision avoidance systems from different vehicles into a unified networked system. Vehicles share sensor data and near-miss information through a communication network, allowing the system to compile occurrences across multiple vehicles and instances in time while maintaining the reliability of individual vehicle detection
2Reliability
If the system shares near miss data across multiple vehicles through a network, then driver awareness is enhanced and accident prevention is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the overall complexity by separating functions: individual vehicles maintain their own collision detection systems while a network infrastructure handles data compilation and sharing. This allows enhanced driver awareness through cross-vehicle information without requiring each vehicle to handle the full complexity of inter-vehicle communication and data analysis
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for communicating the occurrence of incident near misses between vehicles. In one embodiment, for example, a controller receives sensor data related to an operation of a vehicle. The sensor data is analyzed to determine whether a near collision has occurred with respect to the vehicle. A warning message is generated and transmitted in response to the determination that a near collision occurred.