Vehicle Sensor Activation for Parking Collision Reconstruction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transport vehicles often collide during parking due to limited space, making it difficult to reconstruct incidents and requiring infrastructure that may not be available.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring system for transport vehicles that determines the start of a parking maneuver and transmits an activation signal to activate sensors in nearby vehicles to track the parking process, using a control unit and telematics unit to manage sensor activation and data recording.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sensors are continuously activated to monitor parking areas, then incident detection capability is improved, but energy consumption and resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines the start of a parking maneuver in advance and activates sensors before the actual parking action occurs. This preliminary activation ensures that sensors are ready to capture incident data immediately when parking begins, while avoiding continuous operation that would waste energy.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor activation state changes dynamically based on the detected parking maneuver status. Sensors are activated only during detected parking maneuvers and deactivated during normal operation, creating a dynamic energy management system that adapts to operational needs.
2Reliability
If monitoring infrastructure is permanently installed in parking areas, then incident tracking capability is improved, but infrastructure requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Parked transport vehicles themselves serve as the monitoring infrastructure by activating their own sensors when a parking maneuver is detected. This eliminates the need for separate permanently installed monitoring systems, as the vehicles provide their own monitoring capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system serves multiple functions: it monitors parking maneuvers, detects incidents, and reconstructs collision data. By making the sensor system multi-functional, the invention reduces the need for specialized monitoring infrastructure while maintaining comprehensive incident tracking capability.
3Loss of information
If sensors remain activated during all operations, then continuous monitoring is improved, but resource usage and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous sensor activation, the system uses periodic activation triggered by detected parking maneuvers. Sensors are activated only during relevant periods when parking occurs, ensuring that incident data is captured without the energy waste of continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from the determination of parking maneuver start to control sensor activation. When a parking maneuver is detected, feedback triggers sensor activation; when parking ends, feedback triggers deactivation. This closed-loop control ensures sensors operate only when needed.
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AI summary
Among other things, a method is disclosed, comprising: - determining the start of a parking process of the parking transport vehicle, - transmitting an activation signal to at least one other transport vehicle, wherein the activation signal is configured to activate at least one sensor of the other transport vehicle.