Passenger Transfer Risk Assessment System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passengers transferring into or out of commercial passenger vehicles often face dangerous or inconvenient conditions in uncontrolled environments, lacking effective risk assessment and safe location selection.
Innovation Solution
A transfer-risk assessment system equipped with sensors and a processor that assesses environmental and dynamic conditions to determine an initial and potentially revised transfer location, generating a risk estimate to ensure passenger safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If transfer location is selected based solely on proximity to endpoint, then transfer convenience is improved, but passenger safety deteriorates due to uncontrolled environmental conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary risk assessment by acquiring environmental data and generating risk estimates before the transfer occurs. The processor evaluates static conditions (road surfaces, obstacles) and dynamic conditions (traffic flow, weather) in advance to determine safe transfer locations, preventing hazardous situations before they arise.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary risk assessment layer between the transfer location selection and the actual passenger transfer. The processor acts as a mediator that evaluates environmental data, generates risk estimates, and makes informed decisions about transfer location, filtering out harmful factors while maintaining convenience.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If comprehensive environmental data is collected and risk assessment is performed, then passenger safety is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the risk assessment process into distinct components: acquiring static environmental data (road conditions, obstacles), acquiring dynamic environmental data (traffic, weather), and generating risk estimates. This segmentation allows complex safety evaluation to be broken down into manageable, systematic steps that can be implemented progressively.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs self-service risk assessment where the vehicle's own sensors and processors evaluate its immediate environment without requiring external intervention. The vehicle autonomously monitors its surroundings, generates risk estimates, and makes transfer location decisions independently, reducing the need for complex external safety systems.
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AI summary
A system and method for assessment of risk involved in transfer of passengers into or out of a vehicle at a particular transfer location. The assessment may utilize environmental data and dynamic data to estimate a risk level for the passengers. If the estimated risk level is not lower than a threshold, a revised transfer location may be found and assessed.