Pedestrian Attention Trigger Device Priority Notification Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pedestrian attention trigger devices struggle to appropriately manage notification actions when multiple conditions are satisfied simultaneously, potentially leading to confusion and reduced effectiveness in prompting safety-related actions.

Innovation Solution

A pedestrian attention trigger device equipped with a processor that prioritizes notification actions based on predefined conditions, ensuring that safety-related actions are executed promptly while managing incoming calls and other notifications effectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the notification device executes multiple notification actions simultaneously when multiple conditions are satisfied, then the user receives comprehensive information, but the user becomes confused and distracted, reducing safety awareness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification information completenessVSAvoiduser attention focus
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The notification actions are segmented into different priority levels (first notification actions and second notification actions). The processor determines which actions to execute based on condition satisfaction, separating critical safety notifications from other notifications to avoid user confusion while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The notification execution strategy is dynamic rather than static. The processor continuously monitors condition satisfaction and adjusts the execution order of notification actions accordingly. When multiple conditions are satisfied simultaneously, the system dynamically selects which notification to prioritize based on the current state, ensuring optimal user attention allocation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If the notification device prioritizes safety-related notifications over incoming calls, then user safety is enhanced, but incoming call notifications may be delayed or missed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety notification reliabilityVSAvoidincoming call response time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Notification actions are segmented into priority levels where first notification actions (safety-related) take precedence over second notification actions (incoming calls). The processor executes first notification actions when their conditions are satisfied, ensuring safety reliability while managing call notification timing through structured priority management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Loss of information

If the notification device executes all notification actions when conditions are satisfied, then information completeness is maintained, but device complexity increases due to multiple concurrent actions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification action completenessVSAvoidnotification control complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification control system is segmented into distinct processing stages: condition monitoring, priority determination, and selective execution. By organizing notification actions into priority levels and using a systematic decision-making process, the device manages complexity while maintaining information completeness through structured control rather than exhaustive concurrent execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12260727B2Pedestrian attention trigger device, pedestrian attention trigger system, server
Publication Date: 2025.03.25 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A pedestrian attention trigger device includes a notification device capable of executing a first notification action when determined that a first condition satisfied, and capable of executing a second notification action when determined that a second condition different to the first condition is satisfied, and includes a processor. The processor controls the notification device to execute one action of the first notification action or the second notification action in priority over the other action thereof when the first condition and the second condition have both been satisfied at the same time, and to execute the other action when a condition that is one of the first condition or the second condition and that corresponds to the one action is no longer satisfied and also a condition that is the other of the first condition or the second condition and that corresponds to the other action is satisfied.