Vehicle Safety Display for Pillar Blind Spot Elimination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle collisions and accidents are often caused by reduced peripheral vision and the inability to predict potential collisions, especially in larger vehicles like trucks and trains, necessitating a system that improves situational awareness and reaction time.
Innovation Solution
An interactive vehicle safety system equipped with image capturing devices, object detecting sensors, and display systems that provide real-time tracking, predictive algorithms, and warnings to enhance peripheral vision and reaction time, including pillar obstruction elimination and rear-view mirror replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional vehicle mirrors and pillars are used, then vehicle structure is simple and manufacturing is easy, but peripheral vision is reduced and situational awareness is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical mirrors and direct visual observation with electronic imaging systems (cameras, sensors) and digital processing. Image capturing devices mounted on the vehicle transmit images to processors that analyze and display information about objects in the vehicle's vicinity, substituting mechanical optical systems with electronic ones to improve peripheral vision and situational awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing system between the external environment and the driver. Processors act as intermediaries that receive data from multiple sensors and image capturing devices, perform predictive analysis, and present processed information to the driver, thereby enhancing situational awareness without requiring direct visual contact with all surrounding objects.
2Reliability
If no predictive system is implemented, then the system is simpler and faster to operate, but reaction time in collision scenarios is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action through predictive algorithms that analyze current object positions, velocities, and trajectories to forecast future locations and potential collision risks before they materialize. The processor performs predictive analysis on detected objects, allowing the system to warn drivers of potential hazards before they become immediate threats, thereby improving reaction time and collision avoidance.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors and displays are added, then object detection accuracy and tracking capability improve, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple sensing functions into an integrated system. Image capturing devices, object detecting sensors, and processors work together as a unified system rather than separate components. The system combines visual imaging with other sensor data (such as LIDAR, radar, or ultrasonic sensors) to achieve comprehensive object detection and tracking, improving measurement precision while managing complexity through integration.
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 enhances driver situational awareness by providing a seamless 360-degree view, real-time object tracking, and predictive warnings, reducing the risk of collisions and improving reaction time through pillar obstruction elimination and enhanced visual and auditory alerts.
Implementation Method 1
one or more image capturing devices located on the vehicle configured to transmit one or more images from the vehicle to a processor
Implementation Method 2
The one or more object detecting sensors may be ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR radar sensors, or photoelectric sensors
Implementation Method 3
The one or more object detecting sensors may be ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR radar sensors, or photoelectric sensors
Implementation Method 4
The one or more object detecting sensors may be ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR radar sensors, or photoelectric sensors
Implementation Method 5
The one or more object detecting sensors may be ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR radar sensors, or photoelectric sensors
Data Source
AI summary
An interactive vehicle safety system having capabilities to improve peripheral vision, provide warning, and improve reaction time for operators of vehicles. For example, the interactive vehicle safety system may have capabilities for portraying objects, which are being blocked by any of the structural pillars and/or mirrors of a vehicle (such as a truck, van, train, etc.). The interactive vehicle safety system disclosed may comprise one or more image capturing devices (such as camera, sensor, laser), distance and object sensors (such as ultrasonic sensor, LIDAR radar sensor, photoelectric sensor, and infrared sensor), a real-time image processing of an object, and one or more display systems (such as LCD or LED displays). The interactive vehicle safety system may give a seamless 360-degree front panoramic view to a driver.