Pregnant Driver Vehicle Control for Seat Belt and Pedal Strain
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Pregnant women face challenges while driving due to discomfort from seat belts, difficulty in operating pedals and steering, increased fatigue, and safety risks, as existing solutions require separate auxiliary devices and lack integrated vehicle control technologies tailored to their needs.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle system that determines and activates a 'pregnant woman mode' based on biometric information and user input, adjusting control functions and parameters to alleviate discomfort, reduce fatigue, and enhance safety through features like pedal correction, steering angle limitation, and sound management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a pregnant woman adjusts her seat position away from the steering wheel and pedals to relieve seat belt pressure, then comfort is improved, but the effort required to operate pedals and steering wheel increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operation of pedals and steering wheel with automated electronic control systems. The vehicle control system automatically adjusts acceleration, braking, and steering based on sensor data about the pregnant woman's position and state, eliminating the need for her to physically reach and manipulate these controls despite being seated farther away.
2Reliability
If a pregnant woman wears a general safety belt, then safety is improved, but discomfort and potential harm to the fetus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing differentiated safety belt configurations or alternative restraint systems specifically designed for pregnant women. The system adjusts the positioning and tension distribution of the safety belt to avoid the abdominal area while maintaining adequate restraint, creating localized comfort zones that protect both the mother and fetus without concentrated pressure on sensitive areas.
3Ease of operation
If auxiliary devices such as pedal extenders and seat belt guides are added, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate auxiliary functions into a single integrated vehicle control system. Instead of requiring separate pedal extenders, steering aids, and seat belt guides, the system combines these functionalities through electronic control modules that work together with the vehicle's existing sensors and actuators, reducing the number of discrete devices needed while maintaining or improving ease of operation.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If the vehicle provides comprehensive control functions for pregnant women, then comfort and safety are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a multi-functional control system that serves multiple purposes: it monitors the pregnant woman's position and state, adjusts vehicle dynamics parameters, controls seating and restraint systems, and provides navigation assistance. This single universal system replaces what would otherwise require multiple separate specialized devices, managing complexity through integration while providing comprehensive comfort and safety functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle provides various functions for a pregnant woman and a method of controlling the same. The method of supporting vehicle driving for a pregnant woman may include determining whether to enter a driving support control for the pregnant woman based on at least one of an entry command or an input biometric information of a driver, determining a control function to be activated among predetermined control functions in the driving support control for the pregnant woman based on the at least one of the entry command or the biometric information when entering the driving support control for the pregnant woman, and performing the determined control function.