RFID Rescue Information System for Rapid Vehicle Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rescue methods require physical access to a paper rescue card within a vehicle, which can be damaged in accidents and complicates the retrieval of critical rescue information, delaying the rescue process.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing RFID chips distributed throughout the vehicle to store and transmit essential rescue information to a mobile device, allowing automatic and wireless access to rescue workers without the need for physical entry into the vehicle, enabling rapid and accurate display of rescue information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a paper rescue card is stored inside the vehicle, then rescue information is available, but physical access to the vehicle is required and the card can be damaged in accidents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical paper-based rescue card system with an electronic information storage and transmission system using RFID technology. Rescue information is stored electronically in the vehicle and transmitted wirelessly to rescue workers' mobile devices, eliminating the need for physical access to a paper card inside the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces RFID tags and wireless communication as intermediaries between the rescue information stored in the vehicle and the rescue workers. The RFID tag reads information from the vehicle and transmits it to the rescue worker's mobile device, serving as a mediator that eliminates the need for direct physical access to the information source.
2Reliability
If multiple RFID chips are distributed throughout the vehicle, then information availability is maintained even if some chips are damaged, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the rescue information storage system into multiple separate RFID chips distributed at different locations within the vehicle. Each chip contains copies of the rescue information, so if some chips are damaged or destroyed in an accident, other chips remain intact and can still provide the necessary information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent places RFID chips at specific strategic locations throughout the vehicle where they are less likely to be damaged in accidents. This ensures that at least some chips survive typical collision scenarios, maintaining information availability while using fewer total chips than a uniform distribution would require.
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
Facilitates faster and automated provision of rescue-related information to responders, reducing the risk of information loss and streamlining the rescue process by eliminating the need for physical access to a paper card and ensuring that critical data is readily available.
Implementation Method 1
A system (1) has a motor vehicle (3) with at least one information carrier (2)... The information is stored in electronic form on the information carrier (2)... The system (1) also has a mobile device (4)... which allows the information relevant to the rescue to be displayed as a function of the information read from the information carrier (2)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for outputting information that is relevant to a rescue, said method having the following steps: reading an information carrier (2) on a vehicle (3), said carrier containing information which characterizes information that is relevant to the rescue; and displaying the information that is relevant to the rescue on a mobile device (4) dependent on the information that is read.