Roadside Image Tracking System for Driver Distraction Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Drivers face distractions and information overload from roadside signs and advertisement boards while navigating, which can lead to hazards due to the need for quick interpretation of multiple information sources during driving.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-mounted camera system processes images in real-time to extract relevant information, predicts fueling needs, and generates route options based on vehicle parameters and road conditions, transmitting this data to a navigation system for enhanced driving experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If drivers manually interpret roadside signs and advertisement boards while driving, then they can obtain information about routes, directions, and points of interest, but this causes driver distraction and safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of cameras, processing circuitry, and display devices that mediate between the road signs and the driver. The system captures images of roadside signs, processes them to extract relevant information, and presents the processed information to the driver through displays, thereby eliminating the need for direct visual interpretation by the driver and reducing distraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by capturing and processing sign information before the driver needs it. The camera continuously captures images of roadside signs, and the processing circuitry extracts and prepares the information in advance, so that when the driver needs route or direction information, it is already processed and ready for display, reducing the cognitive load and distraction during critical driving moments.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a camera system captures and processes images in real-time to extract driving information, then driver distraction is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a multi-functional system where the camera and processing circuitry serve multiple purposes: capturing road signs, extracting text information, identifying objects, analyzing road conditions, and providing navigation assistance. This consolidates what could be multiple separate systems into one integrated solution, managing complexity through functional consolidation rather than proliferation of components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs self-service mechanisms through automated image processing algorithms that automatically extract relevant information from captured images without requiring manual intervention. The processing circuitry autonomously performs tasks such as text recognition, object detection, and information filtering, making the system self-sufficient and reducing the operational complexity despite the sophisticated processing requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for roadside image tracing are described herein. The system includes a camera mounted on a vehicle configured to capture images of objects around the vehicle while driving along a route of a plurality of routes, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive the captured images from the camera and vehicle parameters including speed, a fuel level, and a mileage, extract objects and locations of the objects within the captured images including information related to driving, determine a route ranking based on the information collected from the objects during one or more trips along each route of the plurality of routes, generate route options based on the route ranking and the vehicle parameters, and transmit route options to a display.