Safety Lighting Network for Rapid Risk Notification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current communication technologies face challenges in rapidly responding to risk situations in security fields, such as crime prevention, due to the complexity of analyzing video data from CCTV systems, which hinders effective abnormal situation analysis and timely intervention.

Innovation Solution

A safety communication system that utilizes sensors and CCTV data to detect risk situations, generates situation data with position IDs, and controls lighting to rapidly notify and respond to risks through a network of devices including smartphones, cameras, sensors, and LED lighting, using various communication interfaces like VLC, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If video data from CCTV systems is analyzed using complicated algorithms to detect abnormal situations, then measurement precision of risk detection is improved, but device complexity increases and response speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverisk detection accuracyVSAvoidalgorithm complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the risk detection function into multiple components: sensors detect specific physical parameters (motion, sound, light), CCTV captures visual data, and each component processes only its designated data type. This division eliminates the need for complex holistic video analysis algorithms while maintaining detection accuracy through coordinated multi-source monitoring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces communication modules and control modules as intermediaries between sensors/CCTV and the central processing system. These intermediaries perform preliminary data filtering and formatting, reducing the complexity of algorithms required at the central analysis stage while preserving detection precision through structured data transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If complicated algorithms are used for abnormal situation analysis, then measurement precision is improved, but response speed deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveabnormal situation analysis accuracyVSAvoidresponse speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

Sensors perform preliminary detection of risk indicators (motion detection, sound level monitoring, light changes) before full analysis is required. This preliminary action filters out normal situations early in the process, allowing the system to respond quickly to genuine anomalies without requiring complex algorithms for every observed event.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The detection process is segmented into rapid sensor-based screening and slower detailed analysis. Sensors provide immediate detection of potential risks, enabling fast response to urgent situations while more complex video analysis is performed separately for verification and documentation purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If position ID information is managed and integrated with sensor data, then position determination accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposition determination accuracyVSAvoidsystem integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control module serves multiple functions: it manages position ID information, coordinates sensor operations, processes detection data, and controls lighting responses. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate complex systems into a single integrated unit, improving position determination accuracy without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 enables rapid and accurate determination of risk positions, enhancing monitoring and response capabilities by constructing a safety lighting network that controls lighting to notify surrounding individuals and delay urgent situations, thereby strengthening crime prevention efforts.

Implementation Method 1

a VLC transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving VLC data

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVLC (Visible Light Communication):

Data Source

PatentUS9336661B2Safety communication system and method thereof
Publication Date: 2016.05.10 ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST

AI summary

Disclosed are a safety communication system and a method thereof that provide a risk occurrence position and a notification function, and more particularly, disclosed is communication technology including a sensor based lighting for rapidly responding to a risk situation. The safety communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a device sensing a risk situation; a lighting crime prevention system analyzing risk situation data received from the device and including a position ID to generate situation data; and a lighting control system controlling an operation of a lighting depending on the situation data.