Vehicle Security Monitoring Using Sensor-Triggered Threat Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle security systems lack the ability to autonomously detect and respond to potential threats, such as vandalism or theft, by analyzing sensor data in real-time and taking appropriate actions without human intervention.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle-based security system that enters a security mode when sensors detect unusual movement or sounds, collects and analyzes data to determine a security threat, and performs actions based on notifications received from associated devices, such as moving to a safer location or alerting authorities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the vehicle continuously monitors sensor data and analyzes security threats in real-time, then the security response capability is improved, but the energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity response capabilityVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system enters a security mode in advance when sensors detect unusual movement or sounds, performing data collection and analysis before a actual security incident occurs. This preliminary action allows the system to be prepared and respond quickly without requiring continuous high-energy monitoring of all sensor data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of continuous monitoring, the system periodically activates security mode based on sensor triggers (movement or irregular sounds). This periodic activation reduces energy consumption while maintaining security effectiveness by only intensively analyzing data when potential threats are detected.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Speed

If the vehicle autonomously analyzes sensor data to detect security threats, then the response speed is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse speedVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The vehicle system performs self-monitoring and self-analysis of sensor data using onboard processors. The system autonomously determines security threats by analyzing data from multiple sensors without requiring external intervention, thereby improving response speed while managing complexity through integrated design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The security system integrates multiple sensor types (movement sensors, sound sensors, cameras) and processing capabilities into a single multi-functional security mode. This universal approach allows the system to handle various security scenarios using the same integrated architecture, improving response speed without proportionally increasing complexity.

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

3Measurement precision

If the vehicle collects and records data from multiple sensors to analyze security threats, then the measurement precision is improved, but the data processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethreat detection accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system collects and stores sensor data in advance during normal operation, so when a security event is triggered, the data is already available for immediate analysis. This preliminary data collection improves detection accuracy without adding processing delay during critical security moments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses automated electronic data processing and algorithmic analysis instead of manual review of sensor data. This substitution enables rapid processing of multi-sensor data with high precision, reducing processing time while maintaining or improving threat detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20230382350A1Vehicle security mode
Publication Date: 2023.11.30 TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA INC
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AI summary

An example operation includes one or more of entering, by a vehicle, a security mode, when sensors on the vehicle detect a movement or an irregular sound, collecting data, by the vehicle, from the sensors to record an area proximate the vehicle, analyzing, by the vehicle, the data to determine a security threat, notifying, by the vehicle, a device associated with the vehicle when the security threat is above a threshold, and performing an action, by the vehicle, based on a message received from the device.