Server Route Video Provision for Continuous Driving Conditions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems with stationary cameras on roads can only provide video of specific locations, limiting a vehicle driver's understanding of the entire scheduled traveling route, as they cannot continuously recognize conditions such as obstacles or road width.
Innovation Solution
A server and communication terminal system that stores and associates videos taken by vehicles with their travel routes, allowing the server to determine and send relevant videos to the terminal for display, enabling the driver to view conditions along the scheduled route.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a stationary camera is installed on a road to provide video to vehicles, then the video transmission function is achieved, but the driver cannot sufficiently recognize conditions of the entire scheduled traveling route
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses vehicle-mounted cameras to capture video footage that is then stored on a server. This creates a copy of the visual information from multiple locations along the route, which can then be provided to drivers as needed. Instead of relying on a single stationary camera, the system copies video data from multiple moving vehicles to build a comprehensive route information database.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between vehicle-mounted cameras and drivers. The server stores video footage from multiple vehicles and provides relevant route condition information to drivers based on their scheduled routes. This intermediary system enables comprehensive information delivery without requiring direct communication between individual vehicles and drivers.
2Reliability
If stationary cameras are used to monitor specific locations, then the setup is simple, but continuous recognition of route conditions along the entire traveling route is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the video provision system universal by using a server that can serve multiple vehicles and multiple routes. The same server infrastructure can provide route condition information for different destinations and routes by accessing video footage from various vehicles. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate systems for each route while maintaining reliable continuous monitoring.
3Loss of information
If videos from multiple locations are collected and stored, then comprehensive route information is available, but the system complexity and data management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-storing video footage from multiple vehicles on the server before it is needed. When a driver requests route information, the server can immediately provide pre-captured video data without requiring real-time capture or complex on-demand retrieval. This advance preparation simplifies the data management process during actual use.
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AI summary
A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.