Sliding Document Holder for Contactless Credential Presentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traffic stops are often fraught with tension and risk due to the need for drivers to reach for credentials, which can be misinterpreted as weapon retrieval, leading to safety concerns and inefficiencies, and existing digital solutions raise privacy and security issues.
Innovation Solution
A document holder attached to a vehicle's windshield or dashboard with a slidable plate that conceals and exposes barcodes or QR codes containing credentials, allowing for contactless and secure presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If drivers store credentials in glove compartment, center console, or pockets, then credentials are accessible, but reaching movements are interpreted as weapon retrieval causing safety concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves credential storage from traditional horizontal compartments (glove box, console) to a vertical dimension by attaching the holder to the windshield or dashboard. This dimensional change allows credentials to be positioned within the driver's natural field of view and reach, eliminating the need to stretch or twist into compartments where weapon retrieval might be suspected.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is pre-positioned in a location that anticipates the driver's needs during a traffic stop. By placing credentials in the upper dashboard or windshield area, the system prepares the credentials in advance within easy reach, so the driver can present them without reaching into compartments that might be misinterpreted as weapon searches.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If drivers keep hands on steering wheel during traffic stop, then safety is maximized, but credentials cannot be accessed
Solution Approach 1:
The holder utilizes the vertical space of the windshield or dashboard area, moving credentials out of the horizontal plane where hand placement is critical for safety. This allows the driver to maintain hands on the steering wheel while credentials remain accessible in the vertical dimension above the dashboard.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder design allows the driver to perform multiple functions - maintaining safety by keeping hands on the wheel while simultaneously having credentials accessible for presentation. The system enables both safety maintenance and credential access without requiring the driver to choose one over the other.
3Productivity
If digital credentials are stored on mobile devices, then document gathering is reduced, but privacy and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The holder creates a physical copy or representation of digital credentials in the form of printed cards or documents stored in the holder. This copying approach maintains the efficiency benefits of having credentials ready for immediate presentation while addressing security concerns by providing a physical alternative that doesn't require transferring control of a connected mobile device to law enforcement officers.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a document holder having a first wall, a second wall, a top plate, a rear plate, a first divider, and a second divider, where the document holder is configured to interface with a receiving surface. Further, the document holder may include a slider that may traverse a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, where any of the chambers may include a document. The slider may reversibly conceal the document(s), enabling a third party to view the document(s) from an outside perspective when the slider is removed from the holder.