Surround-View Trailer Video Capture Using Sensor Event Triggers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Downtime in transit due to accidents and thefts is a significant problem in the transportation industry, leading to numerous claims and lawsuits, as existing trailer monitoring systems lack effective event-triggered video storage solutions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a surround-view monitoring system with a 360-degree camera system, sensors, and a processor to capture and store video files based on event triggers, such as vehicle impact or sensor alerts, providing redundancy through local and online storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If continuous video recording is implemented for trailer monitoring, then complete video evidence is available for accident and theft analysis, but storage space is rapidly consumed and system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring sensor data (accelerometers, gyroscopes, impact sensors) and preparing video recording in advance of actual events. When sensors detect anomalies such as impacts, vibrations, or unauthorized movements, the system activates recording only at those critical moments, thus avoiding continuous storage consumption while ensuring evidence is captured when needed
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and isolates only the critical portions of monitoring data by using sensor-triggered event detection to identify specific time segments worthy of recording. Instead of storing all video data, the system extracts only those segments corresponding to detected events (accidents, theft attempts, abnormal movements), significantly reducing storage requirements while maintaining reliability for incident analysis
2Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are deployed for comprehensive event detection, then detection accuracy and coverage improve, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple sensor types (accelerometers, gyroscopes, impact sensors, GPS receivers) into a unified monitoring platform that processes data from all sensors through a single processor. This integration approach maintains high detection accuracy by leveraging complementary sensor data while reducing overall system complexity through centralized control and shared processing architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system is designed with multi-functionality where a single integrated platform performs multiple detection tasks: accident detection through impact sensors, theft detection through motion and location sensors, and general monitoring through the combined sensor array. This universal approach allows one system to fulfill multiple monitoring functions, reducing the need for separate specialized systems and thereby lowering overall complexity
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AI summary
Surround-view monitoring of a trailer, including: monitoring a birds-eye view of an image of the trailer rendered in real-time to visually aid a driver of the trailer during driving and parking; determining whether at least one event has been detected by at least one sensor; storing at least one surround-view video file in a storage device when it is determined that the at least one event has been detected, wherein the at least one surround-view video file includes the birds-eye view of the image of the trailer rendered in real-time using a plurality of cameras positioned about the trailer.