Vehicle Alarm Device Using Dynamic Deceleration Learning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional alarm systems for vehicles struggle to accurately determine alarm timing due to assumptions of constant deceleration speed and reliance on specific deceleration starting operations and driver awareness times, which are difficult to specify and require sufficient driving history data.

Innovation Solution

An alarm device with an object recognition unit, speed measurement unit, alarm speed database, and alarm determination unit that learns the driver's preferred deceleration speed based on distance and vehicle speed, allowing for precise alarm timing without requiring specification of deceleration operations or awareness times, and can function even with limited driving history data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If constant deceleration speed is assumed for alarm timing calculation, then calculation simplicity is improved, but measurement precision of alarm timing deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecalculation simplicityVSAvoidalarm timing precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from a static assumption of constant deceleration speed to a dynamic model that captures actual driver behavior. The system learns and adapts to variable deceleration patterns based on distance and speed, allowing the alarm timing calculation to reflect real-world driving characteristics rather than relying on simplified constant value assumptions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Measurement precision

If specific deceleration starting operation and driver awareness time are specified, then alarm timing accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealarm timing accuracyVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies self-service by automatically learning driver behavior patterns without requiring explicit user input or specification. The alarm device autonomously captures deceleration operations and awareness timing through sensors and processors, eliminating the need for drivers to manually define these parameters while still achieving high alarm timing accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If sufficient driving history data is collected for learning, then alarm timing accuracy is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealarm timing accuracyVSAvoiddata collection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-processing and storing raw sensor data during normal driving operations. The system continuously captures distance, speed, and deceleration information in the background, so that when learning is needed, the processed data is already available, significantly reducing the time required to achieve accurate alarm timing without sacrificing data quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS7468653B2Vehicle alarm device, vehicle alarming method, and vehicle alarm generation program
Publication Date: 2008.12.23 NEC CORP
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AI summary

To provide a vehicle alarm device, a vehicle alarming method and a vehicle alarm generation program, capable of describing driving characteristics of a driver in detail and generating an alarm at appropriate timing, without specifying a deceleration starting operation and the time when a driver is aware of the necessity of deceleration. An alarm determination unit refers to alarm speed data in an alarm speed database and obtains an alarm speed data value corresponding to the distance to an object recognized by an object recognition unit, and then compares the alarm speed data value with a current speed of the own vehicle outputted by a speed measurement unit. If the own vehicle speed exceeds the alarm speed data value, the alarm determination unit determines that it is an abnormal state where the driver is not aware of a “red light” or a “stop sign”.