Transportation Vehicle Information Distribution System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transportation vehicles face challenges in effectively communicating safety messages and information to passengers with hearing and visual impairments, as conventional methods are not universally accessible and may not accommodate language preferences.
Innovation Solution
A computing technology that converts pre-recorded audio messages into text and pre-defined text messages into audio, allowing passengers to receive information in their preferred language on personal electronic devices, thereby addressing the needs of both hearing and visually impaired passengers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If pre-recorded audio messages are transmitted to passengers, then information can be conveyed efficiently, but hearing impaired passengers cannot access the information
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a text copy of the audio message and transmits it to passengers' personal electronic devices. This allows hearing impaired passengers to access the same information in an alternative format without requiring additional physical resources or complex hardware modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the information format parameter from audio-only to text-based, enabling the same information to be accessible to different passenger groups with different sensory capabilities while maintaining efficient transmission through digital channels.
2Ease of operation
If individualized functional equipment is provided for each passenger seat, then passenger comfort and entertainment are improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses passengers' personal electronic devices as intermediaries to deliver safety and information messages, eliminating the need for complex individualized equipment at each seat. The personal devices already present in passengers' hands serve the additional function of information delivery, reducing overall system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems are provided for communicating an announcement to passengers on a transportation vehicle. For example, one method includes providing an information system on the vehicle having at least one of a wireless access point and a plurality of seat display devices and operating the information system to communicate with the wireless access point or the seat display devices. The method includes playing audio corresponding to the announcement over a public address system of the vehicle, and causing text corresponding to the audio to display on the seat display devices or personal electronic devices in communication with the wireless access point.