Vehicle Detection Device Video Stream Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing detection devices for vehicles fail to utilize video streams from cameras to identify approaching hazards and transmit both video streams and alert signals to personal electronic devices.
Innovation Solution
A detection device with a housing containing a control circuit, camera assembly, and transmitter, which generates video streams, identifies approaching objects, and transmits both video streams and alert signals to personal electronic devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If still images are captured and transmitted to a mobile device when an analysis identifies a person attempting to break into or damage the vehicle, then the device can alert users to potential threats, but the device cannot provide continuous monitoring and real-time video analysis of approaching objects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces still image capture with video stream analysis using a camera assembly that continuously captures video footage. The control circuit processes these video streams to identify approaching objects, substituting the mechanical still image capture approach with a more advanced video analysis system that provides continuous monitoring capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by continuously analyzing video streams to detect approaching objects before they reach the vehicle. The control circuit is programmed to identify objects in the video stream and trigger alerts in advance, allowing users to take preventive action before a threat materializes.
2Loss of information
If cameras are used to capture images of a person approaching a vehicle, then the device can identify approaching objects, but the device cannot transmit video streams and alert signals to personal electronic devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transmitter as an intermediary component that bridges the camera assembly and personal electronic devices. The transmitter receives video streams and alert signals from the control circuit and transmits them to users' personal electronic devices, enabling seamless information communication between the detection device and users.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmitter serves multiple functions: it transmits both video streams and alert signals to personal electronic devices, making the system universally applicable for various communication needs. This multi-functional approach consolidates transmission capabilities into a single component.
3Speed
If a detection device continuously monitors video streams to identify approaching objects, then real-time detection capability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control circuit employs periodic action by analyzing video streams at strategically determined intervals rather than continuously processing every frame. This approach maintains real-time detection capability while significantly reducing energy consumption by activating full analysis only when motion or potential threats are detected in preliminary scans.
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AI summary
A detection device for detecting approaching hazards includes a housing with a camera assembly that is positioned to face outwardly of the housing. A control circuit is electrically coupled to the camera assembly. The control circuit is programmed to identify objects that are approaching the detection device based on a video stream generated by the camera assembly. The control circuit activates a transmitter to transmit an alert signal to a personal electronic device when an object approaching the detection device is detected.