Vehicle Emergency Reporting With Authenticated Occupant Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current emergency reporting systems for vehicles face challenges in providing adequate information to emergency responders during an emergency, such as a collision or occupant illness, due to limitations in data access and the impracticality of gathering detailed information during an emergency response.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle emergency reporting system that includes a vehicle communicator to transmit an emergency report and authentication information to an operator terminal, allowing the terminal to access limited-access information from a server memory, which includes details about the vehicle and its occupant.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If emergency reporting systems transmit basic emergency information only, then communication speed is improved, but emergency response quality deteriorates due to insufficient information
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-stores authentication information and limited-access information in the vehicle memory before emergencies occur. When an emergency happens, this pre-prepared information is immediately transmitted along with the emergency report, eliminating the need for real-time information gathering and enabling rapid yet comprehensive emergency response.
Solution Approach 2:
The operator terminal acts as an intermediary that receives both the emergency report and authentication information from the vehicle, then uses the authentication information to access additional limited-access information from the server. This intermediary process enables comprehensive information retrieval without delaying the emergency response.
2Reliability
If detailed information about vehicle and occupant is stored and accessed during emergency, then emergency response quality is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information storage system is segmented into two parts: basic emergency information stored in vehicle memory for immediate transmission, and detailed limited-access information stored on the server for on-demand access. This segmentation allows the vehicle system to remain simple while enabling comprehensive information retrieval through the server infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary storage system that holds detailed limited-access information about the vehicle and occupant. The operator terminal accesses this information using authentication information received from the vehicle, thereby distributing system complexity from the vehicle to the server infrastructure.
3Reliability
If authentication information is transmitted with emergency report, then data security is improved through controlled access, but information access speed deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Authentication information is pre-prepared and stored in the vehicle memory before emergencies occur. When an emergency happens, this authentication information is immediately transmitted along with the emergency report, eliminating any delay in the information access process while maintaining security through controlled access mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle with an emergency reporting function transmits an emergency report in a case where the vehicle is involved in an emergency. The vehicle includes a vehicle communicator and a vehicle memory. The vehicle communicator transmits the emergency report to an operator terminal. The operator terminal acquires emergency-related information by accessing a memory holding the emergency-related information. The emergency-related information includes limited-access information about the vehicle, an occupant of the vehicle, or both. The vehicle memory holds authentication information to be used to access the limited-access information held in the memory. The vehicle communicator transmits the authentication information to the operator terminal, and causes the operator terminal to acquire the limited-access information from the memory, as a part of the emergency-related information, by using the authentication information received from the vehicle.