Vehicle Environmental Data Relevance Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for addressing weather-related disruptions in vehicular travel, such as ice formation on aircraft, are inadequate as they may not effectively anticipate or counter rapid ice buildup, and not all vehicles are equipped with de-icing/anti-icing systems, leading to safety concerns and operational challenges.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables real-time sharing of environmental data between moving vehicles, analyzes this data for relevance based on contextual information, and performs remedial actions, either automatically or with operator input, to anticipate and prepare for adverse weather conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hardware deployment solutions such as de-icing/anti-icing systems are equipped on vehicles, then the ability to counteract ice formation is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase, and the systems may still fail when ice buildup rate exceeds counteraction capability
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by sharing environmental data from vehicles that have encountered adverse weather conditions with other vehicles before they enter the same conditions. This allows receiving vehicles to anticipate ice formation risks and prepare remedial actions in advance, rather than waiting for hardware systems to react after ice formation begins.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism - an environmental data sharing system that acts as a mediator between vehicles experiencing adverse weather and vehicles that need protection. This intermediary system transmits critical environmental data and enables coordinated remedial actions without requiring direct hardware deployment on all vehicles.
2Reliability
If all vehicles are equipped with de-icing/anti-icing systems to ensure safety, then the reliability is improved, but the cost and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The environmental data sharing system serves multiple functions: it provides weather condition information, enables risk anticipation, coordinates remedial actions, and supports both vehicles with and without de-icing hardware. This universal system replaces the need for universal hardware deployment while maintaining safety across diverse vehicle types.
Solution Approach 2:
The data sharing system acts as an intermediary that enables safety without requiring direct hardware deployment on every vehicle. Vehicles without de-icing systems can still achieve safety by receiving and acting on environmental data from the intermediary system.
3Reliability
If environmental data is shared between all vehicles to improve safety, then the reliability is improved, but the loss of information increases due to receiving irrelevant data for vehicles not in adverse conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by customizing data sharing based on the specific context and needs of each receiving vehicle. Environmental data is filtered and transmitted selectively based on the vehicle's location, type, current conditions, and vulnerability to adverse weather, ensuring each vehicle receives only locally relevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where vehicle context information is continuously monitored and used to determine data relevance. The system adjusts what environmental data is shared based on real-time feedback about each vehicle's situation, ensuring high relevance and reducing information loss.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for environmental data sharing and context-based relevance determination. One method comprises receiving, by an environmental condition response system of a receiving vehicle, environmental data associated with a sending vehicle. Then, the environmental condition response system of the receiving vehicle analyzes the received environmental data for relevance based on contextual information of the receiving vehicle. Based on determining that the received environmental data is relevant to the receiving vehicle, the environmental condition response system determines a remedial action and sends instructions to perform the remedial action to a corresponding vehicle component system of the receiving vehicle.