In-Vehicle Gesture Control Under Transport Operation Thresholds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle control systems face challenges in accurately detecting gestures and determining whether they should modify ongoing transport operations, particularly in ensuring safety and reliability by preventing gestures that could exceed safe operational thresholds.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that detect movements within vehicles, determine if they constitute valid gestures, identify the associated actions, and assess whether performing those actions would exceed a threshold transport operation level, allowing for the cancellation or execution of gestures based on current operational conditions and occupant permissions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If gesture control functions are added to enhance vehicle operation flexibility, then adaptability is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to potential safety risks from unrecognized gesture contexts
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors current transport operations and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust gesture recognition decisions. By comparing the desired gesture action against the current operational state, the system determines whether to permit or block the gesture, ensuring safety while maintaining control flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The gesture control system transitions from a static on/off approach to a dynamic state-dependent approach. The system's response to gestures changes based on the current transport operation level, allowing more flexible control when operations are low and imposing restrictions when operations approach unsafe thresholds
2Reliability
If the system blocks gestures that may exceed operational thresholds, then reliability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates due to restricted control functions
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of gesture permission based on the current transport operation level. Rather than uniformly blocking or allowing all gestures, the system adjusts the operational parameters (permission status) dynamically according to the current state, enabling safe gesture control across varying operational conditions
3Reliability
If comprehensive gesture monitoring and threshold assessment are implemented, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The computing device performs multiple functions using the same core processing capabilities: detecting gestures, determining current transport operations, assessing threshold compliance, and making permission decisions. By making the system multi-functional rather than adding separate dedicated systems for each function, complexity is minimized while maintaining comprehensive safety monitoring
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AI summary
An example operation includes one or more of detecting a gesture in a transport, responsive to the gesture being detected, identifying an action to be performed by the transport, identifying currently engaged transport operations, determining whether performing the action will exceed a threshold transport operation level based on the currently engaged transport operations, and determining whether to perform or cancel the action corresponding to the detected gesture based on whether the threshold transport operation level will be exceeded.