Vehicle Imaging Notifications for Students Without Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to determine the need for notification when an elementary school student does not have a mobile terminal, especially in situations where the student's belongings are left behind or the student is in a dangerous area.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system equipped with an imaging unit, position information acquisition unit, and communication unit in vehicles, which generates and transmits surrounding images and position information to a server device, allowing notification to be sent to school or employee terminals when the student's belongings are shown but not the student, particularly in dangerous areas or during commuting times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notification is sent using a mobile terminal owned by the elementary school student, then the student can receive alerts about their belongings or safety, but the system cannot notify anyone when the student does not have a mobile terminal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary notification system using vehicles (taxis, buses, etc.) equipped with imaging units and communication devices. These vehicles act as mediators between the monitoring system and the school/parents, capturing images of students and their belongings and transmitting notification information when abnormalities are detected, thereby enabling notification coverage for students without personal mobile terminals
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables multiple notification targets (school, parents, guardians) and multiple notification methods (image transmission, position information transmission) to be universally applicable regardless of whether the student possesses a mobile terminal. The notification system becomes versatile by accommodating different student scenarios through a unified approach
2Measurement precision
If the system monitors only students with mobile terminals, then notification can be sent directly to the student, but the system fails to detect situations where belongings are left behind or students are in dangerous areas
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by equipping vehicles with imaging units that continuously capture images of students and their surroundings before dangerous situations occur. The system proactively monitors for abnormalities such as belongings left behind or students entering dangerous areas, enabling early detection and prevention rather than reactive response
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical requirement of students carrying mobile terminals with an automated optical and communication system. Imaging units capture visual information, and communication devices automatically transmit notification information, substituting the need for student-operated mobile terminals with an autonomous vehicle-based monitoring system
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AI summary
An information processing method is a method executed by an information processing system including a vehicle equipped with an imaging unit, a position information acquisition unit, and a communication unit, and a server device. The information processing method includes: transmitting, from the communication unit of the vehicle to the server device, notification information including a surrounding image in which an elementary school student is shown, and position information of the vehicle when the surrounding image is generated by the imaging unit; and notifying, by the server device, an information terminal of notification information including a lost item image that is a surrounding image in which belongings of the elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown, and position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit, from among the notification information.