Vehicle Interior Control Using Passenger Relationship Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle interior control systems fail to adjust seating and content distribution based on passenger relationships, leading to discomfort and inefficiency in utilizing space, and lack effective theft prevention measures.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that use cameras and microphones to determine passenger relationships, adjusting seating and content distribution accordingly, and providing personalized or shared content, while also monitoring for potential theft and alerting owners through various means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a passenger adjusts the seat position or direction to increase personal comfort, then individual comfort is improved, but discomfort is caused to other adjacent passengers
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes the movement allowance parameters of seats based on detected passenger relationships. When intimate relationships are detected, seats are allowed greater movement freedom; when unfamiliar relationships are detected, seat movement is constrained to prevent discomfort to adjacent passengers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors passenger interactions through cameras and microphones, detects relationship intimacy levels, and provides feedback by adjusting seat movement allowances in real-time to balance individual comfort with consideration for adjacent passengers.
2Area of stationary object
If the vehicle interior is designed to accommodate all passengers, then space utilization is improved, but individual personal space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the movement allowance ranges of seats based on detected passenger relationships. When intimate relationships are detected, seats can move into each other's personal spaces; when unfamiliar relationships are detected, seats are constrained to maintain larger personal space boundaries.
3Adaptability or versatility
If content is provided to all passengers together, then shared experience is improved, but individual content preferences are not satisfied
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments content delivery based on detected passenger relationships. When intimate relationships are detected, content can be shared across multiple seats; when unfamiliar relationships are detected, content is delivered individually to each passenger's device.
4Reliability
If monitoring systems are installed to detect theft risk, then theft prevention is improved, but vehicle complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the existing camera and microphone (designed for other purposes such as entertainment or communication) to also detect theft risks by analyzing passenger behavior and relationships, thereby achieving theft prevention without adding dedicated monitoring hardware.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and a method for controlling an interior of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus for controlling the interior of the vehicle may include an interface configured to receive, at predetermined cycles, information on at least one of video of an inside of the vehicle collected by a camera or sound of the inside of the vehicle collected from a microphone, and a processor configured to determine a relationship between passengers in the vehicle based on the information, and control the interior of the vehicle based on the relationship between the passengers. When determining the relationship between passengers, a passenger relationship estimation algorithm used may be a neural network model generated through machine learning, and may be stored in a memory in the apparatus for controlling the interior of the vehicle, or may be provided via a server in an artificial intelligence environment through a 5G network.