Vehicle Interior Danger Detection via Relative Position Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing detection systems for accidents within moving bodies, such as vehicles, lack a specific method to accurately detect the pose, position, and behavior of passengers in relation to safety equipment, which is crucial for preventing falls and accidents.

Innovation Solution

A detection apparatus comprising an equipment information acquisition unit, a person information generation unit, and a detection unit that utilizes image analysis to determine the position of equipment and passengers, and detects danger states by analyzing the relative positional relationship between them, enabling accurate detection of potential accidents.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If image analysis is used to detect passenger position and behavior, then detection capability is improved, but measurement precision is insufficient without specific achievement means

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection capabilityVSAvoiddetection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The detection system is segmented into multiple functional units: equipment information acquisition unit, person information generation unit, and detection unit. Each unit performs a specific task - acquiring equipment positions, generating person position information from images, and detecting danger states by comparing relative positions. This segmentation allows for precise detection of passenger position and behavior while maintaining overall system capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If general detection methods are used, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability of danger state detection is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem simplicityVSAvoiddetection reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary processing step - the person information generation unit that creates structured person position information from image data. This intermediary layer bridges the gap between simple image capture and reliable danger state detection, enabling accurate determination of relative positions between passengers and equipment without excessive system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If detailed position tracking is implemented, then detection accuracy is improved, but loss of information increases due to complex data processing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposition detection accuracyVSAvoiddata processing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential information needed for danger state detection - the relative position between passenger and equipment. The person information generation unit generates focused position information from images, and the detection unit uses only this extracted positional data to determine danger states, avoiding unnecessary data processing and information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20230410356A1Detection apparatus, detection method, and non-transitory storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.12.21 NEC CORP
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AI summary

The present invention provides a detection apparatus (10) including an equipment information acquisition unit (12) that acquires equipment information indicating a position of equipment being present in an interior of a moving body, a person information generation unit (11) that determines a position of a person being present in the interior of the moving body, based on an image indicating the interior of the moving body, and generates person information indicating the position of the person, and detection unit (13) that detects a danger state occurring in the interior of the moving body, based on the equipment information and the person information.