Vehicle Emergency Notification Coordination for Multi-Car Accidents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle notification systems face issues with transmission congestion and difficulty in distinguishing between multiple pieces of similar accident information during multiple-vehicle accidents, hindering prompt and accurate processing at emergency notification centers.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle equipped with a communicator, identification unit, and collector that communicates with other vehicles to identify a primary vehicle for emergency notification, collects accident information, and generates sorted notification data to prevent congestion and ensure accurate transmission to an emergency center.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all vehicles involved in a multiple-vehicle accident send emergency notification data to the emergency notification center, then the emergency notification center receives comprehensive accident information, but transmission congestion occurs and processing becomes delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces another vehicle as an intermediary to collect and consolidate accident information from multiple vehicles. Instead of all vehicles directly communicating with the emergency notification center (causing congestion), the intermediary vehicle aggregates the data and sends a single consolidated notification, thereby maintaining information completeness while reducing transmission load and processing time.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple vehicles send similar accident information simultaneously, then comprehensive data is available, but the emergency notification center has difficulty distinguishing and processing the multiple similar pieces of information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple similar pieces of accident information into a single consolidated notification. The intermediary vehicle collects accident data from multiple involved vehicles and combines them into one unified message, reducing the number of separate information processing tasks at the emergency notification center while preserving all necessary data.
3Loss of time
If a single vehicle is designated to send emergency notification on behalf of all involved vehicles, then transmission congestion is prevented, but the system becomes more complex in identifying which vehicle should send the notification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where vehicles automatically determine their own role in the notification process. Upon detecting an accident, vehicles exchange identification information and autonomously decide which vehicle will serve as the notification sender based on predetermined criteria (such as communication capability or accident severity), eliminating the need for external coordination complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle serving as a first vehicle includes a communicator, an identification unit, a collector, and a notification unit. The communicator communicates with one or more second vehicles upon occurrence of a multiple-vehicle accident involving multiple vehicles. The one or more second vehicles include the vehicles involved in the multiple-vehicle accident. The identification unit uniquely identifies a vehicle that is to issue an emergency notification by communicating with the one or more second vehicles. The collector collects accident information from the one or more second vehicles when the first vehicle corresponds to the vehicle that is to issue the emergency notification. The notification unit notifies an emergency notification center of the accident information collected by the collector as notification information.