Vehicle Safety System Remote Camera Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle safety and security systems lack comprehensive monitoring capabilities for both interior and exterior areas of vehicles, and there is a need for remote control and recording of video imaging data during incidents.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle safety and security system comprising multiple cameras that feed imaging data to a control box, which can be controlled remotely, allowing for real-time monitoring, recording, and alert triggering, with the ability to preserve data around incidents, using both wired and wireless connections, and featuring infrared capabilities for night vision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras are installed to monitor interior and exterior areas, then monitoring coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple camera functions (interior monitoring, exterior monitoring, night vision) into a single integrated vehicle safety system with a central control box that manages all cameras and data streams, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The control box serves multiple functions: it processes imaging data from all cameras, performs incident detection, manages recording operations, and enables remote communication, allowing a single device to handle diverse monitoring requirements without proportionally increasing complexity
2Reliability
If video imaging data is recorded continuously to capture incidents, then incident detection capability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs periodic sampling and event-triggered recording rather than continuous recording, activating full recording only when incidents are detected through motion detection or anomaly analysis, thereby maintaining high incident detection capability while significantly reducing energy consumption during normal operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of imaging data using incident detection algorithms before initiating full recording, allowing it to distinguish between significant incidents requiring recording and normal variations that do not, thus optimizing energy usage while maintaining reliable incident capture
3Ease of operation
If remote control capability is added to change operational parameters, then system controllability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary between the user and the vehicle camera system, handling complex communication protocols, data transmission, and control signal routing remotely, which simplifies the on-vehicle device while enabling comprehensive remote control capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements bidirectional communication with real-time feedback loops where the remote device receives imaging data and status information, processes control commands, and sends confirmation signals back to the vehicle system, enabling intuitive remote operation without requiring complex local processing
Data Source
AI summary
The vehicle safety and security system comprises one or more vehicle cameras which feed imaging data to a control box located within the vehicle and which may be controlled by a remote control device. The vehicle cameras may be located at positions within or outside of the vehicle. Imaging data captured by the cameras may be recorded or transmitted to a remote location, including transmission to the remote control device. The remote control device may display imaging data obtained from the control box and may change operational parameters such as the orientation of the cameras and whether imaging data should be recorded or not. The cameras may inform the remote control device of intrusions into the field of view of the cameras and the remote control device may cause the control box to preserve imaging data recorded in temporal proximity to incidents at the vehicle.