Vehicle-Mounted Sensor System for Emergency Response Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current emergency response systems rely on unreliable human-provided information, which can be outdated, false, or exaggerated, leading to inefficient dispatch of response services during events like earthquakes, fires, or floods.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize sensors mounted on vehicles to collect and transmit real-time information about emergency events, determining the threat level and dispatching appropriate response services based on data from cameras, LiDAR sensors, and other sensors, ensuring accurate and timely responses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If human-provided information is used for emergency response, then the system is simple to operate, but the information reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces sensor systems mounted on vehicles as an intermediary between the emergency event and the response system. These sensors (cameras, LiDAR, microphones) objectively detect and transmit information about the emergency, replacing unreliable human-provided information with verified sensor data while maintaining system manageability through automated processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human observation and reporting with an automated sensor-based detection system. Vehicles equipped with multiple sensors automatically capture, process, and transmit emergency information, eliminating the need for human operators to manually assess and report conditions, thereby improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Measurement precision
If sensor data from vehicles is used, then information accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes vehicles serve multiple functions: they act as both transportation devices and mobile sensor platforms. The existing vehicle infrastructure is enhanced with sensor systems that can detect various emergency conditions (visual, auditory, environmental), allowing a single system to perform multiple detection functions and improving information accuracy without requiring separate specialized devices for each sensing task.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor systems on vehicles operate autonomously, automatically detecting, processing, and transmitting emergency information without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages data collection from multiple sensors, processes the information to determine threat levels, and communicates with response services, thereby achieving high measurement precision while keeping operational complexity manageable through automation.
3Loss of time
If real-time sensor information is collected, then response time is reduced, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor systems operate in a periodic or event-triggered manner rather than continuously. Sensors activate or increase their sampling rate when emergency conditions are detected or suspected, allowing the system to collect real-time information when needed while reducing energy consumption during normal conditions. This periodic operation maintains response time effectiveness while managing energy resources efficiently.
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AI summary
A system for optimizing rescue efforts includes one or more processors, a network access device and a memory device. The network access device and the memory device are in communication with the one or more processors. The memory device includes an event detection module, a transmission module, and a reception module. The event detection module has instructions that cause the one or more processor to determine a location of an emergency event. The transmission module causes the one or more processors to transmit the location via the network access device to one or more detection systems that are within a detection range of the emergency event, wherein the one or more detection systems are one or more vehicles. The reception module causes the one or more processor to obtaining information regarding the emergency event via the one or more sensors that are within the detection range of the emergency event.