Vehicle Remote Start Blocking via Enclosure Detection Sensors
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Solution Overview
Problem
When remotely starting a motor vehicle, users may unknowingly cause the vehicle to fill an enclosed space with carbon monoxide, which can be harmful.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing GPS, cameras, and proximity sensors to determine if the vehicle is in an enclosed space, preventing engine startup and alerting the user via voice or text messages if it is, allowing override options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the vehicle allows remote engine starting, then user convenience is improved, but carbon monoxide buildup in enclosed spaces becomes a harmful effect
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by detecting enclosed spaces before the engine starts and preventing remote startup in such conditions. The GPS and sensor system identifies enclosed environments ahead of time, and the system actively blocks the remote startup command, thereby preventing carbon monoxide buildup before it can occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring GPS location, proximity sensors, and environmental conditions to determine whether the vehicle is in an enclosed space. This feedback loop allows the system to make real-time decisions about whether to permit remote startup, providing a dynamic safety mechanism that responds to changing conditions.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the vehicle prevents remote engine starting in enclosed spaces, then carbon monoxide buildup is prevented, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making the remote startup capability conditional rather than fixed. The system dynamically adjusts the startup permission based on real-time environmental assessment, allowing startup when safe and blocking it when enclosed spaces are detected, thereby balancing safety requirements with user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameter of remote startup from a constant enabled state to a conditional state based on GPS coordinates, sensor readings, and environmental parameters. By monitoring changes in these parameters, the system determines whether to permit or block remote engine starting.
3Reliability
If the system uses GPS and sensors to detect enclosed spaces, then safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies universality by using multi-functional components that serve both navigation and safety purposes. The GPS system, originally designed for location tracking, is also used to detect enclosed spaces by monitoring coordinate changes and proximity to known enclosed location databases, thereby reducing the need for separate dedicated detection hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an intermediary approach by leveraging existing infrastructure such as databases of known enclosed spaces and proximity sensor technology that can be adapted for this purpose. Rather than creating entirely new detection mechanisms, the system intermediates between existing GPS/sensor capabilities and the safety function.
Data Source
AI summary
A motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment outside of the motor vehicle. A proximity sensor detects an object disposed adjacent to the motor vehicle. An electronic processor receives the images captured by the at least one camera, and receives a proximity signal from the proximity sensor. The proximity signal is indicative of whether an object is disposed adjacent to the motor vehicle. The electronic processor determines, based upon the images captured by the at least one camera and the proximity signal, whether the motor vehicle is disposed within an enclosure. The electronic processor receives an engine start request signal that has been wirelessly transmitted by a user. In response to receiving the engine start request signal, the electronic processor causes the engine start system to start an engine of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is not disposed within an enclosure.