Automobile Status Recorder With Time-Range Retrieval Alerts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle data recording systems, such as GPS and trackers, are limited in accessibility and retrievability, often relying on eyewitness statements for accident causation, and lack integrated mobile device functions for easy data retrieval and notification.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle status recorder system that collects and stores data using sensors, generates notifications based on conditions, and transmits data to mobile devices, incorporating GPS, cameras, and audio recording for real-time and historical data access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If GPS and vehicle trackers are used to record vehicle data, then vehicle tracking capability is improved, but data accessibility and retrievability remain limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle tracking capabilityVSAvoiddata accessibility and retrievability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system integrates multiple functions including GPS tracking, data recording, mobile device communication, and automated notification into a single vehicle status recorder unit. This multi-functional approach allows the device to not only track vehicle位置 but also store historical data, send real-time notifications to mobile devices, and enable easy data retrieval through wireless communication, thereby resolving the contradiction between tracking precision and data accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of information

If vehicle data is recorded for accident investigation, then data availability for analysis is improved, but ease of retrieval and usability of the data worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata availability for accident investigationVSAvoidease of retrieval and usability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates automated notification functionality that immediately alerts mobile devices when specific status conditions are met. This feedback mechanism ensures that critical data is not only recorded but also actively communicated to relevant parties, making the data immediately accessible and actionable for accident investigation and analysis, thereby resolving the contradiction between data availability and ease of retrieval.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If comprehensive vehicle status monitoring is implemented, then safety and operational insights are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety and operational insightsVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses mobile devices as an intermediary between the vehicle status recorder and the user. The recorder collects comprehensive vehicle data through multiple sensors, then wirelessly transmits this information to the user's mobile device for display and analysis. This intermediary approach allows comprehensive monitoring without requiring the vehicle itself to display or process all data, thereby maintaining high reliability while managing system complexity through distributed functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12354420B2Systems and methods for an automobile status recorder
Publication Date: 2025.07.08 CARKENNY INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for recording statuses of an automobile are presented. A method for implementing an automobile status recorder includes collecting, with one or more sensors, one or more statuses of a vehicle. The method includes creating a time field for each of the one or more statuses. The method includes storing the one or more statuses in a storage that is configured to retrieve statuses based on a time range. The method includes generating a notification when the one or more statuses meet a condition and transmitting the notification to the mobile device.