In-Vehicle VR Bounding Box Alerts to Prevent Passenger Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of virtual reality devices in vehicles can lead to impaired perception and delayed reaction times, potentially causing physical contact with passengers or vehicle controls, necessitating a system to alert users of potential issues.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-based system that monitors user behavior, determines a virtual bounding box based on user location and dimensions, tracks motion and gestures, and generates alerts or interrupts the VR device when the user is likely to breach the bounding box.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user wears a virtual reality device in a vehicle, then the user can experience immersive virtual reality, but the user's perception of surroundings is impaired and reaction times are delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the user's physical state and surroundings through sensors and provides real-time feedback via alerts when the user approaches dangerous zones or shows signs of discomfort, enabling the user to adjust their VR engagement level accordingly
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle's monitoring system acts as an intermediary between the user's VR experience and the physical environment, detecting potential hazards and mediating the interaction by providing warnings before contact occurs
2Adaptability or versatility
If the user is engaged with a virtual reality device, then the user is immersed in the virtual environment, but the user may inadvertently operate vehicle controls or make physical contact with other passengers
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of the user's position and motion trends before actual contact occurs, and provides advance warnings to prevent the harmful interaction from happening in the first place
Solution Approach 2:
Real-time monitoring of user motion and position provides continuous feedback that alerts the user when approaching dangerous zones, enabling corrective action before contact with passengers or controls occurs
3Reliability
If the system provides continuous monitoring and alerts to prevent contact, then user safety is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system leverages existing vehicle sensors and infotainment components for multiple functions including user detection, position tracking, and safety monitoring, reducing the need for dedicated complex hardware
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the vehicle's existing computational resources and sensor network to perform monitoring functions, allowing the vehicle itself to serve its own safety needs without requiring separate complex monitoring infrastructure
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for monitoring user behavior while wearing a virtual reality device within a vehicle are provided. A vehicle may detect presence of a user wearing a virtual reality device within the vehicle. The vehicle may also detect presence of other users in the vehicle. The vehicle may determine the location of the user with respect to the vehicle dimensions and with respect to the other users. The vehicle may determine a virtual bounding box for the user based on the gathered information. Thereafter, the vehicle may monitor the user motion to determine whether the user is breaching the boundaries of the virtual bounding box. If at any point the user physically breaches the boundaries of the virtual bounding box due to his motion, the vehicle may generate an alert notifying the user that his motion may inconvenience other fellow passengers and/or impede with the operation of the vehicle.