Description:TITLE OF THE INVENTION: ANTENNA-BASED VEHICLE COLLISION PREVENTION DEVICE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is generally related to the field of an antenna system. More particularly, the present invention relates to the field of the vehicle collision prevention device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Nowadays, vehicle collisions have become very common in every country. Vehicle collisions are also considered as traffic collisions or road accidents. Incidences of vehicle collisions are just increasing day by day as more and more people are buying automobiles. Moreover, people have now become careless as well. Many do not follow traffic rules. Especially in big cities, there are different modes of transportation. Also, the roads have become narrower and the traffic in the cities has increased. Thus, there is a high risk of vehicle collisions. Many people are dying each day due to vehicle collisions. Most vehicle collisions are happened because of human error. Some road users are quite well aware of the traffic rules and follow the safety measures but some users end up in accidents and crushes due to breaking the rules.
[0003] One of the main causes of vehicle collisions is sleeping, which means many drivers are falling asleep while driving and which causes vehicle collisions. Road safety experts recommend that drivers should not drive continuously for more than 3 hours without taking a break of 15 to 30 minutes. Drivers who have slept for less than four hours of the past twenty-four hours have a higher risk of being involved in accidents. Drivers who fall asleep behind the wheel have serious effects on drivers’ attention, decision-making, judgment, coordination, and reaction time. Drowsy drivers have difficulty maintaining the correct speed and keeping a correct distance from other vehicles. Especially, drowsy drivers may not be able to react on time to avoid an obstacle. So, preventing road accidents is very important to save lives. Falling asleep is not only the cause of accidents but over speeding, distraction to driving, drunken driving, red light jumping, overtaking in a wrong manner, and ignoring safety gear like not wearing seatbelts.
[0004] However, there were lots of efforts made to prevent vehicle collisions. Some of the reference known to us is as follows:
Prior Arts:
[0005] Indian patent application 202111060123 describes an IoT based accident detection and prevention system, which comprises an alcohol detector, a GSM module, an alarm system, a controller, and engine circuitry. If the alcohol concentration exceeds the pre-defined limit or detects an accident condition, then the controller sends a command to stop supplying power to the engine circuit to stop the engine. After that, the controller actuates the alert system and gives an alert to the connected electronic devices.
[0006] Indian patent application 202241023244 describes the development of facial feature monitoring for real-time drowsiness prediction and accident prevention system. This invention detects the driver’s drowsiness using MATLAB via image processing. Here, the camera is pointing towards the face of the driver to scan and monitor the driver’s eyes for detecting drowsiness. It also checks the driver’s body condition.
[0007] Indian patent application 202141031532 describes a device and method to identify cooking oils by cuvette structured microstrip patch antenna sensor. This invention identifies cooking oils using a cuvette structured microstrip patch antenna sensor. The cuvette structured microstrip patch antenna sensor is linked with the network analyser via the SMA cable/connector. Here, the high-frequency connector is linked to the single port of the network analyser.
[0008] Indian patent application 202114035969 describes the system and method of the blood pressure measurement using device with piezoelectric sensor, which comprises one or more piezoelectric sensors. The piezoelectric sensors are used to detect blood flow via the user’s limb as part of determining blood pressure measurements. It is also used to determine the user’s one or more biological parameters.
[0009] State of the art suffers from the following limitations:
[0010] State of the arts does not consider an antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device. Nowadays, road accidents have become very common because many people are not following the traffic rules properly. Moreover, people have become more careless now. People who are sleeping while driving cause major accidents in many countries. So, the present invention provides the antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device for preventing accidents with the help of vibration motors.
OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION
[0011] The main objective of the present invention is to provide an antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device to ensure the safety of the driver.
[0012] Another objective of the present invention is to install microstrip antennas into the vehicle and road safety barriers for the communication process.
[0013] Yet another objective of the present invention is to alert the driver by generating the vibration in the steering wheel using the vibration motor if the vehicle goes near the road safety barrier or other vehicles than the given limited range.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0014] The present invention summary is easy to understand before the hardware and system enablement were illustrated in this present invention. There have been multiple possible embodiments that do not expressly point up in this method's present acknowledgment. Here, the conditions are used to explain the purpose of exacting versions or embodiments for understanding the present invention.
[0015] The main aspect of the present invention is an antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device, which comprises the microstrip antenna and vibration motors. The death rate of accident cases is increasing in every country and most of the accidents are caused by drivers who did not follow the traffic rules. So, the present invention provides an antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device for alerting the drivers by generating vibration when the vehicles go near the road safety barrier or other vehicles.
[0016] Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention is microstrip antennas, which are embedded within the road safety barriers and vehicles for transmitting and receiving signals. So, whenever the vehicle goes near the road safety barrier or other vehicles, the microstrip antenna of the road safety barrier transmits the signal to the vehicle’s microstrip antenna to alert the driver.
[0017] Another aspect of the present invention is the microcontroller, which is used to make a decision to generate the vibration in the steering wheel using vibration motors. The microcontroller checks whether the received signal is lesser than the threshold value or not. If the signal is lesser than the threshold value, then the controller activates the vibration motors to generate the vibration in the steering wheel for alerting the driver.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in, constitute a part of the specification, illustrate the invention's embodiment, and the description serves to explain the principles of the invention.
[0019] Various embodiments will be described under the appended drawings, which are provided to illustrate the present invention.
[0020] Figure 1 illustrates the perspective view of the present invention as provided in the present invention.
[0021] Figure 2 illustrates the process of the present invention as provided in the present invention.
[0022] Figure 3 illustrates the perspective view of the steering wheel as provided in the present invention.
[0023] Figure 4 illustrates the block diagram of the present invention as provided in the present invention.
[0024] Figure 5 illustrates the architecture of the present invention as provided in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0025] This present invention is easy to understand with the reference of detailed figures and descriptions set forth herein. Here, various embodiments have been discussed regarding the architecture and flow chart. Some embodiments of this invention, illustrating its features, will now be discussed, and the disclosed embodiments merely exemplary of the invention that may embody in various forms.
[0026] A vehicle collision is a road accident or traffic collision, that happens when a vehicle crashes with another vehicle, animal, road safety barriers, pedestrian, or other obstruction, such as a building, pole, or tree. Vehicle collisions often result in death, injury, disability, property damage, and financial costs to society and the individuals involved. Most of the accidents are occurred due to drowsy and sleepy drivers who drive the vehicle continuously without breaks. So, preventing vehicle collisions is very important to save lives.
[0027] The present invention provides the antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device, which comprises the microstrip antenna and vibration motors. The microstrip antennas are embedded within the vehicles and road safety barriers for communication purposes. When the driver drives the vehicle very nearly to the road safety barrier, the microstrip antenna (Tx) that is embedded within the road safety barrier transmits the signal to the microstrip antenna (Rx) that is embedded within the vehicle. If the source of the received signal is lesser than the threshold, then the microcontroller actuates the vibration motors to generate the vibration in the steering wheel.
[0028] The present invention shows the perspective view of the present invention (100), further detailed descriptions of the present invention are stated here in the attached drawings. Thus, the detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed here to describe the present invention.
[0029] In this embodiment of the present invention, as shown in figure 1, which refers to the perspective view of the present invention (100) for preventing vehicle collision, which comprises the Microstrip antenna (103).
[0030] Microstrip antenna (101) is also known as a printed antenna and it is a kind of internal antenna, which means an antenna fabricated with photolithographic techniques on a printed circuit board. It is mostly used at microwave frequencies. The microstrip patch antenna’s shape and size determine the frequency of the antenna’s operation and its efficiency. It is easy to fabricate and integrate with circuit components. In this present invention, the microstrip antenna (101) is embedded within the vehicles (102) and road safety barriers (103).
[0031] Nowadays, most accidents are caused by drowsy or sleepy drivers but drowsiness is only not the reason for accidents. The drivers may drive the vehicle (102) very nearly to the road safety barrier (103) due to drowsiness without any awareness and it may cause a huge accident. In this method, when the driver drives the vehicle (102) near the road safety barrier (103), then the microstrip antenna (Tx) that is embedded within the road safety barrier (103) transmits the signal to the microstrip antenna (Rx) that is embedded within the vehicle. If the source of the received signal is lesser than the threshold, which means the distance between the transmitter antenna and receiver antenna is lesser than the threshold, then the microcontroller of the vehicle actuates the vibration motors. The signal intensity of the antenna will increase as well as the distance between the transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) antenna will decrease when the vehicle (receiver antenna) goes near the road safety barrier (transmitter antenna) (103). So, the microcontroller can make a decision whether to actuate the vibration motor or not based on the signal intensity and distance. The vibration motors alert the driver by generating the vibration on the steering wheel once it receives the information from the microcontroller. Thus, the present invention prevents vehicle collision. This invention can prevent vehicle-vehicle collisions with the help of a microstrip antenna (101).
[0032] In another embodiment of the present invention, figure 2 illustrates the process of the present invention (200), which includes the vibration motors (202).
[0033] Initially, the microstrip antenna (receiver) (201) of the vehicle receives frequency from the microstrip antenna (transmitter) of the road safety barrier. The microstrip antenna (201) has a limited frequency range based on its size and shape. In this present invention, the frequency range for alerting the driver is pre-set in the microcontroller (202). Therefore, when the microcontroller (202) receives the signals from the microstrip antenna (receiver) (201), the microcontroller (202) turns on or off the vibration motors (203). For example, when the driver drives the vehicle very nearly to the road safety barrier, the microstrip antenna (transmitter) passes the signal to the microstrip antenna (receiver). The microstrip antenna (receiver) passes the signal value to the microcontroller (202). If the signal intensity is higher and the distance between the Tx and Rx is lesser than the threshold, then the microcontroller (202) actuates the vibration motors (203). Otherwise, it will not actuate the vibration motors (203).
[0034] Vibration motors (203) generate the vibration on the steering (204) wheel to alert the driver. If the vehicle goes near the road safety barrier, then the vibration motors (203) alert the driver by generating vibration on the steering (204) of the vehicle. This process can be implemented to prevent vehicle-vehicle collisions also. Thus, the present invention prevents vehicle collision using the microstrip antenna (201) and vibration motors (203).
[0035] In another embodiment of the present invention, figure 3 illustrates the perspective view of the steering wheel (300).
[0036] In this present invention, vibration motors are placed on the steering wheel to generate vibration when it is necessary. When the receiver microstrip antenna receives the signal from the transmitter microstrip antenna, then the information will be passed to the microcontroller. The microcontroller will make decisions on whether to generate the vibration or not based on the received signal. Thus, the present invention ensures the safety of the driver while driving.
[0037] In another embodiment of the present invention, figure 4 illustrates the block diagram of the present invention (400), which includes the microcontroller (409).
[0038] In this invention, the transmitter microstrip antenna (403) is installed on the road safety barrier (401) for transmitting the signal to the receiver microstrip antenna (406) if the vehicle goes near the road safety barrier (401) than the given range (threshold value). The power source (402) delivers output voltage and current to the microstrip antenna. After that, the transmitter microstrip antenna (403) passes the electrical signal to the receiver microstrip antenna (406) of the vehicle (405) via a transmission medium (404). The transmission medium (304) carries the signal from the transmitter microstrip antenna (403) to the receiver microstrip antenna (406).
[0039] Once the receiver microstrip antenna (406) receives the electrical signal, the amplifier (407) amplifies the received signal (4071) and passes the amplified signal to the microcontroller (408). The microcontroller (408) is embedded within the steering (410) wheel of the vehicle (405), which comprises two vibration motors (409) to generate vibration for alerting the driver (4091). Thus, the present invention gives an alert to the driver generating vibration on the steering (410) wheel.
[0040] In another embodiment of the present invention, figure 5 illustrates the architecture of the present invention (500), which includes the battery (504).
[0041] Initially, when the vehicle goes near the road safety barrier than the given range, then the transmitter microstrip antenna (501) passes the signal to the receiver microstrip antenna (503) via the transmission medium (502) to alert the driver. The received signal will be passed to the microcontroller (505) for further process. The battery (504) provides the power supply to the microcontroller (505). The microcontroller (505) decides to turn on the vibration motors (506) for generating the vibration in the steering (507) wheel. The microcontroller (505) processes the collected data and controls the vibration motors (506).
, Claims:We claim:
1. An antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device (100) for ensuring the safety of the driver, which comprises:
a) microstrip antenna (101) & (201) for transmitting and receiving signals;
b) a microcontroller (202) actuates vibration motors; and
c) vibration motors (203) generate vibration.
2. The antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said Microstrip antennas (101) & (201) are embedded within the road safety barrier and the vehicle, which means the transmitter microstrip antenna (403) is embedded within the road safety barrier and the receiver microstrip antenna (406) is embedded within the vehicle for transmitting and receiving signals for alerting vehicle driver.
3. The antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said microcontroller (202) is embedded within the steering wheel that makes a decision on whether to generate the vibration or not based on the received signal.
4. The antenna-based vehicle collision prevention device (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said vibration motors (203) are embedded in the steering wheel (left and right-hand side) that is controlled by the microcontroller to generate vibrations on the steering when the vehicle goes near the road safety barrier than the given limited range.