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Method and System for Enabling Real-Time Cognitive Decisioning for Deployment of One or More Airbags
Disclosed is a method and system for enabling real-time cognitive decisioning for deployment of one or more airbags in an automobile based on a triggering event. In accordance with the method and system, as users enter an automobile and take their seats, the system begins by creating user profile for each user/occupant of the automobile. In an embodiment, the system performs image analysis to identify with some accuracy height of each user or how a user’s shoulders line up with top of a seat and the system is also able to understand the height level of the seat itself. The system in general is able to identify the position/posture of each occupant. The collected information is stored in a central repository and is updated regularly. The system employs the image analysis to further understand if any of the user/occupant of the automobile has any pre-existing visible injuries. In an embodiment, the system employs facial recognition to detect an occupant and retrieve further information such as medical records to better understand each user’s past injuries and how prone they are to injuries. At this stage, the system has collected information pertaining to each occupant’s size, position/posture and in general well-being. Using the collected information, the system customizes deployment of the one or more airbags upon a triggering event. The airbag deployment is customized in terms of deciding the compartments within which to deploy the airbags, the number of airbags to deploy, and the manner in which to deploy each airbag. Additionally, the system keeps monitoring the interior of the automobile to observe movements of the occupants such change in position/posture of the occupants or presence of any object which may be blocking the airbags. The system uses the dynamic information to further refine the deployment of airbags. In an embodiment, when a single airbag is covering a compartment of the automobile, the system uses the collected information to determine a best trajectory for the airbag deployment. For example, in case of a shorter person, the airbag is directed lower and with slightly less force than in the case of a larger person. In another embodiment, when the automobile is associated with two or more airbags for covering a section of the automobile, the system determines relative positions, trajectories of the airbags, and appropriate forces for each airbag. For example, one of the bags may be deployed lower or more to the left of the other and one of the airbags may be deployed with less force.
Further, there could be scenarios, where the occupants might have placed objects blocking a usual trajectory of airbags. Similarly, the occupants might...
