IP Library Granted Patent US 12,154,434
Granted Patent B2
US 12,154,434 · App. 18/463,265 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Appearance and movement based model for determining risk of micro mobility users

Inventors: Raunaq Bose (London, GB); Leslie Cees Nooteboom (London, GB); Maya Audrey Lara Pindeus (London, GB)
Assignee: Humanising Autonomy Limited
G08G1/166B60W40/09B60W50/14G06N20/00G06V10/809G06V20/46G06V20/52G06V20/58G06V40/20G08G1/0175B60W2040/0863B60W2540/26B60W2540/30G06V2201/07G06V2201/08
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Patent No.
US 12,154,434
App. No.
18/463,265
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The systems and methods disclosed herein provide a risk prediction system that uses trained machine learning models to make predictions that a VRU will take a particular action. The system first receives, in a video stream, an image depicting a VRU operating a micro-mobility vehicle and extract the depictions from the image. The extraction process may be determined by bounding box classifiers trained to identify various VRUs and micro-mobility vehicles. The system feeds the extracted depictions to machine learning models and receives, as an output, risk profiles for the VRU and the micro-mobility vehicle. The risk profile may include data associated with the VRU/micro-mobility vehicle determined based on classifications of the VRU and the micro-mobility vehicles. The system may then generate a prediction that the VRU operating the micro-mobility vehicle will take a particular action based on the risk profile.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, in a video stream, an image depicting a human operating a micro-mobility vehicle;

extracting one or more depictions associated with the human and the micro-mobility vehicle from the image;

inputting the one or more depictions into one or more machine learning models;

receiving as output, from the one or more machine learning models, a set of classifications representative of at least an appearance of the human, the appearance of the human predicted from a plurality of candidate appearances of the human, each of the plurality of candidate appearances of the human representative of a different object worn by the human;

generating a risk profile based on the set of classifications; and

generating a prediction that the human will take a particular action while operating the micro-mobility vehicle based on the risk profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prediction comprises a confidence score corresponding to a likelihood that a particular risk is posed by the human.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the risk profile is determined by:

classifying a type of the micro-mobility vehicle; and

determining, based on the type of micro-mobility vehicle, one or more vehicle control parameters associated with the micro-mobility vehicle.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more vehicle control parameters include one or more of a range of movement, speed capabilities, braking capabilities, and acceleration capabilities.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prediction that the human will take the particular action is predicted by a machine learned model based on the risk profile.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the risk profile, a set of instructions for transmission to an autonomous, semi-autonomous vehicle, a vehicle with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), or an intelligent infrastructure system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the risk profile comprises:

determining a movement associated with the human operating the micro-mobility vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting the one or more depictions associated with the human and the micro-mobility vehicle from the image is based on one or more bounding polygon classifiers.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prediction is further based on contextual information including a time of a day, or location, wherein the contextual information is extracted from the image.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the output further comprises a first set of distributions representative of the set of classifications, and wherein generating the risk profile is further based on the first set of distributions.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising memory with instructions encoded thereon, the instructions causing one or more processors to perform operations when executed, the instructions comprising instructions to:

receive, in a video stream, an image depicting a human operating a micro-mobility vehicle;

extract one or more depictions associated with the human and the micro-mobility vehicle from the image;

input the one or more depictions into one or more machine learning models;

receive as output, from the one or more machine learning models, a set of classifications representative of at least an appearance of the human, the appearance of the human predicted from a plurality of candidate appearances of the human, each of the plurality of candidate appearances of the human representative of a different object worn by the human;

generate a risk profile based on the set of classifications; and

generate a prediction that the human will take a particular action while operating the micro-mobility vehicle based on the risk profile.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the prediction comprises a confidence score corresponding to a likelihood that a particular risk is posed by the human.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the risk profile is determined by:

classifying a type of the micro-mobility vehicle; and

determining, based on the type of micro-mobility vehicle, one or more vehicle control parameters associated with the micro-mobility vehicle.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more vehicle control parameters include one or more of a range of movement, speed capabilities, braking capabilities, and acceleration capabilities.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the prediction that the human will take the particular action is predicted by a machine learned model based on the risk profile.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the instructions further comprising instructions to:

determining, based on the risk profile, a set of instructions for transmission to an autonomous, semi-autonomous vehicle, a vehicle with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), or an intelligent infrastructure system.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to determine the risk profile comprise instructions to:

determine a movement associated with the human operating the micro-mobility vehicle.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein extracting the one or more depictions associated with the human and the micro-mobility vehicle from the image is based on one or more bounding polygon classifiers.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the prediction is further based on contextual information including a time of a day, or location, wherein the contextual information is extracted from the image.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the output further comprises a first set of distributions representative of the set of classifications, and wherein generating the risk profile is further based on the first set of distributions.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2026
From: PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA LIMITED
To: IGF BUSINESS CREDIT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075653/0536 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: BOSE, RAUNAQ; NOOTEBOOM, LESLIE CEES; PINDEUS, MAYA AUDREY LARA
To: HUMANISING AUTONOMY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064836/0658 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17357446 · Jun 24, 2021
Provisional Application 63043702 · Jun 24, 2020
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