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Granted Patent B1
US 10,347,132 · App. 16/174,397 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Adjacent pedestrian collision mitigation

Inventors: Janakan Chandrakumar (Ottawa, CA); Benjamin J. Gaffney (Markham, CA); Reza Zarringhalam (Waterloo, CA)
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
G08G1/166B60Q1/525B60Q5/006B60T7/22G08G1/005B60T2210/32
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,347,132
App. No.
16/174,397
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

One general aspect includes a system to send a distress notification, the system including a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to: receive pedestrian movement information from a pedestrian detection sensor; receive third-party vehicle movement information from a vehicle detection sensor; and based at least in part on both the pedestrian movement information and third-party vehicle movement information, provide a collision warning notification.

Claims (39)

1. A system to send a distress notification, the system comprising:

a memory configured to comprise one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, wherein the memory and processor are located in a parked vehicle, and wherein the executable instructions enable the processor to:

receive pedestrian movement information from a pedestrian detection sensor, wherein the pedestrian detection sensor is located at the parked vehicle;

receive third-party vehicle movement information from a vehicle detection sensor, wherein the vehicle detection sensor is located at the parked vehicle;

based at least in part on both the pedestrian movement information and third-party vehicle movement information, calculate a time of a pedestrian-vehicle collision; and

based at least in part on the time of the pedestrian-vehicle collision, provide a collision warning notification.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

based at least in part on the time of the pedestrian-vehicle collision, the processor will first determine whether the pedestrian-vehicle collision is imminent; and

wherein the collision warning notification is provided after the pedestrian-vehicle collision is determined to be imminent.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collision warning notification is an audible alert generated by a horn system of a vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collision warning notification is a visual alert generated by one or more headlamps of a vehicle.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collision warning notification is transmitted to a third-party vehicle via a peer network.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the collision warning notification comprises instructions configured to automatically brake the third-party vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions further enable the processor to attain a location of the parked vehicle to ensure that the parked vehicle is parked along a street that does not have an intersection.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the pedestrian detection sensor is a camera; and

wherein the executable instructions further enable the processor to implement an object detection technique to recognize that the pedestrian movement information includes a pedestrian is moving in such a way that they are about to move across a street in front of the parked vehicle.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle detection sensor is a camera; and

wherein the executable instructions further enable the processor to implement an object detection technique to recognize that a third-party vehicle is about to move along a side of the parked vehicle.

10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the collision warning notification is sent to a smart device and then relayed to the third-party vehicle via the peer network.

11. A vehicle comprising a control system, wherein the vehicle is parked along a street, the control system configured to:

receive pedestrian movement information from a pedestrian detection sensor, wherein the pedestrian detection sensor is located at the parked vehicle;

receive third-party vehicle movement information from a vehicle detection sensor, wherein the vehicle detection sensor is located at the parked vehicle; and

based at least in part on both the pedestrian movement information and third-party vehicle movement information, calculate a time of a pedestrian-vehicle collision;

based at least in part on the time of the pedestrian-vehicle collision, determine whether the pedestrian-vehicle collision is imminent; and

when the pedestrian-vehicle collision is determined to be imminent, provide a collision warning notification.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the collision warning notification is an audible alert generated by a horn system of the vehicle.

13. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the collision warning notification is a visual alert generated by one or more headlamps of the vehicle.

14. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the collision warning notification is transmitted to a third-party vehicle via a peer network.

15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the collision warning notification comprises instructions configured to automatically brake the third-party vehicle.

16. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the executable instructions further enable the processor to attain a location of the parked vehicle to ensure that the parked vehicle is parked along a street that does not have an intersection.

17. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein:

the pedestrian detection sensor is a camera; and

wherein the executable instructions further enable the processor to implement an object detection technique to recognize that the pedestrian movement information includes a pedestrian is moving in such a way that they are about to move across a street in front of the parked vehicle.

18. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein:

the vehicle detection sensor is a camera; and

wherein the executable instructions further enable the processor to implement an object detection technique to recognize that a third-party vehicle is about to move along a side of the parked vehicle.

19. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the collision warning notification is sent to a smart device and then relayed to the third-party vehicle via the peer network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2018
From: CHANDRAKUMAR, JANAKAN; GAFFNEY, BENJAMIN J.; ZARRINGHALAM, REZA
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
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