IP Library Granted Patent US 10,741,076
Granted Patent B2
US 10,741,076 · App. 16/395,336 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Cognitively filtered and recipient-actualized vehicle horn activation

Inventors: Jayashree Kumar (Bangalore, IN); Yethish Venkataramanachari (Kolar Gold Fields, IN); Dhandapani Shanmugam (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G08G1/162B60W50/16G06K9/00791H04W4/16H04W4/38H04W4/46B60W2050/143B60W2050/146B60W2555/60H04L67/12
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Patent No.
US 10,741,076
App. No.
16/395,336
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Approaches presented herein enable recipient-actualized internal vehicle-to-vehicle honking. More specifically, an action of a first vehicle is monitored and a communication is obtained from a second vehicle. In response to the obtainment of the communication, it is determined whether the action of the first vehicle violates a rule. In the case that the action of the first vehicle violates a rule, responsive to the communication, a honk indication, perceptible to an occupant of the first vehicle, is actualized inside the first vehicle. In the case that the action of the first vehicle does not violate a rule, the communication from the second vehicle is rejected, and the honk indication is not actualized inside the first vehicle. A response can be transmitted to the second vehicle indicating if the honk indication was actualized inside the first vehicle.

Claims (60)

1. A method for recipient-actualized internal vehicle-to-vehicle horn activation, comprising:

monitoring an action of a first vehicle;

obtaining a set of rules comprising a set of learned driving customs, a violation of which warrants a horn activation;

obtaining a communication from a second vehicle;

determining, in response to the obtainment of the communication, whether the action of the first vehicle violates a rule of the set of rules, the determination comprising generating a hypothesis proposing a reason for the communication from the second vehicle based on a machine-learned association of the monitored action with the hypothesis; and

actualizing, responsive to the communication, in the case that the hypothesis indicates that the action of the first vehicle violates the rule of the set of rules, a honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to an occupant of the first vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising, in the case that the action of the first vehicle does not violate any rule of the set of rules, rejecting the communication from the second vehicle by not actualizing the honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to the occupant of the first vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2 , the method further comprising transmitting a response to the second vehicle indicating if the honk indication was actualized inside the first vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

obtaining the set of rules from a rule depository, the set of rules comprising correct conduct of the first vehicle responsive to a set of conditions associated with the first vehicle;

receiving sensor data from a set of sensors on the first vehicle, the sensor data comprising the action of the first vehicle and a condition associated with the first vehicle; and

analyzing the sensor data for a violation of the rule of the set of rules based on the received action of the first vehicle and the condition associated with the first vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, in the case that the action of the first vehicle violates the rule of the set of rules, the honk indication notifies the occupant of the first vehicle of the rule of the set of rules that has a violation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the honk indication comprises at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of: a visual alert on a display of the first vehicle, an auditory alert through a sound system of the first vehicle, and a haptic alert through a surface in physical contact with the occupant of the first vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1 , the communication from the second vehicle being in response to an auditory command in a natural language identifying the first vehicle by an occupant of the second vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

obtaining an alert announcement communication from the second vehicle, the alert announcement communication being communicated to a set of vehicles in proximity to the second vehicle;

identifying the alert announcement communication as an alert announcement communication based on metadata associated with the alert announcement communication; and

actualizing, responsive to the alert announcement communication, an alert announcement honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to the occupant of the first vehicle.

9. A computer system for recipient-actualized internal vehicle-to-vehicle horn activation, the computer system comprising:

a memory medium comprising program instructions;

a bus coupled to the memory medium; and

a processor, for executing the program instructions, coupled to a recipient-actualized internal vehicle-to-vehicle honk engine via the bus that when executing the program instructions causes the system to:

monitor an action of a first vehicle;

obtain a set of rules comprising a set of learned driving customs, a violation of which warrants a horn activation;

obtain a communication from a second vehicle;

determine, in response to the obtainment of the communication, whether the action of the first vehicle violates a rule of the set of rules, the determination comprising generating a hypothesis proposing a reason for the communication from the second vehicle based on a machine-learned association of the monitored action with the hypothesis; and

actualize, responsive to the communication, in the case that the hypothesis indicates that the action of the first vehicle violates the rule of the set of rules, a honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to an occupant of the first vehicle.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , the instructions further causing the system to:

reject, in the case that the action of the first vehicle does not violate any rule of the set of rules, the communication from the second vehicle by not actualizing the honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to the occupant of the first vehicle; and

transmit a response to the second vehicle indicating if the honk indication was actualized inside the first vehicle.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , the instructions further causing the system to:

obtain the set of rules from a rule depository, the set of rules comprising correct conduct of the first vehicle responsive to a set of conditions associated with the first vehicle;

receive sensor data from a set of sensors on the first vehicle, the sensor data comprising the action of the first vehicle and a condition associated with the first vehicle; and

analyze the sensor data for a violation of the rule of the set of rules based on fen the received action of the first vehicle and the condition associated with the first vehicle, wherein, in the case that the action of the first vehicle violates the rule of the set of rules, the honk indication notifies the occupant of the first vehicle of the rule of the set of rules that has a violation.

12. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the honk indication comprises at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of: a visual alert on a display of the first vehicle, an auditory alert through a sound system of the first vehicle, and a haptic alert through a surface in physical contact with the occupant of the first vehicle.

13. The computer system of claim 9 , the communication from the second vehicle being in response to an auditory command in a natural language identifying the first vehicle by an occupant of the second vehicle.

14. The computer system of claim 9 , the instructions further causing the system to:

obtain an alert announcement communication from the second vehicle, the alert announcement communication being communicated to a set of vehicles in proximity to the second vehicle;

identify the alert announcement communication as an alert announcement communication based on metadata associated with the alert announcement communication; and

actualize, responsive to the alert announcement communication, an alert announcement honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to the occupant of the first vehicle.

15. A computer program product for recipient-actualized internal vehicle-to-vehicle horn activation, the computer program product comprising a computer readable hardware storage device, and program instructions stored on the computer readable hardware storage device, to:

monitor an action of a first vehicle;

obtain a set of rules comprising a set of learned driving customs, a violation of which warrants a horn activation;

obtain a communication from a second vehicle;

determine, in response to the obtainment of the communication, whether the action of the first vehicle violates a rule of the set of rules, the determination comprising generating a hypothesis proposing a reason for the communication from the second vehicle based on a machine-learned association of the monitored action with the hypothesis; and

actualize, responsive to the communication, in the case that the hypothesis indicates that the action of the first vehicle violates the rule of the set of rules, a honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to an occupant of the first vehicle.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , the computer readable storage device further comprising instructions to:

reject, in the case that the action of the first vehicle does not violate any rule of the set of rules, the communication from the second vehicle by not actualizing the honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to the occupant of the first vehicle; and

transmit a response to the second vehicle indicating if the honk indication was actualized inside the first vehicle.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , the computer readable storage device further comprising instructions to:

obtain the set of rules from a rule depository, the set of rules comprising correct conduct of the first vehicle responsive to a set of conditions associated with the first vehicle;

receive sensor data from a set of sensors on the first vehicle, the sensor data comprising the action of the first vehicle and a condition associated with the first vehicle; and

analyze the sensor data for a violation of the rule of the set of rules based on the received action of the first vehicle and the condition associated with the first vehicle, wherein, in the case that the action of the first vehicle violates the rule of the set of rules, the honk indication notifies the occupant of the first vehicle of the rule of the set of rules that has a violation.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the honk indication comprises at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of: a visual alert on a display of the first vehicle, an auditory alert through a sound system of the first vehicle, and a haptic alert through a surface in physical contact with the occupant of the first vehicle.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , the communication from the second vehicle being in response to an auditory command in a natural language identifying the first vehicle by an occupant of the second vehicle.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , the computer readable storage device further comprising instructions to:

obtain an alert announcement communication from the second vehicle, the alert announcement communication being communicated to a set of vehicles in proximity to the second vehicle;

identify the alert announcement communication as an alert announcement communication based on metadata associated with the alert announcement communication; and

actualize, responsive to the alert announcement communication, an alert announcement honk indication inside the first vehicle perceptible to the occupant of the first vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2019
From: KUMAR, JAYASHREE; VENKATARAMANACHARI, YETHISH; SHANMUGAM, DHANDAPANI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049573/0840 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15958174 · Apr 20, 2018
Related Publication 20190325752A1 · Oct 24, 2019
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