IP Library Granted Patent US 12,563,376
Granted Patent B2
US 12,563,376 · App. 17/406,489 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication and data association for pedestrian position determination and collision avoidance

Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian (San Diego, CA); Dan Vassilovski (Del Mar, CA); Shailesh Patil (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Gene Wesley Marsh (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W4/90H04W4/026H04W4/027H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 12,563,376
App. No.
17/406,489
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects relate to vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication and collision avoidance using data association of data from different vehicle-to-everything (V2X) devices. In some aspects, a V2X device (e.g., a vehicle) can determine or estimate the location of a pedestrian by associating data pertaining to the pedestrian from multiple V2X devices and sensors. The association of data can reduce the uncertainties of the V2X device in the determination of the pedestrian's location. A vehicle V2X device can send out a warning indication or alert to the pedestrian or a V2X device of the pedestrian.

Claims (47)

1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one memory comprising instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the UE to:

determine that a user of the UE or the UE is in a pedestrian mode;

transmit, via the at least one transceiver and in response to determining that the user or the UE is in the pedestrian mode, a discovery signal to discover one or more wearable devices that provide data on a plurality of user-specific features about the user, the UE and the one or more wearable devices associated with the user of the UE;

receive, via the at least one transceiver and from the one or more wearable devices in a vicinity of the UE, data pertaining to the plurality of user-specific features of the user associated with the UE;

transmit, via the at least one transceiver to a vehicle and in response to determining that the user or the UE is in the pedestrian mode, a sidelink message comprising the data pertaining to the plurality of user-specific features; and

receive, via the at least one transceiver and from the vehicle, a warning that indicates a potential collision between the user and the vehicle, the warning being based at least in part on the plurality of user-specific features.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to receive, via the at least one transceiver, image data from a camera, the image data comprising convolutionally encoded features based on an image of the user.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive, via the at least one transceiver, image data from a camera, the image data comprising one or more features of the user; and

perform convolutional encoding on the image data to obtain encoded user-specific features.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of user-specific features further comprise at least one of a height, a heart rate, or a rate of direction change.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

in response to the warning, generate at least one of an audio, visual, or tactile alert to warn the user on a potential collision with the vehicle.

6 . A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining that a user of the UE or the UE is in a pedestrian mode;

transmitting, in response to determining that the user or the UE is in the pedestrian mode, a discovery signal to discover one or more wearable devices that provide data on a plurality of user-specific features about the user, the UE and the one or more wearable devices associated with the user of the UE;

receiving, from the one or more wearable devices in a vicinity of the UE, data pertaining to the plurality of user-specific features of the user associated with the UE;

transmitting, to a vehicle and in response to determining that the user or the UE is in the pedestrian mode, a sidelink message comprising the data pertaining to the plurality of user-specific features; and

receiving, from the vehicle, a warning that indicates a potential collision between the user and the vehicle, the warning being based at least in part on the plurality of user-specific features.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving image data from a camera, the image data comprising convolutionally encoded features based on an image of the user.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving image data from a camera, the image data comprising one or more features of the user; and

performing convolutional encoding on the image data to obtain encoded user-specific features.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of user-specific features further comprise at least one of a height, a heart rate, or a rate of direction change.

10 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

in response to the warning, generating at least one of an audio, visual, or tactile alert to warn the user on a potential collision with the vehicle.

11 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of user-specific features further comprise at least one of heart rate, height, gender, or weight.

12 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of user-specific features further comprise at least one of heart rate, height, gender, or weight.

13 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the user is determined to be in the pedestrian mode in response to a speed of the user being less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.

14 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the user is determined to be in the pedestrian mode in response to a speed of the user being less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) causes the UE to:

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, a discovery signal to discover one or more wearable devices that provide data on a plurality of user-specific features about a user of the UE, the UE and the one or more wearable devices associated with the user of the UE;

receive, via the at least one transceiver and from the one or more wearable devices in a vicinity of the UE, data pertaining to the plurality of user-specific features of the user associated with the UE, the plurality of user-specific features comprises a hair color;

transmit, via the at least one transceiver and to a vehicle, a sidelink message comprising the data pertaining to the plurality of user-specific features; and

receive, via the at least one transceiver and from the vehicle, a warning that indicates a potential collision between the user and the vehicle, the warning being based at least in part on the plurality of user-specific features.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to receive, via the at least one transceiver, image data from a camera, the image data comprising convolutionally encoded features based on an image of the user.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive, via the at least one transceiver, image data from a camera, the image data comprising one or more features of the user; and

perform convolutional encoding on the image data to obtain encoded user-specific features.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of user-specific features further comprise at least one of a height, a heart rate, or a rate of direction change.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

in response to the warning, generate at least one of an audio, visual, or tactile alert to warn the user on a potential collision with the vehicle.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of user-specific features further comprise at least one of heart rate, height, gender, or weight.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2021
From: BALASUBRAMANIAN, ANANTHARAMAN; VASSILOVSKI, DAN; PATIL, SHAILESH; GULATI, KAPIL; MARSH, GENE WESLEY
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057707/0482 →
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