Method and system for use of sensors in parked vehicles for traffic safety
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsJames Randolph Winter Lepp, Jeffrey Scott Dever
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Abstract
A method at computing device associated with a parked vehicle, the method including receiving a request for sensor information from an external computing device, the request including an area of interest; activating sensors of the parked vehicle; obtaining sensor data for the area of interest; and providing a response to the external computing device.
Claims17
A method at computing device associated with a parked vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for sensor information from an external computing device, the request including an area of interest, wherein the request specifies at least one of:
- four points forming a quadrilateral for the area of interest, or a central point, two angles from a line intersecting the central point, and a radius, wherein the area of interest comprises an area created by the two angles from the central point and the radius on a side opposite the parked vehicle from the central point;
- activating sensors of the parked vehicle;
- obtaining sensor data for the area of interest;
- and
- providing a response to the external computing device.
A computing device associated with a parked vehicle, the computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a communications subsystem,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- receive a request for sensor information from an external computing device, the request including an area of interest, wherein the reqest specifies at least one of:
- four points forming a quadrilateral for the area of interest, or a central point, two angles from a line intersecting the central point, and a radius, wherein the area of interest comprises an area created by the two angles from the central point and the radius on a side opposite the parked vehicle from the central point;
- activate sensors of the parked vehicle;
- obtain sensor data for the area of interest;
- and
- provide a response to the external computing device.
A computer readable medium for storing instruction code which, when executed by a processor of a computing device associated with a parked vehicle, cause the computing device to:
- receive a request for sensor information from an external computing device, the request including an area of interest, wherein the request specifies at least one of:
- four points forming a quadrilateral for the area of interest or a central point, two angles from a line intersecting the central point, and a radius, wherein the area of interest comprises an area by the two angles from the central point and the radius on a side opposite the parked vehicle from the central point;
- activate sensors of the parked vehicle;
- obtain sensor data for the area of interest;
- and
- provide a response to the external computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.