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US 11,027,686 B2Granted
Vehicle-associated control system to safeguard an occupant to depart the vehicle
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEric V. Kline, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
Vehicle-associated control system is provided to facilitate safeguarding an occupant to depart the vehicle. The control system receives situational data on an area outside the vehicle relevant to departure of the occupant from the vehicle, and based, at least in part, on the situational data, determines a risk level for the passenger to depart the vehicle in the area. Based on the determined risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in the area, the control system triggers a safeguard action to facilitate protecting the occupant.
Claims14
A method of safeguarding an occupant to depart a vehicle, the method comprising:
- associating a control system with the vehicle, the control system:
- receiving an occupant-specified destination for the vehicle;
- receiving situational data on an area outside the vehicle relevant to departure of the occupant from the vehicle, the area outside the vehicle comprising a destination area of the vehicle based on the occupant-specified destination, the situational data comprising situational information on the destination area of the vehicle, the situational data being data obtained by the control system prior to the vehicle reaching the specified destination, and the situational data including a plurality of data, the plurality of data including occupant-related data, time of day data, destination-location parameter data, instant social media data related to the destination area, and instant public domain data on the destination area, including any local assemblage data and official situation data on the occupant-specified destination;
- determining a risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in the area, the determining being based on the situational data and being representative of a risk to the occupant in departing the vehicle in the area;
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- triggering a safeguard action by the control system based on the determined risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in that area, the safeguard action comprising inhibiting by the control system opening of a vehicle door based on the risk level exceeding a defined threshold, and the safeguard action comprising providing, by the control system, the occupant with an alternate destination area to depart the vehicle based on the risk level exceeding the defined threshold for the occupant to depart the vehicle at the destination area, the providing occurring prior to the vehicle reaching the specified destination.
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A system for safeguarding an occupant to depart a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a memory;
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- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the system is configured to:
- receive an occupant-specified destination for the vehicle;
- receive situational data on an area outside the vehicle relevant to departure of the occupant from the vehicle, the area outside the vehicle comprising a destination area of the vehicle based on the occupant-specified destination, the situational data comprising situational information on the destination area of the vehicle, the situational data being data obtained by the control system prior to the vehicle reaching the specified destination, and the situational data including a plurality of data, the plurality of data including occupant-related data, time of day data, destination-location parameter data, instant social media data related to the destination area, and instant public domain data on the destination area, including any local assemblage data and official situation data on the occupant-specified destination;
- determine a risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in the area, the determining being based on the situational data and being representative of a risk to the occupant in departing the vehicle in the area;
- and
- triggering a safeguard action by the control system based on the determined risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in that area, the safeguard action comprising inhibiting by the control system opening of a vehicle door based on the risk level exceeding a defined threshold, and the safeguard action comprising providing, by the control system, the occupant with an alternate destination area to depart the vehicle based on the risk level exceeding the defined threshold for the occupant to depart the vehicle at the destination area, the providing occurring prior to the vehicle reaching the specified destination.
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A computer program product for safeguarding an occupant to depart a vehicle, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- receive an occupant-specified destination for the vehicle;
- receive situational data on an area outside the vehicle relevant to departure of the occupant from the vehicle, the area outside the vehicle comprising a destination area of the vehicle based on the occupant-specified destination, the situational data comprising situational information on the destination area of the vehicle, the situational data being data obtained by the control system prior to the vehicle reaching the specified destination, and the situational data including a plurality of data, the plurality of data including occupant-related data, time of day data, destination-location parameter data, instant social media data related to the destination area, and instant public domain data on the destination area, including any local assemblage data and official situation data on the occupant-specified destination;
- determine a risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in the area, the determining being based on the situational data and being representative of a risk to the occupant in departing the vehicle in the area;
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- triggering a safeguard action by the control system based on the determined risk level for the occupant to depart the vehicle in that area, the safeguard action comprising inhibiting by the control system opening of a vehicle door based on the risk level exceeding a defined threshold, and the safeguard action comprising providing, by the control system, the occupant with an alternate destination area to depart the vehicle based on the risk level exceeding the defined threshold for the occupant to depart the vehicle at the destination area, the providing occurring prior to the vehicle reaching the specified destination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.