Display and alarm for vehicle object detection radar
AssigneePreco Electronics, Inc.
InventorJonathan Edward Fix
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Abstract
The present disclosed technology is a generally two-dimensional display and audible alarm to show notification and urgency information from multiple object detection radar sensors on a vehicle. When a particular sensor is reporting to the vehicle's operation and control center, the corresponding light(s) according to a top view of the vehicle in the array may light up, pulse or flash accordingly. In addition, an audible alarm may operate in concert and emphasis with the light(s) display.
Claims34
A display for a vehicle object detection radar system with a plurality of radar sensors, the display comprising:
- a housing comprising a cylindrical sidewall extending between a display surface and an opposing surface;
- a plurality of lights disposed to emit light from the display surface, the plurality of lights being disposed to emit light about a periphery of the display surface, proximate the sidewall;
- one or more data connections coupled to the housing and configured to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors disposed about a periphery of a vehicle;
- and
- display controls disposed in the housing, the display controls configured to:
- receive, via the data connection, the sensor data from the plurality of sensors disposed about the periphery of the vehicle,
- identify, based on the sensor data, presence of an object proximate the vehicle and a location of the object relative to the vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the presence of the object and the location of the object, a subset of the plurality of lights corresponding positionally with the location of the object, and
- cause the subset of the plurality of lights to emit light from the display surface.
A radar object detection system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a plurality of radar sensors mounted on sides of the vehicle;
- and
- a display comprising:
- a housing comprising a cylindrical sidewall extending between a display surface and an opposing surface;
- a plurality of lights disposed to emit light from the display surface, the plurality of lights being disposed to emit light about a periphery of the display surface, proximate the sidewall;
- one or more data connections coupled to the plurality of sensors;
- and
- display controls disposed in the housing, the display controls configured to:
- receive, via the data connection, the sensor data from the plurality of sensors disposed about the periphery of the vehicle,
- identify, based on the sensor data, presence of an object proximate the vehicle and a location of the object relative to the vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the presence of the object and the location of the object, a subset of the plurality of lights corresponding positionally with the location of the object, and
- cause the subset of the plurality of lights to emit light from the display surface.
A display for an operator of a vehicle equipped with a plurality of object detection radar sensors, the display comprising:
- a housing comprising a cylindrical sidewall extending between a display surface and an opposing surface;
- a plurality of lights disposed to emit light from the display surface, the plurality of lights being disposed to emit light about a periphery of the display surface, proximate the sidewall, individual of the plurality of lights being positioned at one o'clock, two o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, ten o'clock, and eleven o'clock positions when the display surface is viewed as the face of a 12-hour clock;
- one or more data connections coupled to the plurality of sensors;
- and
- display controls disposed in the housing, the display controls configured to:
- receive, via the data connection, the sensor data from the plurality of sensors disposed about the periphery of the vehicle,
- identify, based on the sensor data, presence of an object proximate the vehicle and a location of the object relative to the vehicle;
- determine, based at least in part on the presence of the object and the location of the object, a subset of the plurality of lights corresponding positionally with the location of the object, and
- cause the subset of the plurality of lights to emit light from the display surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.