Advanced pedestrian and/or driver alert and/or collision avoidance system
AssigneeRosco, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Englander, Clayton Dean, John Polimeni, Michael Cacic, Mathew Locoteta, Julian Serer
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Abstract
An advanced pedestrian warning or alert system is a system for automotive vehicles is described herein in various embodiments. This system detects if a vulnerable road user, for example a pedestrian, is at an unsafe distance from the moving vehicle. If a pedestrian is too close to the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion, then the system will issue auditory and/or visual warnings to notify the pedestrian back to safety.
Claims39
A method of providing pedestrian alert and/or collision avoidance for a large vehicle having a first sensing device, a driver warning system and a pedestrian alarm system, the method comprising:
- sensing, by the first sensing device, an exterior hazard in a first field of view responsive to a first predetermined criteria when a vehicle is travelling in a first direction, said first sensing device mounted on a first side of the vehicle;
- generating, by the driver warning system, at least one of a driver visual warning or a driver audible alarm configured to alert the driver when the exterior hazard is detected by the first sensing device;
- and
- issuing, by the pedestrian alarm system, a first auditory warning message via a first speaker responsive to the vehicle's speed within a first predetermined speed range or a first predetermined speed, the vehicle's yaw rate, and a pedestrian is within a first predetermined distance to the vehicle, said first speaker mounted on the first side of the vehicle;
- and
- emitting at least one of:
- an auditory alarm, an auditory message, or continuous sound or bursts of sound at one or more of:
- a configurable frequency, volume or pattern when in motion and within a distance threshold with a pedestrian, wherein said continuous sound or bursts of sound is a simulated vehicle in motion sound.
A method of providing pedestrian alert and/or collision avoidance for a large vehicle having a first sensing device, a driver warning system and a pedestrian alarm system, the method comprising:
- sensing, by the first sensing device, an exterior hazard in a first field of view responsive to a first predetermined criteria when a vehicle is travelling in a first direction, said first sensing device mounted on a first side of the vehicle;
- generating, by the driver warning system, at least one of a driver visual warning or a driver audible alarm configured to alert the driver when the exterior hazard is detected by the first sensing device;
- and
- issuing, by the pedestrian alarm system, a first auditory warning message via a first speaker responsive to the vehicle's speed within a first predetermined speed range or a first predetermined speed, the vehicle's yaw rate, and a pedestrian is within a first predetermined distance to the vehicle, said first speaker mounted on the first side of the vehicle;
- emitting at least one of:
- an auditory alarm, an auditory message, or continuous sound or bursts of sound at one or more of:
- a configurable frequency, volume or pattern when in motion and within a distance threshold with a pedestrian;
- detecting, by at least one ambient sensor, level of an environmental noise data on at least one side of the vehicle;
- and
- transmitting the environmental noise data to the pedestrian alarm system, wherein a volume of the first speaker is dynamically adjusted responsive to the environmental noise data.
A method of providing pedestrian alert and/or collision avoidance for a large vehicle having a first sensing device, a driver warning system and a pedestrian alarm system, the method comprising:
- sensing, by the first sensing device, an exterior hazard in a first field of view responsive to a first predetermined criteria when a vehicle is travelling in a first direction, said first sensing device mounted on a first side of the vehicle;
- generating, by the driver warning system, at least one of a driver visual warning or a driver audible alarm configured to alert the driver when the exterior hazard is detected by the first sensing device;
- and
- issuing, by the pedestrian alarm system, a first auditory warning message via a first speaker responsive to the vehicle's speed within a first predetermined speed range or a first predetermined speed, the vehicle's yaw rate, and a pedestrian is within a first predetermined distance to the vehicle, said first speaker mounted on the first side of the vehicle;
- emitting at least one of:
- an auditory alarm, an auditory message, or continuous sound or bursts of sound at one or more of:
- a configurable frequency, volume or pattern when in motion and within a distance threshold with a pedestrian;
- and
- waiting for a pre-configured time period before generating the first auditory warning message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.