# US 12,217,604 B2 · System and method for driving assistance along a path > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,604 B2 - Document ID: US12217604B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/174,800 - Filed: 2023-02-27 - Published: 2023-07-20 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-11 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Manish Gupta; Ramesh Chelur Ramchandra Sastry; Pramod Chintalapoodi; Sho Tanaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217604B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/09623: {Systems involving the acquisition of information from passive traffic signs by means mounted on the vehicle (G08G1/0967 takes precedence)} - B60C 9/00: Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres (inserts having reinforcing means B60C5/08; bead structure, e.g. turnup or overlap construction, B60C15/00) - B60Q 9/00: Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} - B60W 50/08: Interaction between the driver and the control system - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - G08G 1/096708: {where the received information might be used to generate an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096741: {where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle} - G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station} - G08G 1/096783: {where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element} - G08G 1/096791: {where the origin of the information is another vehicle} - G08G 1/163: {involving continuous checking} - G08G 1/164: {Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles} - B60W 2050/143: {Alarm means} - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - B60W 2520/06: Direction of travel - B60W 2520/10: Longitudinal speed - B60W 2552/00: Input parameters relating to infrastructure - B60W 2552/30: Road curve radius - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract Various aspects of a system and method for driving assistance along a path are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, a unique identifier is received from a communication device at an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The unique identifier is received when the first vehicle has reached a first location along a first portion of the path. A communication channel is established between the first vehicle and the communication device based on the received unique identifier. Data associated with a second portion of the path is received by the ECU from the communication device based on the established communication channel. Alert information associated with the second portion of the path is generated by the ECU based on the received data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driving assistance system, comprising: an electronic control unit of a first vehicle that drives on a path including a first portion and a second portion, wherein said electronic control unit comprises: a memory configured to store a set of instructions; and circuitry configured to: receive data associated with said second portion of said path from a first communication device via a communication between said first vehicle and said first communication device; and generate a combined view image with said second portion of said path based on said received data, wherein said combined view image includes at least one of an obstruction image and a vehicle image on the second portion of said path, and said first portion of said path includes a present position of said first vehicle and said second portion of said path excludes said present position of said first vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The driving assistance system according claim 1, wherein said combined view image includes a road image corresponding to said second portion of said path; and said road image is displayed to be continued to a view of said first portion of said path. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The driving assistance system according to claim 1, wherein said received data associated with said second portion of said path comprises road surface characteristics of said path and at least one road hazard along said path. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The driving assistance system according to claim 3, wherein said road surface characteristics comprise at least one of an upward slope, a downward slope, a bank angle, a curvature, a boundary, a speed limit, a road texture, a pothole, a lane marking, or a width of said second portion of said path. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The driving assistance system according to claim 3, wherein said at least one road hazard comprises at least one of an obstacle, an animal, a landslide, or a second vehicle present on said second portion of said path. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The driving assistance system according to claim 5, wherein said circuitry is further configured to generate alert information based on one of a current speed of said second vehicle that is higher than a threshold speed or said second vehicle that crosses a lane marking along said second portion of said path, and said threshold speed is determined based on said road surface characteristics of said path. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The driving assistance system according to claim 1, wherein said circuitry is further configured to control a display to display a generated alert information associated with said second portion of said path. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The driving assistance system according to claim 7, wherein said combined view image comprises at least one feature based on said received data, and said at least one feature comprises at least one of an indication of a second vehicle based on a vehicle type, a size, and a position along said second portion of said path, an indication of a current speed of said second vehicle, an indication of a current distance to pass said second vehicle, an indication of a required change in speed of said first vehicle to pass said second portion of said path, or an indication of at least one road hazard on said second portion of said path. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The driving assistance system according to claim 1, wherein said circuitry is further configured to receive said data associated with said second portion of said path from at least one second communication device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The driving assistance system according to claim 1, further comprising a display. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The driving assistance system according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication system configured to communicate with said first communication device. ### Claim 12 A method for providing driving assistance, said method comprising: in a vehicle driving on a path including a first portion and a second portion: receiving data associated with said second portion of said path from a communication device via a communication between said vehicle and said communication device; and generating a combined view image with said second portion of said path based on said received data, wherein said combined view image includes at least one of an obstruction image and a vehicle image on the second portion of said path, and said first portion of said path includes a present position of said vehicle and said second portion of said path excludes said present position of said vehicle. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising: receiving data associated with a second portion of a path from a communication device via a communication between a vehicle and said communication device, wherein said vehicle is driven on said path, and said path includes a first portion and said second portion; and generating a combined view image with said second portion of said path based on said received data, wherein said combined view image includes at least one of an obstruction image and a vehicle image on the second portion of said path, and said first portion of said path includes a present position of said vehicle and said second portion of said path excludes said present position of said vehicle.