Systems and methods to contextually alert a driver of identified objects in a-pillar blind zones

A method for initiating an alert to a driver in a vehicle, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, sensor data associated with an environment of the vehicle;
• determining, by the processor, at least one road user based on the sensor data;
• determining, by the processor, at least one blind spot area associated with a front pillar of the vehicle and a road scenario;
• determining, by the processor, that the at least one road user is a vulnerable road user based on the at least one blind spot area and a size and location of the at least one road user when a percentage of the at least one road user is within the at least one blind spot area for a first threshold time associated with a distance of the at least one road user from the vehicle;
• determining, by the processor, a line of sight of the driver using sensor interior environment sensors;
• determining, by the processor, the vulnerable road user is outside the line of sight of the driver;
• and
• in response to the determining the vulnerable road user is outside the line of sight of the driver for a second threshold time without a change in the line of sight of the driver including determining whether a change in head position or eye gaze of the driver is above a change threshold, and, generating, by the processor and when the change threshold is met, alert signal data to an alert system of the vehicle to illuminate the front pillar.