Safety device and method for avoidance of dooring injuries
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorJuergen D. Felleisen
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Abstract
A safety device includes a processor configured to detect from sensor data representing a vehicle occupant, whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle; operate according to a first operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle; and operate according to a second operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant does not look for an oncoming road participant or obstacle.
Claims17
A safety device, comprising:
- a processor, configured to:
- detect from sensor data representing a vehicle occupant, whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- operate according to a first operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- and
- operate according to a second operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant does not look for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- and
- wherein detecting whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle comprises the processor detecting from sensor data whether the vehicle occupant turns the vehicle occupant's torso toward a door corresponding to an interior door release.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions which, if executed, cause one or more processors to:
- detect from sensor data representing a vehicle occupant, whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- operate according to a first operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- and
- operate according to a second operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant does not look for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- and
- wherein the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to detect whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle comprises the instructions being configured to cause the one or more processors to detect whether a vehicle occupant turns the vehicle occupant's torso toward a door corresponding to an interior door release.
A safety device, comprising:
- a processor, configured to:
- detect from sensor data representing a vehicle occupant, whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- operate according to a first operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- and
- operate according to a second operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant does not look for an oncoming road participant or obstacle;
- and
- wherein the detecting whether the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle comprises the detecting whether the vehicle occupant performs a cross-reach maneuver;
- wherein the cross-reach maneuver comprises the vehicle occupant operating the interior door release with an arm on an opposite side of the vehicle occupant's body from an interior door release;
- or
- wherein the processor is further configured to detect whether the vehicle occupant is operating an interior door release;
- operate according to the first operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant looks for an oncoming road participant or obstacle and detects that the vehicle occupant is operating the interior door release;
- and operate according to the second operational mode when the processor detects that the vehicle occupant does not look for an oncoming road participant or obstacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.