Systems and methods for monitoring an object in proximity to a vehicle
OwnerKeith Weston, Brendan Diamondinventors
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Abstract
A vehicle including a sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The sensor unit may be configured to capture sensor inputs associated with an object to be monitored in proximity to the vehicle. The processor may be configured to obtain user inputs indicating the object to be monitored, and obtain the sensor inputs from the sensor unit responsive to obtaining the user inputs. The processor may further monitor an object state based on the sensor inputs, and determine a change in the object state based on the monitoring. The process may output an alert notification responsive to determining the change in the object state.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a sensor unit configured to capture sensor inputs associated with an object external to the vehicle and located at a site in proximity to the vehicle, the object comprising infrastructure or equipment deployed at the site;
- a processor communicatively coupled with the sensor unit, wherein the processor is configured to:
- obtain user inputs indicating the object to be monitored;
- obtain the sensor inputs from the sensor unit responsive to obtaining the user inputs;
- monitor an object state based on the sensor inputs;
- determine a change in the object state based on the monitoring;
- determine, using artificial intelligence or machine learning, that a detected change in the object state represents a condition of concern relative to an initial object state;
- and
- output an alert notification responsive to determining the change in the object state.
A method for monitoring an object in proximity to a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor, user inputs indicating an object external to the vehicle and located at a site in proximity to the vehicle, the object comprising infrastructure or equipment deployed at the site;
- obtaining, by the processor, sensor inputs from a sensor unit responsive to obtaining the user inputs, wherein the sensor unit is configured to capture the sensor inputs associated with the object;
- monitoring, by the processor, an object state based on the sensor inputs;
- determining, by the processor, a change in the object state based on the monitoring and using artificial intelligence or machine learning, determining that a detected change in the object state represents a condition of concern relative to an initial object state;
- and
- outputting, by the processor, an alert notification responsive to determining the change in the object state.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain user inputs indicating an object external to the vehicle and located at a site in proximity to the vehicle, the object comprising infrastructure or equipment deployed at the site;
- obtain sensor inputs from a sensor unit responsive to obtaining the user inputs, wherein the sensor unit is configured to capture the sensor inputs associated with the object;
- monitor an object state based on the sensor inputs;
- determine a change in the object state based on the monitoring;
- determine, using artificial intelligence or machine learning, that a detected change in the object state represents a condition of concern relative to an initial object state;
- and
- output an alert notification responsive to determining the change in the object state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.