Methods and systems for blind spot monitoring with adaptive alert zone
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsTing-Yu LAI, Miki SATO, Bo SUN
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Abstract
A system and method are provided and include a blind spot monitoring system with a blind spot sensor that monitors a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle and generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle. A controller receives at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data, determines whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane, and expands the blind spot alert area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a blind spot monitoring system including a blind spot sensor that monitors a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle and generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle;
- a controller that receives at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data, that determines whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane, and that expands the blind spot alert area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane.
A method comprising:
- monitoring a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle with a blind spot monitoring system including a blind spot sensor;
- generating, with the blind spot monitoring system, an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle;
- receiving, with a controller, at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data;
- determining, with the controller, whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane;
- expanding, with the controller, the blind spot alert area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane.
A system comprising:
- a blind spot monitoring system including a blind spot sensor that monitors a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle and generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle;
- a lane departure warning system that generates lane departure data indicating whether the subject vehicle is crossing over at least one lane line;
- a controller that receives the lane departure data, determines whether the subject vehicle is crossing over two lanes, and expands the blind spot alert area in response to determining that the subject vehicle is crossing over two lanes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.