Cognitive stabilizer wheels for vehicles
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsThomas D. Erickson, Minkyong Kim, Clifford A. Pickover, Maja Vukovic
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method and system including a sensor on a vehicle and a processor connected to the sensor. The processor determines a probability of falling based on input from the sensor, whether the probability of falling exceeds a threshold, and a state of an operator of the vehicle. An actuator connected to the processor receives a signal from the processor when the probability of falling exceeds the threshold and when the state of the operator includes an impaired state. Stabilizer wheels are connected to the actuator, where the signal includes a command to deploy the stabilizer wheels.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving input from a sensor on a vehicle;
- determining a probability of falling based on the input;
- determining whether the probability of falling exceeds a threshold;
- determining a state of an operator of the vehicle with a processor;
- sending a signal to an actuator on the vehicle when the probability of falling exceeds the threshold and when the state of the operator includes an impaired state, the signal including a command to deploy stabilizer wheels on the vehicle.
A system comprising:
- a sensor on a vehicle;
- a processor connected to said sensor, said processor determines a probability of falling based on input from said sensor, whether the probability of falling exceeds a threshold, and a state of an operator of the vehicle;
- an actuator connected to said processor, said actuator receives a signal from the processor when the probability of falling exceeds the threshold and when the state of the operator includes an impaired state;
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- stabilizer wheels connected to said actuator, wherein the signal includes a command to deploy said stabilizer wheels.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
- first program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to receive input from a sensor on a vehicle;
- second program instructions executable by the device to cause the device to determine a probability of falling based on the input;
- third program instructions executable by the device to cause the device to determine whether the probability of falling exceeds a threshold;
- fourth program instructions executable by the device to cause the device to determine a state of an operator of the vehicle;
- fifth program instructions executable by the device to cause the device to send a signal to an actuator on the vehicle when the probability of falling exceeds the threshold and when the state of the operator includes an impaired state, the signal including a command to deploy stabilizer wheels on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.