Oncoming vehicle alarm technology
OwnerAlison Collard DE BEAUFORT, Jonathan Collard DE BEAUFORT +2inventors
InventorsAlison Collard DE BEAUFORT, Jonathan Collard DE BEAUFORT, Sonia Grout DE BEAUFORT, Jean-Francois COLLARD
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method by a device for detecting an approaching vehicle. The method includes recording a sound waveform, and determining whether the recorded sound waveform is associated with a vehicle. A further determination is made whether the vehicle is approaching the device, which recorded the sound waveform, based on determining that the recorded sound waveform is indeed associated with a vehicle. An alert is generated which indicates that the vehicle is approaching the device, based on the determination that the vehicle is approaching.
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A method for detecting an approaching vehicle comprising:
- recording, by a device, a sound waveform;
- determining, by the device, whether the recorded sound waveform is associated with a vehicle;
- determining, by the device, whether the vehicle is approaching the device which recorded the sound waveform, based on the determination that the recorded sound waveform is associated with a vehicle;
- and
- generating, by the device, an alert indicating that the vehicle is approaching the device, based on the determination that the vehicle is approaching the device.
A device for detecting an approaching vehicle comprising:
- a microphone for receiving a sound waveform and transducing the sound waveform into an electrical signal;
- and
- processing circuitry for transforming the electrical signal into a numerical representation of the sound waveform which numerical representation is used to:
- determine whether the sound waveform is associated with a vehicle;
- determine whether the vehicle is approaching the device, based on the determination that the recorded sound waveform is associated with a vehicle;
- and
- generate an alert when the vehicle is approaching the device, based on the determination that the vehicle is approaching the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.