System that warns in advance of occupants exiting or entering a parked vehicle
OwnerRussell Haines, Cory Grenierinventors
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Abstract
A system for protecting the safety of occupants exiting and entering a vehicle has sensors on the interior, exterior and remotely of the vehicle and one or more imaging devices that project an image onto the pavement supporting the vehicle as well as optional data input devices all communicating with a system controller. The system anticipates that the occupant will be leaving the vehicle and the time it will take for the occupant to fully exit the vehicle. The system further controls the imaging devices to warn the drivers of oncoming traffic of the occupant's egress and warn or block the egress of the occupant should a particularly dangerous condition exist.
Claims20
A system that warns one or more drivers of an approaching vehicle in advance of one or more occupants that are about to enter or exit a parked vehicle, comprising:
- a controller within the parked vehicle;
- one or more sensors detecting an action of the one or more occupants of the parked vehicle that are performing normal preparations to exit or enter the parked vehicle, wherein the one or more sensors are in communication with the controller;
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- one or more imaging devices producing an image that is visible by the one or more drivers of the approaching vehicle, wherein
- the one or more imaging devices are in communication with the controller;
- the controller activates the one or more imaging devices before the one or more occupants opens a door of the parked vehicle at an activation time determined by a historical data of the occupant's routine in preparation for entering or exiting the parked vehicle as measured by the one or more sensors.
The system of claim 18, wherein the controller can actively change the images that are projected in real time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.