# US 2021/0241610 A1 · Networked vehicle control systems to facilitate situational awareness of vehicles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241610 A1 - Document ID: US20210241610A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/235,042 - Filed: 2021-04-20 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-11 - Assignees: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company - Applicants: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company - Inventors: John A. Nepomuceno; Steven C. Cielocha; Roxane Lyons; Matthew S. Megyese; William J. Leise; Jennifer Criswell Kellett; Kristopher Keith Gaudin; Jennifer L. Crawford; Jeremy Myers; Rajiv C. Shah; Edward P. Matesevac, III; Leo N. Chan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241610A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/01: Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled (G08G1/07 - G08G1/14 take precedence) - G08B 21/06: indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms - G08G 1/0962: having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages - G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station} - G08G 1/096783: {where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element} - G08G 1/163: {involving continuous checking} - G08G 1/164: {Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles} - G08G 1/166: {for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes} - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - B60W 2555/20: Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain - B60W 2555/60: Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract A system and method are provided for improving vehicle awareness and safety by generating and transmitting alerts in response to detecting a hazard in the environment omnidirectional to a vehicle awareness system. Omnidirectional environment data, representing kinematic information pertaining to one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the primary vehicle, is acquired by one or more sensors communicatively coupled to ta vehicle. The system analyzes the omnidirectional environment data to detect if one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, representing a change in the kinetic behavior of the one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the vehicle awareness system, has occurred. When the system detects one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, the system generates and transmits an alert to vehicles, vehicle operators, mobile devices, or pedestrians at risk from the hazard. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: implementing a vehicle awareness system including: (i) a first one or more computer systems for a vehicle disposed within an omnidirectional environment, the first one or more computer systems configured to implement one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous control features to control the vehicle; and (ii) a second one or more computer systems disposed within the omnidirectional environment; collecting, via the first one or more computer systems, omnidirectional environment data representing one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment in which the vehicle is disposed, wherein the one or more conditions relate to the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous control features or to a portion of the omnidirectional environment that is external to the vehicle; transmitting the omnidirectional environment data; receiving, at the second one or more computer systems, the omnidirectional environment data; analyzing, via the second one or more computer systems, the omnidirectional environment data to detect the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment and to determine that at least one of the one or more conditions represents a hazard in the omnidirectional environment; activating, via the second one or more computer systems, an alert in response to detecting that at least one of the one or more conditions represents the hazard in the omnidirectional environment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a first vehicle and wherein the second one or more computer systems includes a computer system of a second vehicle, wherein activating the alert comprises activating the alert at the computer system of the second vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second one or more computer systems includes a mobile device, wherein activating the alert comprises activating the alert at the mobile device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second one or more computer systems includes a smart watch, wherein activating the alert comprises activating the alert at the smart watch. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a status of an autonomous or semi-autonomous feature of the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes kinematic information regarding a kinematic behavior of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes kinematic information regarding a kinematic behavior of one or more physical elements external to the vehicle that have been detected via the first one or more computer systems of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a condition indicating whether or not a door of the vehicle is open or closed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a weather condition for the omnidirectional environment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a road condition detected via the first one or more computer systems of the vehicle. ### Claim 11 A vehicle awareness system comprising: a vehicle; a first one or more computer systems that are disposed in the vehicle and that are configured to implement one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous control features to control the vehicle, wherein the first one or more computer systems are further configured to: (i) collect omnidirectional environment data representing one or more conditions of an omnidirectional environment in which the vehicle is disposed, wherein the one or more conditions relate to the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous control features or to a portion of the omnidirectional environment that is external to the vehicle; and (ii) transmit the omnidirectional environment data; and a second one or more computer systems that are configured to: (i) receive the omnidirectional environment data; (ii) analyze the omnidirectional environment data to detect the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment and to detect that at least one of the one or more conditions represents a hazard in the omnidirectional environment; and (iii) activate an alert in response to detecting that at least one of the one or more conditions represents the hazard in the omnidirectional environment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the vehicle is a first vehicle and wherein the second one or more computer systems includes a computer system of a second vehicle at which the alert is activated. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the second one or more computer systems includes a mobile device at which the alert is activated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the second one or more computer systems includes a smart watch at which the alert is activated. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a status of an autonomous or semi-autonomous feature of the vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes kinematic information regarding a kinematic behavior of the vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes kinematic information regarding a kinematic behavior of one or more physical elements external to the vehicle that have been detected via the first one or more computer systems of the vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a condition indicating whether or not a door of the vehicle is open or closed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a weather condition for the omnidirectional environment. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more conditions of the omnidirectional environment includes a road condition detected via the first one or more computer systems of the vehicle.