Systems and methods for alerting users of objects approaching vehicles
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsApeksha Nayak, Isaac Broyles, Tiffany Carter, Magnus Lassi, Oscar Paramo, James Graham, Jackson Brown, Karthikeyan Vellaichamy
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Abstract
A system, the system including one or more sensors arranged to detect an area in a proximity of a vehicle and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to determine that an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off, determine that a user within the proximity of the vehicle based on data from the one or more sensors, determine that an object is approaching the vehicle based on the data, and alert the user of the object.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- one or more sensors arranged to detect an area in a proximity of a vehicle;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the sensors and configured to:
- determine an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off;
- determine a user is within the proximity based on data from the sensors;
- determine an object is approaching the vehicle based on the data;
- alert the user of the object;
- and
- deactivate the sensors and cease operating in response to determining the user is not within a threshold proximity extending a distance from the vehicle.
(canceled)
A vehicle, comprising:
- a system, the system comprising:
- one or more sensors arranged to detect an area in a proximity of the vehicle;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to:
- determine that an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off;
- determine that a user is located within the proximity of the vehicle based on data from the one or more sensors;
- determine that an object is approaching the vehicle based on the data;
- alert the user that the object is approaching the vehicle;
- and
- turn off the system in response to determining the user is not within a threshold proximity to the vehicle, wherein the threshold proximity extends a distance from the vehicle.
(canceled)
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller in a vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the controller, that sensor data received when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off;
- determining that a user is within a proximity of the vehicle from the sensor data;
- determining that an object is approaching the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- alerting the user that the object is approaching the vehicle;
- and
- deactivating the one or more sensors in response to determining the user is not within a threshold proximity to the vehicle, wherein the threshold proximity extends a distance from the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.