Guidance system and methods for visually impaired motorcycle passengers
AssigneeMicrochip Technology Incorporated
InventorMarius Nicolae
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for guiding visually impaired motorcycle passengers. A method comprises storing road characteristic data, including a road characteristic at a point in a road, receiving motorcycle vector data of a motorcycle traveling toward the point in the road, determining an anticipated motorcycle passenger position at the point in the road, and notifying a motorcycle passenger of the anticipated motorcycle passenger position before the motorcycle arrives at the point in the road. A device comprises a road characteristic circuit, a motorcycle vector circuit, a motorcycle characteristic circuit, and a communication circuit to communicate a notification of an anticipated passenger position to a motorcycle passenger.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- storing road characteristic data, including a road characteristic at a point in a road;
- receiving motorcycle vector data of a motorcycle traveling toward the point in the road;
- determining an anticipated motorcycle passenger position at the point in the road;
- and
- notifying a motorcycle passenger of the anticipated motorcycle passenger position before the motorcycle arrives at the point in the road.
A device comprising:
- a controller comprising a processor and memory;
- a road characteristic circuit to transmit road characteristic data, including a road characteristic at a point in a road, to the controller;
- a motorcycle vector circuit to communicate motorcycle vector data, including the motorcycle's vector relative to the point in the road, to the controller;
- a motorcycle characteristic circuit to communicate a motorcycle characteristic, to the controller;
- and
- a communication circuit to communicate a notification of an anticipated passenger position from the controller to a motorcycle passenger,
- wherein the memory comprises instructions which when executed by the processor are to determine an anticipated passenger position at the point in the road based on the road characteristic at the point in the road, the motorcycle's vector relative to the point in the road, and the vehicle characteristic.
A system comprising:
- a guidance host, comprising:
- a controller comprising a processor and memory;
- a road characteristic circuit to transmit road characteristic data, including a road characteristic at a point in a road, to the controller;
- a motorcycle vector circuit to communicate motorcycle vector data, including the motorcycle's real-time vector relative to the point in the road, to the controller;
- a motorcycle characteristic circuit to communicate a real-time motorcycle characteristic, to the controller;
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- a communication circuit to communicate a notification from the controller to a motorcycle passenger,
- wherein the memory comprises instructions for execution by the processor to determine an anticipated passenger position at the point in the road based on the road characteristic at the point in the road, the motorcycle's real-time vector relative to the point in the road, and the real-time vehicle characteristic,
- wherein the notification is based on the anticipated passenger position;
- a guidance client, comprising:
- a communication circuit to receive the notification from the guidance host;
- and
- a communication interface to communicate the notification from the communication circuit to a motorcycle passenger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.