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US 9,286,794 B2Granted
Pedestrian warning system
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsWilliam D. Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Elizabeth E. Nugent, Robert C. Petroski, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
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Abstract
A pedestrian warning system monitors an attention level of a pedestrian and alerts the pedestrian of traffic areas or detected vehicles.
Claims56
A pedestrian warning device, comprising:
- a computing device configured to be worn or carried by a pedestrian and to monitor an attention level of the pedestrian;
- and
- an alarm configured to warn the pedestrian of a vehicle detected by the computing device, wherein the alarm is configured to warn the pedestrian in response to an alarm response history of the pedestrian.
A method of warning a pedestrian of a vehicle, comprising:
- monitoring an attention level of the pedestrian by monitoring an electronic device carried or worn by the pedestrian;
- detecting a vehicle;
- and
- in response to the detected vehicle, the monitored attention level, and an alarm response history of the pedestrian, alerting the pedestrian to the presence of the vehicle.
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A method for monitoring the behavior of a pedestrian, comprising:
- monitoring an attention level of the pedestrian by monitoring an electronic device carried or worn by the pedestrian;
- monitoring a position of the pedestrian;
- monitoring a motion of the pedestrian;
- detecting a vehicle;
- and
- alerting the pedestrian if the pedestrian is determined to be in danger from a vehicle in response to the monitored attention level, the monitored position, and the monitored motion of the pedestrian and to an alarm response history of the pedestrian.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.