Systems and methods for avoiding collisions with mobile hazards
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsHon Wah Chin, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Elizabeth A. Sweeney
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Abstract
A safety system, and associated methods of operation, for detecting a mobile hazard on a pathway and reporting to a user information relating to the object to help the user avoid a collision with the mobile hazard. The safety system includes a sensor system for detecting the concurrent presence of both a user and a mobile hazard within a monitoring zone of the sensor system. Upon detection of both the user and the mobile hazard within the monitoring zone, the sensor system generates a sensor signal. The sensor signal is received by a reporting system, which in response, generates a warning signal to alert the user to the presence of the mobile hazard.
Claims42
A safety system for avoiding collisions with mobile hazards on a pathway, the system comprising:
- a sensor system configured to monitor a pathway, the sensor system configured to detect a concurrent presence of a human user and a mobile hazard within a monitoring zone, the sensor system further configured to generate a sensor signal in response to detection of the concurrent presence of the human user and the mobile hazard within the monitoring zone;
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- a reporting system in communication with the sensor system, the reporting system configured to receive the sensor signal and generate a warning signal to alert the human user to the concurrent presence of the mobile hazard within the monitoring zone.
A method for monitoring a mobile hazard on a pathway to avoid collisions between a human user and the mobile hazard, the method comprising:
- detecting, via a sensor system, a concurrent presence of a human user and a mobile hazard within a monitoring zone of the sensor system;
- generating, via the sensor system, a sensor signal in response to detecting the concurrent presence of the human user and the mobile hazard within the monitoring zone;
- receiving, via a reporting system, the sensor signal from the sensor system;
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- generating, via the reporting system, a warning signal based on the sensor signal from the sensor system, the warning signal communicating to the user information relating to the presence of the mobile hazard within the monitoring zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.