Stopped vehicle traffic resumption alert
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorCharles Everett Badger, II
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a stopped vehicle traffic resumption alert. An example disclosed vehicle includes a collision detection unit and a traffic monitor. The example collision detection unit detects an object in front of the vehicle. The example traffic monitor, when a transmission of the vehicle is in drive and a speed of the vehicle is zero, tracks a gaze of a driver with a camera. Additionally, in response to detecting the object transition from being stationary to moving, and the gaze of the driver not being forward, the traffic monitor provides an alert to the driver.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a collision detection unit to detect an object in front of the vehicle;
- and
- a traffic monitor to:
- when a transmission of the vehicle is in drive and a speed of the vehicle is zero, track, with a camera, a gaze of a driver;
- and
- in response to detecting the object transition from being stationary to moving, and the gaze of the driver not being forward, provide an alert to the driver.
A method to alert a driver in a vehicle comprising:
- detecting, with range detection sensors, an object in front of the vehicle;
- monitoring, with a transmission control unit, a state of a transmission;
- when the transmission of the vehicle is in drive and a speed of the vehicle is zero, tracking, with a driver-facing camera, a gaze of the driver;
- and
- in response to detecting the object transition from being stationary to moving, and the gaze of the driver not being forward, providing an alert to the driver.
A tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a vehicle to:
- detect an object in front of the vehicle;
- when a transmission of the vehicle is in drive and a speed of the vehicle is zero, track, with a camera, a gaze of a driver;
- and
- in response to detecting the object transition from being stationary to moving, and the gaze of the driver not being forward, provide an alert to the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.