Method and system for warning nearby road-users at risk using exterior vehicle lights
US12122291B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2023 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q2400/50
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a self-vehicle with V2X communication capability and with an enhanced ADAS, a method for warning nearby road-users at risk using exterior vehicle lights, the method comprising by the enhanced ADAS, analyzing the behavior of a non-V2X connected road-user ahead and/or a non-V2X connected road-user behind the self-vehicle using inputs from at least one sensor of the self-vehicle and from V2X communications received in the self-vehicle, determining from the analysis that the non-V2X connected road-user ahead and/or the non-V2X connected road-user behind poses a risk to another road-user, and warning the non-V2X connected road-user ahead and/or the non-V2X connected road-user behind that it poses the risk using a special lighting pattern displayed on an exterior part of the self-vehicle.
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