Systems and methods for coordinating sensor operation for collision detection

US9165469B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey A. Bowers · Bellevue, US
• Geoffrey F. Deane · Bellevue, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Nathan Kundtz · Kirkland, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• David R. Smith · Durham, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/166
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A collision detection system of a land vehicle may be configured to coordinate sensor operation with one or more other sensing systems of one or more other land vehicles. The coordination may comprise configuring the other sensing systems. In some embodiments, the coordination comprises forming a multistatic sensor comprising one or more emitters and/or one or more receivers. The collision detection system may be configured to receive detection signal(s) emitted by one or more of the other sensing systems. The coordination may further comprise directing detection signals of the multistatic sensor. The collision detection system may use sensor data acquired by use of the coordinated sensing system(s) to generate a collision detection model.