Vehicle pedestrian safety system and methods of use and manufacture thereof
US9786178B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B21/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The systems and methods are directed to a vehicle control system for use with: a vehicle communications network, at least one source of pedestrian data relevant to at least one pedestrian's location, and at least one source of vehicle system data relevant to the vehicle's location and movement. The control system can include a processor that is configured to determine a vehicle's current location and speed based on the vehicle system data, build a predetermined number of vehicle polygons hardcoded into an application for representing a predicted path of the vehicle, build at least one pedestrian polygon representing a predicted path for at least one pedestrian detected in pedestrian data, and define a plurality of warning zones based on the vehicle polygons, and determine if one or more of the pedestrian polygons intersects at least one of the predetermined number of hardcoded vehicle polygons.
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