Vehicle vision system with traffic monitoring and alert
First Claim
1. A vision and alert system of a vehicle, said vision and alert system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras configured to be disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vision and alert system so as to have respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle;
wherein, with said cameras disposed at the equipped vehicle, said plurality of cameras includes a forward camera having a field of view forward of the equipped vehicle;
an image processor operable to process image data captured by said cameras;
wherein said vision and alert system determines a driving pattern of the equipped vehicle via at least one of (a) image processing of image data captured by at least said forward viewing camera when said cameras are disposed at the equipped vehicle and (b) one or more sensors of the vehicle sensing vehicle acceleration, vehicle speed, vehicle pitch, vehicle yaw and/or vehicle roll;
wherein, responsive to the determined driving pattern of the equipped vehicle, said vision and alert system determines a traffic jam index representative of a degree of traffic on the road being traveled by the equipped vehicle; and
wherein, responsive to the determined traffic jam index being greater than a threshold level of traffic, said vision and alert system transmits a traffic alert communication to a remote system, and wherein the traffic alert communication is indicative of the determined traffic jam index.
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Abstract
A vision and alert system of a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras configured to be disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vision and alert system so as to have respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The plurality of cameras, when disposed at the vehicle, includes a forward camera having a field of view forward of the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by at least the forward camera. Responsive to image processing of captured image data when the cameras are disposed at the vehicle, the image processor is operable to determine a traffic condition on the road being traveled by the equipped vehicle. Responsive to the determined traffic condition being indicative of a threshold level of a traffic jam, the vision and alert system transmits a traffic alert communication to a remote system.
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16 Claims
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1. A vision and alert system of a vehicle, said vision and alert system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras configured to be disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vision and alert system so as to have respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; wherein, with said cameras disposed at the equipped vehicle, said plurality of cameras includes a forward camera having a field of view forward of the equipped vehicle; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said cameras; wherein said vision and alert system determines a driving pattern of the equipped vehicle via at least one of (a) image processing of image data captured by at least said forward viewing camera when said cameras are disposed at the equipped vehicle and (b) one or more sensors of the vehicle sensing vehicle acceleration, vehicle speed, vehicle pitch, vehicle yaw and/or vehicle roll; wherein, responsive to the determined driving pattern of the equipped vehicle, said vision and alert system determines a traffic jam index representative of a degree of traffic on the road being traveled by the equipped vehicle; and wherein, responsive to the determined traffic jam index being greater than a threshold level of traffic, said vision and alert system transmits a traffic alert communication to a remote system, and wherein the traffic alert communication is indicative of the determined traffic jam index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vision and alert system of a vehicle, said vision and alert system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras configured to be disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vision and alert system so as to have respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; wherein, with said cameras disposed at the equipped vehicle, said plurality of cameras includes a forward camera having a field of view forward of the equipped vehicle; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said cameras; wherein said vision and alert system determines a driving pattern of the equipped vehicle at least in part via (a) image processing of image data captured by at least said forward viewing camera when said cameras are disposed at the equipped vehicle and (b) one or more sensors of the vehicle sensing vehicle acceleration, vehicle speed, vehicle pitch, vehicle yaw and/or vehicle roll; wherein, responsive to the determined driving pattern of the equipped vehicle, said vision and alert system determines a traffic jam index representative of the degree of traffic on the road being traveled by the equipped vehicle; wherein, responsive to the determined traffic jam index being greater than a threshold level of traffic, said vision and alert system transmits a traffic alert communication to a remote system, and wherein the traffic alert communication is indicative of the determined traffic jam index; wherein the traffic alert communication is transmitted to the remote system via a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication link; and wherein the traffic alert communication includes location information pertaining to the current geographical location of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A vision and alert system of a vehicle, said vision and alert system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras configured to be disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vision and alert system so as to have respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; wherein, with said cameras disposed at the equipped vehicle, said plurality of cameras includes a forward camera having a field of view forward of the equipped vehicle; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said cameras; wherein said vision and alert system determines a driving pattern of the equipped vehicle via at least one of (a) image processing of image data captured by at least said forward viewing camera when said cameras are disposed at the equipped vehicle and (b) one or more sensors of the vehicle sensing vehicle acceleration, vehicle speed, vehicle pitch, vehicle yaw and/or vehicle roll; wherein, responsive to the determined driving pattern of the equipped vehicle, said vision and alert system determines a traffic jam index representative of a degree of traffic on the road being traveled by the equipped vehicle; wherein, responsive to the determined traffic jam index being greater than a threshold level of traffic, said vision and alert system transmits a traffic alert communication to a remote system, and wherein the traffic alert communication is indicative of the determined traffic jam index; and wherein the traffic alert communication includes location information pertaining to the current geographical location of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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