Apparatus, system, and method for preventing vehicle door related accidents
First Claim
1. A vehicle door safety apparatus comprising:
- a door safety mechanism;
a processor connected to said door safety mechanism and configured to;
receive data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors or cameras integrated into the vehicle;
identify an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened;
identify using one or more sensors when the occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; and
in response to identifying said intent, activate said door safety mechanism in order to prevent an accident involving door of said vehicle and said object.
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Abstract
This apparatus, system, and method for preventing vehicle door related accidents will help to detect oncoming traffic and/or nearby external objects when an occupant of the vehicle or the vehicle processor demonstrates an intent to open the vehicle door, and it would generate an alert for the vehicle users, or generate an external alert for the outside users, or automatically stop the vehicle door from opening further if there was a possibility of an accident involving the vehicle doors or its users. This invention comprises of an internal alert mechanism to alert vehicle users about the oncoming traffic and/or nearby external objects. This invention also comprises of an external alert mechanism, which would generate alert externally that vehicle door is about to be opened. This invention also comprises of a feature to restrict the vehicle doors from opening further when there is a potential for door related accident.
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10 Claims
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1. A vehicle door safety apparatus comprising:
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a door safety mechanism; a processor connected to said door safety mechanism and configured to;
receive data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors or cameras integrated into the vehicle;identify an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened; identify using one or more sensors when the occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; and in response to identifying said intent, activate said door safety mechanism in order to prevent an accident involving door of said vehicle and said object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for vehicle door safety, the method comprising:
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receiving data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors or cameras integrated into the vehicle; identifying an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened; identifying using one or more sensors when an occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; and in response to identifying said intent, activating a door safety mechanism in order to prevent an accident involving door of said vehicle and said object.
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