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Vehicle hazard detection and warning system

  • US 10,246,065 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2016
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle apparatus, comprising:

  • one or more input sensors;

    an antenna device; and

    a processor device configured to;

    receive input from the one or more input sensors, the input including a location of a vehicle;

    provide the received input to a service provider computer via the antenna device, wherein the service provider is caused to;

    determine, based on the location of the vehicle, at least one hazard in a vicinity of the vehicle apparatus, the at least one hazard identified by a second vehicle traveling ahead of the vehicle using one or more sensors of the second vehicle;

    identify one or more risks associated with the at least one hazard;

    identify one or more driver-specific factors associated with the driver of the vehicle; and

    determine, based on the one or more driver-specific factors associated with a driving tendency of the driver of the vehicle in combination with the one or more risks, a strategy for mitigating the at least one hazard, the strategy including at least a first set of instructions and a second set of instructions; and

    receive, from the service provider computer and in response to providing the received input, the first set of instructions to provide a notification of at least one hazard in the vicinity of the vehicle apparatus to an operator of the vehicle apparatus, and the second set of instructions to activate one or more driving components of the vehicle to mitigate a risk posed by the at least one hazard based on one or more driver-specific factors; and

    execute each of the first set of instructions and the second set of instructions.

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