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Monitoring of vehicle passing maneuver

  • US 10,331,142 B2
  • Filed: 05/16/2017
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle-installed system for generating a safety level notification with respect to a passing vehicle maneuvering to overtake a leading vehicle by travelling in an opposing lane designated for on-coming traffic, the system comprising:

  • a camera comprising a light emitter configured to emit a narrow bandwidth light, an image sensor, and a lens subsystem; and

    a processor communicatively coupled to the camera and to a memory that comprises computer-readable instructions, which cause the processor to perform the steps of;

    identifying a start of an overtaking maneuver;

    determining a speed and a position of the leading vehicle;

    receiving images from the camera;

    processing the images to calculate a speed and a position of an on-coming vehicle travelling in the opposing lane and approaching the passing vehicle;

    responsively to the speeds and positions of the leading and on-coming vehicles, determining a safety level of performing an overtaking maneuver;

    providing a notification of the safety level to a driver of the passing vehicle; and

    continuing to perform safety level calculations and providing additional safety level notifications while the overtaking maneuver is in progress.

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