Networked vehicle control systems to facilitate situational awareness of vehicles
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for improving vehicle safety, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by one or more transceivers communicatively coupled to a vehicle awareness system, omnidirectional environment data from one or more transceivers, where the omnidirectional environment data represents kinetic information on one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the vehicle awareness system;
analyzing, via one or more processors, the omnidirectional environment data to detect one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, wherein one hazard includes an autonomous or semi-autonomous feature of a vehicle in the omnidirectional environment; and
generating, via the one or more processors, an alert in response to detecting the one or more hazards.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for improving vehicle awareness and safety by generating and transmitting alerts in response to detecting a hazard in the environment omnidirectional to a vehicle awareness system. Omnidirectional environment data, representing kinematic information pertaining to one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the primary vehicle, is acquired by one or more sensors communicatively coupled to ta vehicle. The system analyzes the omnidirectional environment data to detect if one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, representing a change in the kinetic behavior of the one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the vehicle awareness system, has occurred. When the system detects one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, the system generates and transmits an alert to vehicles, vehicle operators, mobile devices, or pedestrians at risk from the hazard.
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1. A computer-implemented method for improving vehicle safety, the method comprising:
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acquiring, by one or more transceivers communicatively coupled to a vehicle awareness system, omnidirectional environment data from one or more transceivers, where the omnidirectional environment data represents kinetic information on one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the vehicle awareness system; analyzing, via one or more processors, the omnidirectional environment data to detect one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, wherein one hazard includes an autonomous or semi-autonomous feature of a vehicle in the omnidirectional environment; and generating, via the one or more processors, an alert in response to detecting the one or more hazards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system configured to improve vehicle safety including:
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one or more transceivers, communicatively coupled to a vehicle awareness system, configured to acquire omnidirectional environment data, where the omnidirectional environment data represents kinetic information on one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the vehicle awareness system; one or more processors configured to analyze the omnidirectional environment data, where the one or more processors is configured to detect one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, wherein one hazard is an autonomous or semi-autonomous feature of a vehicle in the omnidirectional environment; and one or more alert systems configured to generate an alert in response to the one or more processors detecting the one or more hazards. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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