PRE-COLLISION ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL COLLISION SEVERITY FOR ROAD VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method of predicting severity of a potential collision of first and second vehicles, the method comprising:
- determining a probability of the potential collision of the vehicles;
exchanging vehicle condition-defining signals between the first and second vehicles when the probability of the potential collision is greater than a threshold value, the vehicle condition-defining signals including a first vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the first vehicle and a second vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the second vehicle;
predicting onboard the first vehicle a severity of the potential collision for the first vehicle based on input including the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal; and
predicting onboard the second vehicle a severity of the potential collision for the second vehicle based on input including the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal.
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Abstract
A method of predicting severity of a potential collision of first and second vehicles. The method includes determining that a probability of a potential collision of the vehicles is greater than a threshold value. Vehicle condition-defining signals are exchanged between the vehicles when the probability of the potential collision is greater than the threshold value including a first vehicle condition-defining signal developed on board the first vehicle and a second vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the second vehicle. The method further includes predicting onboard the first vehicle a severity of the potential collision for the first vehicle based upon input that includes the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal. A severity of the potential collision for the second vehicle is predicted onboard the second vehicle based upon the second vehicle condition-defining signal and the first vehicle condition-defining signal.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of predicting severity of a potential collision of first and second vehicles, the method comprising:
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determining a probability of the potential collision of the vehicles; exchanging vehicle condition-defining signals between the first and second vehicles when the probability of the potential collision is greater than a threshold value, the vehicle condition-defining signals including a first vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the first vehicle and a second vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the second vehicle; predicting onboard the first vehicle a severity of the potential collision for the first vehicle based on input including the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal; and predicting onboard the second vehicle a severity of the potential collision for the second vehicle based on input including the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of predicting severity of a potential collision of first and second vehicles, the method comprising:
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determining a probability of the potential collision of the vehicles; exchanging vehicle condition-defining signals between the first and second vehicles when the probability of the potential collision is greater than a threshold value, the vehicle condition-defining signals including a first vehicle condition-defining signal and a second vehicle condition-defining signal; predicting a severity of the potential collision for the first vehicle based on input including the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal; and predicting a severity of the potential collision for the second vehicle based on input including the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal.
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22. An apparatus for use onboard a first vehicle for predicting severity of a potential collision of the first vehicle and a second vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a probability of a potential collision between the first and second vehicles; means responsive to the determining for transmitting a first vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the first vehicle to the second vehicle when the probability of the potential collision is greater than a threshold value; means for receiving from the second vehicle a second vehicle condition-defining signal developed onboard the second vehicle; and means for processing the first vehicle condition-defining signal and the second vehicle condition-defining signal for predicting the severity of the potential collision.
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