Vehicular Pedestrian Sensor Apparatus

• US 20140055614A1
• Filed: 08/21/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David J. Kahan
• Original Assignee: David J. Kahan
• Inventors: Kahan, David J.
• Application Number:
  US13/590,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20140055614A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

Abstract

A vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus including a vehicular sensor disposed within an automobile, the vehicle sensor in wireless communication with at least one sensor disposed exteriorly relative to the automobile, the at least one sensor sensible of motion within a field of view, wherein the at least one sensor activates a first alarm signal, said first alarm signal displayed by the vehicular sensor, and a second alarm signal, said second alarm signal displayed by the at least one sensor, whereby a driver is notified of motion of an object within the field of view, and the at least one sensor displays an alarm sensible to a person proximal to the field of view.

Claims

1. A vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus comprising a vehicular sensor disposed within an automobile, the vehicular sensor in wireless communication with at least one sensor disposed exteriorly relative to the automobile, the at least one sensor sensible of motion within a field of view, wherein the at least one sensor activates a first alarm signal, said first alarm signal displayed by the vehicular sensor, and a second alarm signal, said second alarm signal displayed by the at least one sensor, whereby a driver within the automobile is notified of motion of an object within the field of view, and the at least one sensor displays the second alarm signal sensible to a person proximal to the field of view.

2. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 1 wherein the vehicular sensor comprises:

a housing;

an illuminating device disposed upon the housing, the illuminating device activatable when the first alarm signal is activated by the detection of motion proximal to the field of view;

a sonic device activatable when the first alarm signal is activated;

a wireless interface in operational communication with the at least one sensor;

a CPU in operational communication with the illuminating device, the sonic device, and the wireless interface;

wherein motion detected within the field of view activates the first alarm and the second alarm only when the automobile is moving.

3. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 2 wherein the at least one sensor comprises:

a second housing;

a second illuminating device disposed upon the second housing, said second illuminating device activatable when the first alarm signal is activated by the detection of motion of an object within the field of view;

a second sonic device, said second sonic device activatable when the first alarm signal is activated;

a motion detector sensible of the field of view;

a second CPU in operational communication with the second illuminating device, the second sonic device, and the second motion detector;

a second wireless interface in operational communication with the CPU and the wireless interface of the vehicular sensor;

wherein the motion detector signals motion detected within the field of view to the second CPU and the second CPU operationally engages the second illuminating device and the second sonic device to display the second alarm signal and the wireless interface operationally communicates with the vehicular sensor to display the first alarm signal.

4. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 3 wherein the vehicular sensor further comprises an accelerometer in operational communication with the CPU, whereby the vehicular sensor and the at least one sensor are activated only when motion of the automobile is detected by the accelerometer and the vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus is thereby initiated to activate the first and second alarm signals when motion of an object is detected within the field of view.

5. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 4 wherein the motion detector comprises a passive infrared sensor.

6. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 4 wherein the motion detector comprises a camera.

7. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 4 wherein the first alarm signal activates the illuminating device and the sonic device to produce respectively visible and audible signals whereby a driver of the automobile is alerted to the presence of motion of an object within the field of view.

8. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 7 wherein the second alarm signal activates the second illuminating device and the second sonic device to produce respectively visible and audible signals whereby a person proximal to the field of view is alerted of the motion of the automobile.

9. The vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus of claim 8 wherein the at least one sensor and the vehicular sensor wirelessly communicate to be sensible of the position of the automobile relative the at least one sensor whereby the first and second alarm signals are not activated by the motion of the automobile entering the field of view.

10. A vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus comprising:

a vehicular sensor disposed within an automobile, the vehicular sensor comprising a housing, an illuminating device disposed upon the housing, a sonic device disposed within the housing, a wireless interface disposed within the housing, an accelerometer disposed within the housing, and a CPU disposed within the housing;

at least one sensor mounted exteriorly relative the automobile, the at least one sensor in operational wireless communication with the vehicular sensor, the at least one sensor comprising a second housing, a second illuminating device disposed upon the second housing, a second sonic device disposed within the second housing, a second wireless interface disposed within the second housing, a motion detector disposed within the housing, and a second CPU disposed within the housing;

wherein the CPU activates the vehicular pedestrian sensor apparatus when detecting motion of the automobile and the second CPU activates a first alarm signal, displayed by the vehicular sensor, and a second alarm signal, displayed by the at least one sensor, when motion is detected within a field of view sensible to the at least one sensor.