TECHNOLOGIES FOR VEHICLE DOOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle compute system to reduce vehicle door collisions, the in-vehicle compute system comprising:
- one or more proximity sensors to generate proximity data indicative of a proximity of a door of a vehicle to a structure;
a door collision avoidance system to control the opening of the door;
a door proximity determination module to determine, based on the proximity data, whether the door of the vehicle is within a proximity threshold of the structure while the door is being opened;
a door control module to activate the door collision avoidance system in response to a determination that the vehicle door is within the proximity threshold of the structure to slow the opening of the door of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Technologies for reducing vehicle door collisions include an in-vehicle compute device configured to determine a proximity between a door of a vehicle and a structure while the door is being opened and activate a door collision avoidance system of the vehicle to slow or restrict the opening of the door in response to a determination that the proximity of the door to the structure is within a proximity threshold. The door collision avoidance system may include one or more electro-magnets, one or more actuators, and/or one or more electro-active polymer devices. The in-vehicle compute device may also control the operation of the door based on a context of the vehicle.
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25 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle compute system to reduce vehicle door collisions, the in-vehicle compute system comprising:
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one or more proximity sensors to generate proximity data indicative of a proximity of a door of a vehicle to a structure; a door collision avoidance system to control the opening of the door; a door proximity determination module to determine, based on the proximity data, whether the door of the vehicle is within a proximity threshold of the structure while the door is being opened; a door control module to activate the door collision avoidance system in response to a determination that the vehicle door is within the proximity threshold of the structure to slow the opening of the door of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause in-vehicle compute system to:
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determine whether a door of a vehicle is within a proximity threshold of a structure while the door is being opened; and activate, in response to a determination that the vehicle door is within the proximity threshold of the structure, a door collision avoidance system of the in-vehicle compute device to slow the opening of the door of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for reducing vehicle door collisions, the method comprising:
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determining, by an in-vehicle compute device, whether a door of a vehicle is within a proximity threshold of a structure while the door is being opened; and activating, by the in-vehicle compute device and in response to a determination that the vehicle door is within the proximity threshold of the structure, a door collision avoidance system of the in-vehicle compute device to slow the opening of the door of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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