APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING VEHICLE DOOR RELATED ACCIDENTS
First Claim
1. A vehicle door safety apparatus comprising:
- a door safety mechanism;
a processor connected to said door safety mechanism and configured to;
receive data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors or cameras integrated into the vehicle;
identify an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened;
identify using one or more sensors when the occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; and
activate said door safety mechanism in order to prevent an accident involving door of said vehicle and said object.
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Abstract
This apparatus, system, and method for preventing vehicle door related accidents will help to detect oncoming traffic and/or nearby external objects when an occupant of the vehicle or the vehicle processor demonstrates an intent to open the vehicle door, and it would generate an alert for the vehicle users, or generate an external alert for the outside users, or automatically stop the vehicle door from opening further if there was a possibility of an accident involving the vehicle doors or its users. This invention comprises of an internal alert mechanism to alert vehicle users about the oncoming traffic and/or nearby external objects. This invention also comprises of an external alert mechanism, which would generate alert externally that vehicle door is about to be opened. This invention also comprises of a feature to restrict the vehicle doors from opening further when there is a potential for door related accident.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle door safety apparatus comprising:
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a door safety mechanism; a processor connected to said door safety mechanism and configured to; receive data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors or cameras integrated into the vehicle; identify an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened; identify using one or more sensors when the occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; and activate said door safety mechanism in order to prevent an accident involving door of said vehicle and said object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle door safety apparatus comprising:
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a door safety mechanism; a processor connected to said door safety mechanism and configured to; receive sensor data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors integrated into the vehicle; identify an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened; cause said door safety mechanism to generate one or more internal alerts directed to an occupant of said vehicle; wherein said one or more internal alerts are either inside or outside the vehicle as long as they are visible to an occupant of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle door safety system comprising:
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a vehicle; a processor; one or more sensors embedded in said vehicle; non-volatile memory comprising computer readable instructions stored therein, wherein said instructions cause said processor to; identify using said one or more sensors when the occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; wherein said intent to open the door of said vehicle is a stand-alone user action or a combination of user actions which indicate to said door safety mechanism that the occupant of said vehicle is about to open the vehicle door; and cause a door safety mechanism to generate one or more external alerts directed to a person or object located outside of said vehicle when the occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for vehicle door safety, the method comprising:
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receiving data about the vehicle'"'"'s external environment collected by a plurality of sensors or cameras integrated into the vehicle; identifying an object in the vehicle'"'"'s external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened; identifying using one or more sensors when an occupant of said vehicle demonstrates an intent to open the door of said vehicle; and activating a door safety mechanism in order to prevent an accident involving door of said vehicle and said object.
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