VEHICLE SAFETY AND MOBILITY ALERT SYSTEM

• US 20170221356A1
• Filed: 01/30/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brandmotion LLC
• Original Assignee: Brandmotion LLC
• Inventors: Varick, John F.
• Granted Patent: US 10,673,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A vehicle safety and mobility alert system is contemplated. The system may be configured to facilitate wirelessly exchanging basic safety messages (BSMs) and the like with a connected vehicle network operable to communicate with vehicles, signage and other devices connected thereto. An onboard unit (OBU) of the vehicle may be configured to process the BSMs and correspondingly generate safety notifications for one or more occupants of the vehicle. An advanced driver assisted system (ADAS) may be configured to communicate information associated with the safety notifications through sensory alerts generated with one or more indicators positioned relative to a mirror or an A-frame of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A safety and mobility alert system for a vehicle comprising:

an onboard unit (OBU) configured to wirelessly communicate with a connected vehicle network to facilitate exchange a plurality of basic safety messages (BSMs) with a plurality of vehicles, devices and/or signage wirelessly connected thereto, the OBU generating a plurality of safety notifications for one or more occupants of the vehicle as a function the plurality of BSMs; and

an advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) configured to generate a plurality of sensory alerts sufficient for interfacing the plurality of safety notifications with the one or more occupants.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the ADAS includes a housing shaped to removably attached to a mirror affixed to a windshield of the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the housing is shaped to position a plurality of indicators of the ADAS proximate an edge of the mirror to facilitate generation of the plurality of sensory alerts.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the ADAS includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon and executable with a processor associated therewith to facilitate processing the plurality of safety notifications and correspondingly controlling information conveyed with the plurality of indicators as a function thereof.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the plurality of sensory alerts include visual, sound and/or tactile sensations.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein the OBU includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon and executable with a processor associated therewith to facilitate processing the plurality of BSMs and correspondingly generating the plurality of safety notifications as a function thereof.

7. The system of claim 3 wherein the OBU wirelessly communicates the plurality of safety notifications to the ADAS.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the ADAS includes a housing shaped to removably attached to an A-frame of the vehicle.