SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF A PREVENTIVE ALERT

• US 20180222388A1
• Filed: 04/04/2018
• Published: 08/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SHENOY, NAGESH B.T., CHINTALAPOODI, PRAMOD, TANAKA, SHO
• Granted Patent: US 10,625,674 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/008 for anti-collision purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles

Abstract

Various aspects of a system and method for generation of a preventive alert are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits in a vehicle configured to retrieve sensor data associated with the vehicle and/or obstacle information generated by one or more sensors of the vehicle, along a path of the vehicle. The system further comprises one or more circuits configured to communicate to a server, a set of data based on the retrieved sensor data and/or the retrieved obstacle information. The generation of an alert to one or more vehicles is controlled by the server, based on the communicated set of data.

Claims

1. A first vehicle, comprising:

a sensing system configured to generate at least one of obstacle information or vehicle information,

wherein said obstacle information is indicative of obstacles along a path of travel of said first vehicle, and said vehicle information indicates a change in at least one of a motion of said first vehicle or vehicle parameters of said first vehicle; and

a data processing unit that includes one or more circuits configured to;

generate first minimum set of data (MSD) having payload of eCall standard data and additional data, wherein said additional data is generated based on at least one of said obstacle information or said vehicle information;

transmit said first MSD to a server;

receive alert information from said server, wherein said server receives a second MSD from a second vehicle in said path of travel of said first vehicle, and wherein said server generates said alert information based on at least one of said obstacle information or said vehicle information included in said second MSD; and

render an alert based on said alert information.

2. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said alert is at least one of audio-visual information, haptic information, audio information, voice-based broadcast message, text-based broadcast message, or activation of an alarm in said second vehicle.

3. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to render said alert by at least one of a dashboard indication, a steering wheel of said first vehicle, a microphone, or an audio system of said first vehicle.

4. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said first MSD comprises a field that indicates presence of a first obstacle along said path of travel of said first vehicle, and wherein said first obstacle corresponds to at least one of a stationary obstacle or a slow-moving obstacle.

5. The first vehicle according to claim 4, wherein said first vehicle further comprises at least one imaging device configured to detect said at least one of said stationary obstacle or said slow-moving obstacle, and wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to:

update said first MSD based on said detection of said at least one of said stationary obstacle or said slow-moving obstacle; and

transmit said updated first MSD to said server.

6. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said alert information is indicative of a threat of a collision in at least one of a threshold distance from said first vehicle, or said path of travel of said first vehicle.

7. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said change, in said at least one of said motion of said first vehicle or said vehicle parameters of said first vehicle, corresponds to one of a change in speed of said first vehicle, a switch on state of a hazard indicator of said first vehicle for a time period that is greater than a time period threshold value, or a switch on state of a turn signal indicator of said first vehicle.

8. A method, comprising:

in a first vehicle,

generating at least one of obstacle information or vehicle information, wherein said obstacle information is indicative of obstacles along a path of travel of said first vehicle, and said vehicle information indicates a change in at least one of a motion of said first vehicle or vehicle parameters of said first vehicle;

generating first minimum set of data (MSD) having payload of eCall standard data and additional data, wherein said additional data is generated based on at least one of said obstacle information or said vehicle information;

transmitting said first MSD to a server;

receiving alert information from said server, wherein said server receives a second MSD from a second vehicle in said path of travel of said first vehicle, and wherein said server generates said alert information based on at least one of said obstacle information or said vehicle information included in said second MSD; and

rendering an alert based on said alert information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said alert is at least one of audio-visual information, haptic information, audio information, voice-based broadcast message, text-based broadcast message, or activation of an alarm in said second vehicle.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising

rendering said alert by at least one of a dashboard indication, a steering wheel of said first vehicle, a microphone, or an audio system of said first vehicle.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein said first MSD comprises a field that indicates presence of a first obstacle along said path of travel of said first vehicle, and wherein said first obstacle corresponds to at least one of a stationary obstacle or a slow-moving obstacle.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

detecting said at least one of said stationary obstacle or said slow-moving obstacle;

updating said first MSD based on said detection of said at least one of said stationary obstacle or said slow-moving obstacle; and

transmitting said updated first MSD to said server.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein said alert information is indicative of a threat of a collision in at least one of a threshold distance from said first vehicle, or said path of travel of said first vehicle.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

in a first vehicle,

generating at least one of obstacle information or vehicle information, wherein said obstacle information is indicative of obstacles along a path of travel of said first vehicle, and said vehicle information indicates a change in at least one of a motion of said first vehicle or vehicle parameters of said first vehicle;

generating first minimum set of data (MSD) having payload of eCall standard data and additional data, wherein said additional data is generated based on at least one of said obstacle information or said vehicle information;

communicating said first MSD to a server;

receiving alert information from said server, wherein said server receives a second MSD from a second vehicle in said path of travel of said first vehicle, and wherein said server generates said alert information based on at least one of said obstacle information or said vehicle information included in said second MSD; and

rendering an alert based on said alert information.