Collision avoidance system
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1. A method of collision avoidance comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle in a given directional location; and
generating a haptic collision alert corresponding to the given directional location in response to the signal, wherein the haptic collision alert includes vibrating a seat pan of a vehicle driver seat in the vehicle and the haptic collision alert indicates the urgency of the potential collision by varying both a rate of vibration and an intensity of vibration;
wherein the seat pan is partitioned into a three by three matrix having a front row positioned near the front of the driver seat, a rear row positioned near the rear of the driver seat and a mid row positioned between the front row and the rear row, each row having a left matrix location positioned near the left side of the driver seat, a right matrix location positioned near the right side of the driver seat and a center matrix location positioned between the left matrix location and the right matrix location; and
the location of the vibration in the seat pan includes one or more of the matrix locations;
whereby a vehicle driver receives an indication of the possible collision direction by the location of the vibration in the seat pan.
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Abstract
A method of collision avoidance. The method includes receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle. The method also includes generating a haptic collision alert in response to the signal.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of collision avoidance comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle in a given directional location; and generating a haptic collision alert corresponding to the given directional location in response to the signal, wherein the haptic collision alert includes vibrating a seat pan of a vehicle driver seat in the vehicle and the haptic collision alert indicates the urgency of the potential collision by varying both a rate of vibration and an intensity of vibration; wherein the seat pan is partitioned into a three by three matrix having a front row positioned near the front of the driver seat, a rear row positioned near the rear of the driver seat and a mid row positioned between the front row and the rear row, each row having a left matrix location positioned near the left side of the driver seat, a right matrix location positioned near the right side of the driver seat and a center matrix location positioned between the left matrix location and the right matrix location; and the location of the vibration in the seat pan includes one or more of the matrix locations; whereby a vehicle driver receives an indication of the possible collision direction by the location of the vibration in the seat pan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of collision avoidance comprising:
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a controller in communication with one or more haptic warning systems, wherein the haptic warning systems are located on a vehicle and the controller includes instructions to implement a method including; receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle in a given directional location; and generating a haptic collision alert corresponding to the given directional location in response to the signal, wherein the haptic collision alert includes vibrating a seat pan of a vehicle driver seat in the vehicle and the haptic collision alert indicates the urgency of the potential collision by varying one or more of a rate and an intensity of the vibration; wherein the seat pan is partitioned into a three by three matrix having a front row positioned near the front of the driver seat, a rear row positioned near the rear of the driver seat and a mid row positioned between the front row and the rear row, each row having a left matrix location positioned near the left side of the driver seat, a right matrix location positioned near the right side of the driver seat and a center matrix location positioned between the left matrix location and the right matrix location; and the location of the vibration in the seat pan includes one or more of the matrix locations; whereby a vehicle driver receives an indication of the possible collision direction by the location of the vibration in the seat pan. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A storage medium encoded with machine readable computer program code for collision avoidance, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle in a given directional location; and generating a haptic collision alert corresponding to the given directional location in response to the signal, wherein the haptic collision alert includes vibrating a seat pan of a vehicle driver seat in the vehicle and the haptic collision alert indicates the urgency of the potential collision by varying one or more of a rate of vibration and an intensity of vibration; wherein the seat pan is partitioned into a three by three matrix having a front row positioned near the front of the driver seat, a rear row positioned near the rear of the driver seat and a mid row positioned between the front row and the rear row, each row having a left matrix location positioned near the left side of the driver seat, a right matrix location positioned near the right side of the driver seat and a center matrix location positioned between the left matrix location and the right matrix location; and the location of the vibration in the seat pan includes one or more of the matrix locations; whereby a vehicle driver receives an indication of the possible collision direction by the location of the vibration in the seat pan.
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17. A method of collision avoidance comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle in a given directional location; and generating a haptic collision alert corresponding to the given directional location in response to the signal, wherein the haptic collision alert includes vibrating a seat pan of a vehicle driver seat in the vehicle and the haptic collision alert indicates the urgency of the potential collision by varying one or more of a rate of vibration and an intensity of vibration; wherein the seat pan is partitioned into a three by three matrix having a front row positioned near the front of the driver seat, a rear row positioned near the rear of the driver seat and a mid row positioned between the front row and the rear row, each row having a left matrix location positioned near the left side of the driver seat, a right matrix location positioned near the right side of the driver seat and a center matrix location positioned between the left matrix location and the right matrix location; and the location of the vibration in the seat pan includes one or more of the matrix locations;
whereby a vehicle driver receives an indication of the possible collision direction by the location of the vibration in the seat pan. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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