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Adaptive driver assistance alerts functionality

  • US 9,418,547 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2014
  • Issued: 08/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle comprising:

  • a plurality of lights linearly arranged around a majority of an interior perimeter of the vehicle;

    a controller controllably coupled to the plurality of lights, such that the controller is operable to control the plurality of lights;

    a hazard detection system communicatively coupled to the controller;

    the controller including a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing the controller to illuminate at least one of the plurality of lights corresponding to a location of a hazard detected by the hazard detection system; and

    the non-transitory computer readable medium further including instructions for causing the controller to determine a worst case scenario position of a driver'"'"'s gaze based on the location of the identified hazard in response to the direction of the driver'"'"'s gaze being unknown, and for causing the controller to initiate a warning in a position farthest from the hazard.

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