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Vehicle to pedestrian communication system and method

  • US 9,421,909 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2014
  • Issued: 08/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2013
  • Status: Expired
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1. A vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication system, comprising:

  • a vehicle operable by a driver and configured to communicate with a first V2P device associated with the vehicle, the first V2P device configured for;

    communicating with at least one vehicle system to acquire vehicle parameters for the vehicle including the first V2P device, the vehicle parameters including at least one of a location and a speed of the vehicle;

    predicting a path of the vehicle based on at least one of the vehicle parameters;

    receiving at least one Basic Safety Message (BSM) from a second V2P device associated with a pedestrian via a wireless communications channel;

    acquiring pedestrian parameters for the pedestrian from at least one of the at least one BSM and the second V2P device, the pedestrian parameters including at least one of a position and a speed of the pedestrian;

    determining whether the path of the vehicle intersects with a path of the pedestrian using the vehicle parameters, the at least one BSM, and the pedestrian parameters; and

    when the path of the vehicle intersects with the path of the pedestrian, providing an alert to at least one of a driver of the vehicle and the pedestrian, wherein the alert includes a directional indication of a location of the pedestrian relative to the vehicle and at least one of an indication that the pedestrian is distracted with a phone call, an indication that the pedestrian is distracted with a text-messaging operation, an indication that the pedestrian is distracted with an Internet browsing operation, and an indication that the pedestrian is distracted by listening to music.

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