System and method to increase conspicuousness of vehicles
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1. A system for real time, dynamic triggering of a conspicuousness signal for a vehicle on a path of public street travel having potentially dangerous other moving vehicles thereon comprising:
- a first sensor array including a GPS navigation signal, that detects an environmental factor presenting a predetermined risk to the vehicle including a proximity of a one of the other moving vehicles based upon sensor operation on the vehicle without reception of an identifying signal from the other moving vehicles, derived from the GPS navigation signal and based upon sensor operation on the vehicle without reception of an identifying signal from the other moving vehicles;
a second sensor comprising a location device for identifying a location of the public street travel;
a decision module that assesses the environmental factor, the location and the predetermined risk and determining if the conspicuousness signal is warranted and a type of signal to be made; and
,an actuation module that actuates the conspicuousness signal based on the determining of the decision module at another location in the path of travel for enhanced identification of the first object by the second object.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for real time dynamic triggering of a conspicuous signal for a vehicle on a path of travel. A sensor array detects environmental factors presenting a predetermined risk to the vehicle. A decision module assesses the environmental factors and the associated risks and determines if the conspicuousness signal is warranted and a type of signal to be made. An actuating module actuates the conspicuousness signal based on the determining of the decision module.
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1. A system for real time, dynamic triggering of a conspicuousness signal for a vehicle on a path of public street travel having potentially dangerous other moving vehicles thereon comprising:
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a first sensor array including a GPS navigation signal, that detects an environmental factor presenting a predetermined risk to the vehicle including a proximity of a one of the other moving vehicles based upon sensor operation on the vehicle without reception of an identifying signal from the other moving vehicles, derived from the GPS navigation signal and based upon sensor operation on the vehicle without reception of an identifying signal from the other moving vehicles; a second sensor comprising a location device for identifying a location of the public street travel; a decision module that assesses the environmental factor, the location and the predetermined risk and determining if the conspicuousness signal is warranted and a type of signal to be made; and
,an actuation module that actuates the conspicuousness signal based on the determining of the decision module at another location in the path of travel for enhanced identification of the first object by the second object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of generating a conspicuousness signal associated with an object on a path of travel comprising:
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(a) monitoring with a sensor array including a GPS navigation signal, a first object on a path of public street travel in relation to at least one of a second object including a potentially dangerous other moving vehicle and a location of the public street travel derived from the GPS navigation signal and based upon sensor operation on the vehicle without reception of an identifying signal from the other moving vehicles the monitoring corresponding to an indicia signal from the sensor based on a relative distance between the first object and the at least one of a second object and the location; (b) actuating the conspicuousness signal for enhanced identification of the first object by the second object associated with the first object when the indicia signal reaches a first threshold at another location in the path of travel, thereby causing an increase in at least one of acoustic and light energy emanating in a direction away from the first object; and (c) adjusting the conspicuousness signal associated with the first object when the indicia signal reaches a second threshold, thereby changing the level of the at least one of acoustic and light energy emanating from the first object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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