Methods and systems for blind spot monitoring with adaptive alert zone
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1. A system comprising:
- a blind spot monitoring system including a blind spot sensor that monitors a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle and generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle;
a controller that receives at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data, that determines whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane, and that expands the blind spot alert area from an initial blind spot alert area having a first area to an expanded blind spot alert area having a second area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane, the second area being greater than the first area.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided and include a blind spot monitoring system with a blind spot sensor that monitors a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle and generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle. A controller receives at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data, determines whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane, and expands the blind spot alert area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane.
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1. A system comprising:
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a blind spot monitoring system including a blind spot sensor that monitors a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle and generates an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle; a controller that receives at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data, that determines whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane, and that expands the blind spot alert area from an initial blind spot alert area having a first area to an expanded blind spot alert area having a second area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane, the second area being greater than the first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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monitoring a blind spot alert area of a subject vehicle with a blind spot monitoring system including a blind spot sensor; generating, with the blind spot monitoring system, an alert when a secondary vehicle is detected within the blind spot alert area of the subject vehicle; receiving, with a controller, at least one of traffic sign data and GPS data; determining, with the controller, whether a current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with a second lane; expanding, with the controller, the blind spot alert area from an initial blind spot alert area having a first area to an expanded blind spot alert area having a second area in response to determining that the current lane of the subject vehicle is merging or is going to merge with the second lane, the second area being greater than the first area. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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