VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vehicle monitoring system, said vehicle monitoring system comprising:
- a central processor operable to receive vehicle inputs from multiple vehicles, wherein the vehicle inputs are indicative of driving conditions of the vehicles;
wherein said central processor is operable to receive, for each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, an environment input indicative of the environment at that vehicle;
wherein, responsive to vehicle inputs and environment inputs, said central processor determines if one or more of the multiple vehicles is at or approaching a hazardous condition; and
responsive to a determination that one or more of the multiple vehicles is a threatened vehicle at a potentially hazardous condition, said central monitoring system at least one of (i) actuates an alert of the threatened vehicle to alert a driver of the threatened vehicle of the determined hazardous condition and (ii) controls a vehicle system of the threatened vehicle to mitigate the determined hazardous condition.
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Abstract
A vehicle monitoring system includes a central processor operable to receive vehicle inputs from multiple vehicles. The vehicle inputs are indicative of driving conditions of the vehicles. The central processor is operable to receive, for each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, an environment input indicative of the environment at that vehicle. Responsive to the vehicle inputs and the environment inputs, the central processor determines if one or more of the multiple vehicles is at or approaching a hazardous condition. Responsive to a determination that one or more of the multiple vehicles is a threatened vehicle at a potentially hazardous condition, the central monitoring system at least one of (i) actuates an alert of the threatened vehicle to alert a driver of the threatened vehicle of the determined hazardous condition and (ii) controls a vehicle system of the threatened vehicle to mitigate the determined hazardous condition.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle monitoring system, said vehicle monitoring system comprising:
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a central processor operable to receive vehicle inputs from multiple vehicles, wherein the vehicle inputs are indicative of driving conditions of the vehicles; wherein said central processor is operable to receive, for each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, an environment input indicative of the environment at that vehicle; wherein, responsive to vehicle inputs and environment inputs, said central processor determines if one or more of the multiple vehicles is at or approaching a hazardous condition; and responsive to a determination that one or more of the multiple vehicles is a threatened vehicle at a potentially hazardous condition, said central monitoring system at least one of (i) actuates an alert of the threatened vehicle to alert a driver of the threatened vehicle of the determined hazardous condition and (ii) controls a vehicle system of the threatened vehicle to mitigate the determined hazardous condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle monitoring system, said vehicle monitoring system comprising:
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a central processor operable to receive vehicle inputs from multiple vehicles, wherein the vehicle inputs are indicative of driving conditions of the vehicles; wherein the vehicle inputs comprise at least one of (i) vehicle longitudinal velocity, (ii) vehicle lateral velocity, (iii) vehicle longitudinal acceleration, (iv) vehicle lateral acceleration and (v) actuation of a turn signal indicator of the vehicle; wherein said central processor is operable to receive, for each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, an environment input indicative of the environment at that vehicle; wherein the environment inputs comprise inputs derived from at least one of (i) map information, (ii) traffic information and (iii) weather condition information; wherein, responsive to vehicle inputs and environment inputs, said central processor determines if one or more of the multiple vehicles is at or approaching a hazardous condition; and responsive to a determination that one or more of the multiple vehicles is a threatened vehicle at a potentially hazardous condition, said central monitoring system at least one of (i) actuates an alert of the threatened vehicle to alert a driver of the threatened vehicle of the determined hazardous condition and (ii) controls a vehicle system of the threatened vehicle to mitigate the determined hazardous condition. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle monitoring system, said vehicle monitoring system comprising:
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a central processor operable to receive vehicle inputs from multiple vehicles, wherein the vehicle inputs are indicative of driving conditions of the vehicles; wherein each of the multiple vehicles includes a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication system that is operable to communicate vehicle inputs to said central processor; wherein said central processor is operable to receive, for each vehicle of the multiple vehicles, an environment input indicative of the environment at that vehicle; wherein each of the multiple vehicles includes a plurality of sensors disposed at the vehicle and operable to capture data representative of the environment at that vehicle; wherein said plurality of sensors comprises at least two of (i) a forward viewing camera, (ii) sideward viewing cameras, (iii) a rearward viewing camera, (iv) a radar sensor and (v) a LIDAR sensor; wherein the environment inputs are at least partially derived from data captured by said sensors; wherein, responsive to vehicle inputs and environment inputs, said central processor determines if one or more of the multiple vehicles is at or approaching a hazardous condition; and responsive to a determination that one or more of the multiple vehicles is a threatened vehicle at a potentially hazardous condition, said central monitoring system at least one of (i) actuates an alert of the threatened vehicle to alert a driver of the threatened vehicle of the determined hazardous condition and (ii) controls a vehicle system of the threatened vehicle to mitigate the determined hazardous condition. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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