Object differentiation warning system
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1. A vehicle object warning system that differentiates between expected and unexpected objects, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured todetect a first set of objects external to a vehicle upon the occurrence of a first triggering condition, anddetect a second set of objects external to the vehicle upon the occurrence of a second triggering condition; and
a controller configured toreceive an indication of the first set of objects from the sensor,determine locations of the objects of the first set of objects,store the locations in a memory,receive an indication of the second set of objects from the sensor,determine locations of the objects of the second set of objects, andcompare the locations of the second set of objects with the locations stored in the memory; and
an alarm configured togenerate a first warning when all of the locations of the second set of objects are stored in the memory, andgenerate a second warning different from the first warning when at least one of the locations of the second set of objects is not stored in the memory.
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Abstract
A vehicle object warning system and method that differentiates between expected and unexpected objects. A sensor detects a set of objects external to the vehicle upon the occurrence of different triggering conditions. A controller determines locations of the sets of objects detected by the sensor. Further, the controller can store the locations of a set of objects in a memory as well as determine if the location of an object is not stored in the memory. An alarm provides a different type of warning if the controller determines that the location of an object is not stored in the memory.
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1. A vehicle object warning system that differentiates between expected and unexpected objects, the system comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect a first set of objects external to a vehicle upon the occurrence of a first triggering condition, and detect a second set of objects external to the vehicle upon the occurrence of a second triggering condition; and a controller configured to receive an indication of the first set of objects from the sensor, determine locations of the objects of the first set of objects, store the locations in a memory, receive an indication of the second set of objects from the sensor, determine locations of the objects of the second set of objects, and compare the locations of the second set of objects with the locations stored in the memory; and an alarm configured to generate a first warning when all of the locations of the second set of objects are stored in the memory, and generate a second warning different from the first warning when at least one of the locations of the second set of objects is not stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a vehicle object warning system that differentiates between expected and unexpected objects, the method comprising:
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detecting, by a sensor, a first set of objects external to a vehicle upon the occurrence of a first triggering condition; determining, by a controller, locations of the objects of the first set of objects; storing, by the controller, the locations of the first set of objects in a memory; detecting, by the sensor, a second set of objects external to the vehicle upon the occurrence of a second triggering condition; determining, by the controller, locations of the objects of the second set of objects; comparing, by the controller, the locations of the second set of objects with the locations stored in the memory; generating, by an alarm, a first warning signal if all of the locations of the second set of objects are stored in the memory; and generating, by the alarm, a second warning signal if at least one of the locations of the second set of objects is not stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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