Radar sensing and emergency response vehicle detection
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1. A vehicle alert system comprising:
- a vehicle control including a processor, a memory, and an input/output module;
an alert module including computer-executable instructions executed by said processor and communicating with said vehicle control to detect a presence of an emergency vehicle;
at least one sensor providing an input to said input/output module to detect the presence of the emergency vehicle, said sensor including an image capture device that detects the presence of the emergency vehicle;
a communications device remote from said alert module and said at least one sensor to alert a driver about the presence of the emergency vehicle; and
wherein the emergency vehicle transmits at least one of information about the emergency vehicle'"'"'s intended travel route or an emergency vehicle presence signal and said alert module generates a corresponding alert.
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Abstract
A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user'"'"'s profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication.
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1. A vehicle alert system comprising:
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a vehicle control including a processor, a memory, and an input/output module; an alert module including computer-executable instructions executed by said processor and communicating with said vehicle control to detect a presence of an emergency vehicle; at least one sensor providing an input to said input/output module to detect the presence of the emergency vehicle, said sensor including an image capture device that detects the presence of the emergency vehicle; a communications device remote from said alert module and said at least one sensor to alert a driver about the presence of the emergency vehicle; and wherein the emergency vehicle transmits at least one of information about the emergency vehicle'"'"'s intended travel route or an emergency vehicle presence signal and said alert module generates a corresponding alert. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicle alert method comprising:
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providing a vehicle control including a processor, a memory, and an input/output module; providing an alert module including computer-executable instructions executed by said processor and communicating with said vehicle control to detect a presence of an emergency vehicle; providing at least one sensor that generates an input to said input/output module to detect the presence of the emergency vehicle, said sensor including an image capture device that detects the presence of the emergency vehicle; providing a communications device remote from said alert module and said at least one sensor to alert a driver about the presence of the emergency vehicle; detecting a presence of the emergency vehicle; wherein the emergency vehicle transmits at least one of information about the emergency vehicle'"'"'s intended travel route or an emergency vehicle presence signal and said alert module generates a corresponding alert; and alerting a driver about the presence of the emergency vehicle by said corresponding alert. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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