Vehicular warnings based upon pedestrian or cyclist presence
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing alerts, comprising:
- receiving sensor data at one or more sensors associated with a vehicle, the sensor data defining an electronic vehicle environment, the electronic vehicle environment indicating an electronic vehicle location of the vehicle within the electronic vehicle environment;
identifying within the electronic vehicle environment, by one or more processors, one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations associated with one or more pedestrians or cyclists, the electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations determined from corresponding one or more mobile computing devices associated with the one or more pedestrians or cyclists, wherein the one or more mobile computing devices transmit the sensor data to the one or more processors to define the electronic vehicle environment;
determining, by one or more processors, at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists meets predetermined alert criteria based upon the electronic vehicle location and the one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations;
generating, by one or more processors, an alert indicating a presence of the at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists; and
presenting the alert to a display screen of an output device within the vehicle.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for providing vehicular alerts. In various aspects, a vehicle environment may be monitored using one or more sensors associated with a vehicle located in the vehicle environment. One or more pedestrians or cyclists within the vehicle environment may be identified based upon sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors. At least one of the pedestrians or cyclists may be determined to meet predetermined alert criteria based upon the sensor data. An alert indicating a presence of the pedestrians or cyclists may be generated and presented to an output device associated with the vehicle.
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing alerts, comprising:
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receiving sensor data at one or more sensors associated with a vehicle, the sensor data defining an electronic vehicle environment, the electronic vehicle environment indicating an electronic vehicle location of the vehicle within the electronic vehicle environment; identifying within the electronic vehicle environment, by one or more processors, one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations associated with one or more pedestrians or cyclists, the electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations determined from corresponding one or more mobile computing devices associated with the one or more pedestrians or cyclists, wherein the one or more mobile computing devices transmit the sensor data to the one or more processors to define the electronic vehicle environment; determining, by one or more processors, at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists meets predetermined alert criteria based upon the electronic vehicle location and the one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations; generating, by one or more processors, an alert indicating a presence of the at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists; and presenting the alert to a display screen of an output device within the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system for providing alerts, comprising:
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one or more sensors associated with a vehicle; one or more processors associated with the vehicle and communicatively connected to the one or more sensors; an output device within the vehicle and communicatively connected to the one or more processors; a program memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to; receive, using the one or more sensors, sensor data defining an electronic vehicle environment, the electronic vehicle environment indicating an electronic vehicle location within the electronic vehicle environment; identify within the electronic vehicle environment one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations associated with one or more pedestrians or cyclists, the electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations determined from corresponding one or more mobile computing devices associated with the one or more pedestrians or cyclists, wherein the one or more mobile computing devices transmit the sensor data to the one or more processors to define the electronic vehicle environment; determine at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists meets predetermined alert criteria based upon the electronic vehicle location and the one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations; generate an alert indicating a presence of the at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists; and present the alert to a display screen of the output device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for providing alerts that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:
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receive, using one or more sensors, sensor data defining an electronic vehicle environment, the electronic vehicle environment indicating an electronic vehicle location within the electronic vehicle environment; identify within the electronic vehicle environment one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations associated with one or more pedestrians or cyclists, the electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations determined from corresponding one or more mobile computing devices associated with the one or more pedestrians or cyclists, wherein the one or more mobile computing devices transmit the sensor data to the one or more processors to define the electronic vehicle environment; determine at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists meets predetermined alert criteria based upon the electronic vehicle location and the one or more electronic pedestrian or cyclist locations; generate an alert indicating a presence of the at least one of the one or more pedestrians or cyclists; and present the alert to a display screen of an output device within the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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