Radar sensing and emergency response vehicle detection
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G08G-001/00
G08G-001/0965
G06Q-030/06
B60R-025/00
B60W-050/08
B60R-016/037
B60W-040/09
G06F-017/30
G06F-021/00
G06Q-010/02
G06Q-010/00
G06K-009/00
G06Q-030/00
G06Q-050/30
H04N-021/414
H04W-004/04
H04W-076/02
G06Q-030/02
H04W-004/22
B60Q-009/00
B60W-050/14
B60K-028/00
G01C-021/26
G06F-003/01
G08B-021/06
G08B-025/01
G08G-001/0967
H04N-007/18
G06F-003/0488
B60W-050/00
출원번호
US-0543535
(2014-11-17)
등록번호
US-9412273
(2016-08-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Ricci, Christopher P.
출원인 / 주소
AutoConnect Holdings LLC
대리인 / 주소
Sheridan Ross P.C.
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82
초록▼
Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that detects emergency signals
Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that detects emergency signals and presents alerts to devices of a vehicle to notify vehicle users of the emergency signals. Further, the methods and systems provide a presentation approach to continue to alert a user and even control a vehicle when an acceptable response to a first alert, or series of alerts, is not received from the user.
대표청구항▼
1. An emergency vehicle alert system, comprising: an alert module of a vehicle configured to detect a signal emitted by at least one emergency signaling entity, wherein the alert module is configured to analyze the detected signal for signal information and identify the detected signal as an emergen
1. An emergency vehicle alert system, comprising: an alert module of a vehicle configured to detect a signal emitted by at least one emergency signaling entity, wherein the alert module is configured to analyze the detected signal for signal information and identify the detected signal as an emergency signal when the signal information of the detected signal includes information corresponding to at least one emergency; anda communication device associated with the vehicle and configured to present an alert to notify a user of the vehicle of the at least one emergency; andwherein analyzing the detected signal for signal information further comprises:determining characteristics of the detected signal over time, and comparing the determined characteristics of the detected signal to one or more signal profiles stored in memory, wherein each signal profile of the one or more signal profiles is associated with at least one of a signal source and emergency event type. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the alert includes at least one alert type comprising one or more of a visual, acoustic, and haptic notification. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the signal emitted by the at least one emergency signaling entity is a return signal in response to a radar signal sent by the vehicle. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein presenting the alert to the communication device associated with the vehicle is based at least partially on user preferences stored in memory and associated with the user. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the signal emitted by the at least one emergency signaling entity is a wireless communication signal, and wherein analyzing the detected signal for signal information further comprises: analyzing the wireless communication signal for signal information included in a payload of a packet associated with the wireless communication signal. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication signal includes at least one of vehicle control instructions, location information of the emergency vehicle relative to the vehicle, destination information of the emergency vehicle, and an estimated time of arrival of the emergency vehicle. 7. The system of claim 2, further comprising: determining whether the user of the vehicle has acknowledged the alert presented to the communication device, wherein determining whether the user of the vehicle has acknowledged the alert presented to the communication device further comprises: detecting an input provided by the user in response to the alert being presented;determining whether the input provided by the user corresponds to a required acknowledgment of the alert as defined by rules stored in memory;providing an affirmative output that the user has acknowledged the alert when the input provided by the user corresponds to the required acknowledgment of the alert; andproviding a negative output that the user has failed to acknowledge the alert when the input provided by the user fails to correspond to the required acknowledgment of the alert;presenting, when it is determined that the user of the vehicle has failed to acknowledge the alert presented to the communication device, a subsequent alert to the communication device associated with the vehicle, wherein the subsequent alert includes a modification to at least one of the alert type, an intensity associated with the alert type, and a number of the alert types presented to the communication device. 8. The system of claim 7, further comprising: a controller configured to control a feature of the vehicle, wherein the feature of the vehicle includes at least one of a navigation feature, a media subsystem, an engine control, a steering control, and a gear transmission control. 9. An emergency vehicle alert method comprising: detecting, by an alert module of a vehicle, an acoustic signal generated by an emergency signaling entity;analyzing characteristics of the acoustic signal, wherein the characteristics include signal information associated with the acoustic signal over a period of time;comparing the characteristics of the acoustic signal with characteristics of one or more stored signal profiles, wherein each of the one or more stored signal profiles is associated with a specific emergency definition;determining whether a match exists between the characteristics of the acoustic signal and the characteristics of one or more stored signal profiles;presenting, when the match exists, an alert to a communication device of the vehicle to notify a user of the vehicle about the acoustic signal, wherein the presentation of the alert includes at least one of playing a sound corresponding to the acoustic signal detected, providing information about the acoustic signal detected, and providing the specific emergency definition associated with the matching signal profiledetermining whether the user of the vehicle acknowledged the alert presented to the communication device, wherein the determining step comprises: (i) detecting an input provided by the user in response to the alert being presented; (ii) providing an affirmative output that the user acknowledged the alert when the input provided by the user corresponds to a required acknowledgment of the alert; and (iii) providing a negative output that the user failed to acknowledge the alert when the input provided by the user fails to correspond to the required acknowledgment of the alert and presenting a subsequent alert to the communication device. 10. An emergency vehicle alert method, comprising: detecting, by an alert module of a vehicle, a signal emitted by at least one emergency signaling entity;analyzing the detected signal for signal information;identifying the detected signal as an emergency signal when the signal information of the detected signal includes information corresponding to at least one emergency; andpresenting an alert to a communication device associated with the vehicle, wherein the alert is configured to notify a user of the vehicle about the at least one emergency; andwherein analyzing the detected signal for signal information further comprises:determining characteristics of the detected signal over time, and comparing the determined characteristics of the detected signal to one or more signal profiles stored in memory wherein each signal profile of the one or more signal profiles is associated with at least one of a signal source and emergency event type. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the alert includes at least one alert type comprising one or more of a visual, acoustic, and haptic notification. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the signal emitted by the at least one emergency signaling entity is a return signal in response to a radar signal sent by the vehicle. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein presenting the alert to the communication device associated with the vehicle is based at least partially on user preferences stored in memory and associated with the user. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein the signal emitted by the at least one emergency signaling entity is a wireless communication signal, and wherein analyzing the detected signal for signal information further comprises: analyzing the wireless communication signal for signal information included in a payload of a packet associated with the wireless communication signal. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication signal includes at least one of vehicle control instructions, location information of the emergency vehicle relative to the vehicle, destination information of the emergency vehicle, and an estimated time of arrival of the emergency vehicle. 16. The method of claim 11, further comprising: determining whether the user of the vehicle has acknowledged the alert presented to the communication device; andpresenting, when it is determined that the user of the vehicle has failed to acknowledge the alert presented to the communication device, a subsequent alert to the communication device associated with the vehicle, wherein the subsequent alert includes a modification to at least one of the alert type, an intensity associated with the alert type, and a number of the alert types presented to the communication device. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein determining whether the user of the vehicle has acknowledged the alert presented to the communication device further comprises: detecting an input provided by the user in response to the alert being presented;determining whether the input provided by the user corresponds to a required acknowledgment of the alert as defined by rules stored in memory;providing an affirmative output that the user has acknowledged the alert when the input provided by the user corresponds to the required acknowledgment of the alert; andproviding a negative output that the user has failed to acknowledge the alert when the input provided by the user fails to correspond to the required acknowledgment of the alert. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the input provided by the user fails to correspond to the required acknowledgment of the alert, the method further comprising: controlling a feature of the vehicle, wherein the feature of the vehicle includes at least one of a navigation feature, a media subsystem, an engine control, a steering control, and a gear transmission control.
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