US 11,967,238 B2
Vehicle proximity sensor and alert system
Stephen Paul Churko, Guilford (CA); Rachel Kellie Churko, Guilford (CA); Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener (CA); Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, Waterloo (CA); Timothy Mackay, Gatineau (CA); Thai Nguyen, Georgetown (CA); Mingxuan Wang, Milton (CA); Benjamin Altman, Mississauga (CA); and Lawrence Sze-Heen Leung, North York (CA)
Assigned to HEDS UP SAFETY INC.
Filed by HEDS UP SAFETY INC., Haliburton (CA)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,389.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,003, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,012, filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366793 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/20 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle detection system, for one or more moving vehicle, configured to sense obstacles proximate to the vehicle and alert a rider of the vehicle, the vehicle detection system comprising:
a plurality of alert devices, each alert device mounted on one vehicle, the alert device further comprising:
a housing;
a processor;
a power supply;
a wireless alert module configured to enable one or more vehicles to communicate;
a display providing a graphical user interface (GUI);
an alert module providing a notification; and
an input means on the system configured for the rider to provide input;
one or more sensor configured for range detection;
wherein the alert device allows detection of other riders in the surrounding environment;
wherein the alert device warns users based on distance and speed of the other riders proximate to the vehicle;
wherein the system detects and synchronizes with the other alert devices in the region and use the acquired information to calculate proximity and risk of collision;
wherein the sensors are configured for no line-of-sight visibility utilized for detection and distance calculations using the acquired information to calculate range detection and risk of collision and communicate this information over one or more mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs);
wherein the system further comprising a smart throttle mechanism that uses speed, steering angle and slip angle to dampen a throttle response.