US 11,673,570 B2
Vehicle driving behavior monitoring and warning system
Jeremy Chambers, Casco, MI (US); Roy Goudy, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Neal Probert, Beverly Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,885.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340158 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2556/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle driving behavior monitoring and warning system, comprising:
a host vehicle having a communication device configured to receive operating information of remote vehicles located within a predetermined zone of interest defined relative to the host vehicle;
a warning device within the host vehicle operable to provide warnings to an operator of the host vehicle; and
an electronic controller of the host vehicle connected to the communication device and the warning device, the electronic controller being configured to evaluate operating information received by the communication device and determine whether or not one of the remote vehicles is being operated with questionable driving behavior and configured to determine whether or not the one of the remote vehicles poses a potential threat to the host vehicle, and, in response to determining that the one of the remote vehicles is being operated with questionable driving behavior and poses a potential threat to the host vehicle, the electronic controller operates the warning device warning the operator of the host vehicle of the one of the remote vehicles, and
the electronic controller is further configured to categorize each remote vehicle within the zone of interest into one of three categories, including a cleared category, a continue monitoring category and a potential threat category, wherein
the electronic controller lists one or more of the remote vehicles in the cleared category in response to determining that one or more of the remote vehicles poses/pose little or no potential threat to the host vehicle,
the electronic controller lists one or more of the remote vehicles in the continue monitoring category in response to determining that one or more of the remote vehicles is/are moving in a similar or the same heading as the host vehicle and exhibits occasional questionable driving behavior, and
the electronic controller lists one or more of the remote vehicle in the potential threat category in response to the electronic controller determining that the remote vehicle exhibits continuing questionable driving behavior and is traveling on a similar or intersecting heading as the host vehicle within the zone of interest.