US 11,745,647 B2
Method for sending information to an individual located in the environment of a vehicle
Thomas Bruel, Miribel (FR)
Assigned to ALSTOM Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR)
Appl. No. 17/292,696
Filed by ALSTOM Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/080714
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099270, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1860419 (FR), filed on Nov. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009533 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B61L 13/00 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 13/00 (2013.01) [B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/168 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sending information to at least one individual located in the environment of a vehicle, the method being implemented by an information sending system associated with the vehicle, the information sending system comprising an acquisition unit, a computer and an information sending unit, the method comprising steps:
acquiring at least one image of the environment of the vehicle, by the acquisition unit,
detecting, where applicable, at least one individual on the acquired image, by the computer,
determining a probability of collision between the individual detected on the acquired image and the vehicle, by the computer,
sending at least one item of information in the direction of the individual detected on the acquired image, by the information sending unit, the information being sent depending on the determined probability of collision,
wherein the steps of detecting, determining and sending are repeated, for the same individual, with subsequent acquired images, as long as said individual is detected on said images and the probability of collision is greater than a threshold, and
wherein the steps of detecting, determining and sending, as well as repeating said steps are performed for a predetermined number of individuals detected on the acquired image.