US 12,187,193 B2
Visual safety indicator
Jens Breitbart, Wildeck (DE); and Stefan Kummler, Pleidelsheim (DE)
Assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,128.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 200 486.8 (DE), filed on Jan. 18, 2022; and application No. 10 2022 209 404.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226970 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/507 (2022.05) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:
a) receiving at least one operating parameter of the vehicle, wherein the at least one operating parameter includes a response time for the vehicle to respond to presence of pedestrians;
b) determining, based at least on the response time, a present and/or future movement state of the vehicle;
c) determining, based on the determined movement state, one or more areas that are in surroundings of, and external to, the vehicle and that each corresponds to a respective safety status of entry by pedestrians; and
d) operating at least one indicator, according to the determination of the one or more areas, to place in the surroundings of the vehicle at least one marker that visually demarcates, in the surroundings of the vehicle, each of the one or more areas.