US 11,887,480 B2
Context aware safety alerts
Joseph Verbeke, San Francisco, CA (US); Sven Kratz, Saratoga, CA (US); and Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,155.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051567 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01)
CPC G08G 1/166 (2013.01) [B60W 30/08 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4047 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable safety device, comprising:
a wireless transceiver;
a memory storing an application; and
one or more processors that, when executing the application, are configured to:
determine, based on position data of the wearable safety device, a risk that one or more autonomous vehicles will collide with a user wearing the wearable safety device, the user being external to any vehicle;
generate, based on the determined risk, a collision risk alert; and
upon generating the collision risk alert, broadcast the collision risk alert using the wireless transceiver to the one or more autonomous vehicles, wherein the collision risk alert includes a request for the one or more autonomous vehicles to emit an alert sound or alert light.