US 11,897,497 B2
School zone alert
Boaz Mell, Petach Tikva (IL); Adam Harel, Tel Aviv (IL); and Igal Raichelgauz, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL)
Filed by AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/301,379.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,957, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024479 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/16 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 30/18009 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for school zone alert, the method comprises:
receiving by a vehicle computerized system, school zone indicators, wherein the school zone indicators are indicative of school zone objects;
obtaining sensed information regarding an environment of the vehicle;
processing the sensed information, wherein the processing comprises searching for one or more school zone indicators of the school zone indicators; wherein the school zone indicators are indicative of school zone objects that (a) appear or occur at a first probability in school zones and (b) appear or occur outside the school zones at a second probability, the second probability is lower by at least thirty percent than the first probability; wherein the school zone indicators are learnt by unsupervised learning; wherein the school zone objects comprise one or more school zone objects that differ from a school zone traffic sign, and differ from a school zone text written on a road;
autonomously determining, when finding at least one of the one or more school zone identifiers, that the vehicle is within the school zone; and
controlling an aspect of driving the vehicle when determining that the vehicle is within the school zone.