US 11,912,267 B2
Collision avoidance system for vehicle interactions
Priya Seshadri, San Francisco, CA (US); Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US); Joseph Verbeke, San Francisco, CA (US); and Evgeny Burmistrov, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,928.
Prior Publication US 2022/0017077 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/227 (2020.02); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/404 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a sensor of a vehicle, sensor data of an environment;
generating lane change data for one or more other vehicles in the environment associated with an unoccupied lane position, the lane change data including a head position and an eye gaze direction of each driver of the one or more other vehicles;
determining, based on the lane change data, a likelihood of the one or more other vehicles attempting to change lanes into the unoccupied lane position;
generating a collision risk value based on the likelihood of the one or more other vehicles attempting to change lanes into the unoccupied lane position by assigning a first weight value to the head position and assigning a second weight value to the eye gaze direction; and
providing, based on the collision risk value, a collision risk notification to a driver of the vehicle or an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) of the vehicle.