US 12,258,038 B1
Road user identification system for identifying a road user for safer autonomous vehicle road navigation
Viveka Mishra, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by Viveka Mishra, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,134.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,871, filed on Jan. 24, 2021.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/0011 (2020.02) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 60/00274 (2020.02); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/402 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A road user identification system for identifying a road user for safer autonomous road navigation, comprising:
a digital camera generating a digital image of a road with the road user on the road;
a computer operably coupled to the digital camera that receives the digital image;
the computer having a digital image based classification model with a neural network machine learning algorithm that analyzes the digital image and determines a first probability value, the first probability value indicating a probability that the road user has a first wearable marker having a distinct shape that is associated with a specific type of road user, the first wearable marker being placed on or in an article of clothing of the road user;
the computer storing a road user identifier corresponding to the specific type of road user in a memory device when the first probability value is greater than a threshold probability value; and
the computer determining a first position of the road user relative to a vehicle at a first time utilizing the first digital marker in the digital image when the first probability value is greater than the threshold probability value.