US 12,260,762 B2
Application software for overhead obstacle detection and avoidance system for vehicles
Francis C Nugent, Irvington, NY (US); and Brian Nugent, Irvington, NY (US)
Filed by Francis C. Nugent, Irvington, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/798,785.
Application 18/798,785 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/533,155, filed on Dec. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/431,086, filed on Dec. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0404409 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/165 (2013.01) [G08G 1/161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of warning a driver of a vehicle of an overhead hazard, the method comprising steps of:
providing a database storing locations and heights of overhead hazards;
determining, using an automatic geolocation service associated with a first driver of a first vehicle, a real-time location of the first vehicle, the first vehicle having a known height;
transmitting, from the database to a warning module associated with the first driver of the first vehicle, a location and height of an overhead hazard near the location of the first vehicle;
when the overhead hazard is too low for the first vehicle to safely pass below the overhead hazard:
causing the warning module to warn the first driver before the first vehicle reaches the overhead hazard;
transmitting, from an overhead hazard tracker associated with a second driver of a second vehicle to the database, a location and height of a new overhead hazard; and
updating the database to include the location and height of the new overhead hazard.