US 12,263,837 B2
Devices and methods for assisting operation of vehicles based on situational assessment fusing expoential risks (safer)
Stefan Peter Heck, Palo Alto, CA (US); Benjamin Oren Alpert, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Tahmida Binte Mahmud, San Jose, CA (US); Mohammad Saad Billah, San Jose, CA (US); and Ilan Hornstein, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Nauto, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Nauto, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,269.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,073, filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166731 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G07C 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/095 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05B 13/027 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G07C 5/04 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first sensor configured to provide a first input;
a second sensor configured to provide a second input; and
a processing unit configured to receive the first input from the first sensor, and a second input from the second sensor;
wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a first probability of a first predicted event, and a second probability of a second predicted event, wherein the first predicted event and the second predicted event are associated with an operation of a vehicle;
wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate a risk score based on the first probability of the first predicted event, and based on the second probability of the second predicted event;
wherein the first predicted event is a collision event, and the second predicted event is a non-risky event; and
wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate the risk score based on the first probability of the collision event, and based on the second probability of the non-risky event.