US 12,280,715 B2
Intelligent vehicle horn
Su Liu, Austin, TX (US); Hamid Majdabadi, Ottawa (CA); Shunguo Yan, Austin, TX (US); and Michael Davis, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,554.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074303 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0965 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 5/005 (2013.01) [G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying, by a sending vehicle, one or more additional vehicles in a vicinity of the sending vehicle, including a first vehicle;
monitoring a set of data related to a current scenario for the sending vehicle;
determining, based on the current scenario, an intent score for the sending vehicle;
activating a horn device associated with the sending vehicle;
determining, in response to the activating, the intent score is above an intent threshold for the first vehicle;
generating, in response to the intent score being above the intent threshold, a message; and
sending, to a target vehicle, the message.