US 12,322,293 B2
Apparatuses and methods for collision avoidance
Henrik Schäfer, Stuttgart (DE); and Kirk Scheper, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/008,984
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/066628
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/259797, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20182168 (EP), filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0222928 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 11/12 (2006.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); G08G 5/80 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/80 (2025.01) [G01S 5/0045 (2013.01); G01S 5/0072 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G01S 11/12 (2013.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object, comprising
a light source configured to emit a light beacon;
modulator circuitry coupled to the light source and configured to modulate a luminance of the light beacon based on a modulating useful signal carrying information about the object including an orientation of the light source on the object; and
an event-based vision sensor configured to output an event signal in response to a detected change in luminance.