US 12,330,672 B2
Systems and methods to issue warnings to enhance the safety of bicyclists, pedestrians, and others
Thomas M. Yonushonis, Columbus, IN (US); J. Stephen Wills, Columbus, IN (US); Jennifer Kay Light-Holets, Greenwood, IN (US); and Joseph P. Chandraraj, Pimple Nilakh Pune (IN)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,736.
Application 18/241,736 is a continuation of application No. 16/874,056, filed on May 14, 2020, granted, now 11,772,673.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,224, filed on May 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001952 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
collecting, via at least one communications network, movement data pertaining to each subsystem in a plurality of subsystems that includes at least one of (i) categorized into static and/or dynamic categorizations and (ii) experiencing at least one anomalous subsystem;
identifying, automatically by at least one processor and without human intervention based at least in part on the collected movement data, an instance in which at least one warning-triggering condition in a set of warning-triggering conditions is true; and
responsive to identifying the instance, issuing at least one warning to at least one of the subsystems in the identified subset,
wherein at least one subsystem in the plurality of subsystems is integrable with a system having one or more communication interfaces designed to exchange an indication of identification data from one or more components of the system, the identification data facilitating characterization of the corresponding subsystem, and
wherein when the plurality of subsystems includes first, second, and third subsystems and the first subsystem intervenes the second and third subsystems so as to compromise a line of sight between the second and third subsystems, the first and third subsystems having interjecting trajectories, the at least one warning includes an indication that there is an intervening subsystem between the second and third subsystems.