US 12,351,266 B2
Collision alert systems and methods for micromobility vehicles
Dan Champoux, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Autumn Mahoney, Ferndale, MI (US); Honor Hutchison, Troy, MI (US); Elias Cengeri, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Julia Mahoney, Royal Oak, MI (US); Keira Mahoney, Royal Oak, MI (US); Evan Welch, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Mihir Shah, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Lucas Chin, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Avani Nandalur, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Julia Xiao, Troy, MI (US); and Katherine Konoya, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to GEKOT Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Filed by GEKOT Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/418,663.
Application 18/418,663 is a continuation of application No. 17/101,641, filed on Nov. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,878,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,086, filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/944,969, filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0158036 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B62J 6/24 (2020.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B62J 3/14 (2020.01); B62J 6/26 (2020.01); B62J 45/412 (2020.01); B62J 45/415 (2020.01); B62J 50/21 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 6/24 (2020.02) [B62J 3/14 (2020.02); B62J 6/26 (2020.02); B62J 45/412 (2020.02); B62J 45/415 (2020.02); B62J 50/21 (2020.02); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collision/fall reporting system for an micromobility vehicle comprising:
at least one proximity sensor mounted to the micromobility vehicle and configured to sense a distance to an object located in front of the micromobility vehicle;
a speed sensor configured to sense a speed of the micromobility vehicle; at least one tilt sensor configured to sense vertical orientation data of the micromobility vehicle indicating whether the micromobility vehicle is in an upright position or a horizontal position;
a global positioning system configured to generate location data indicating a location of the micromobility vehicle;
at least one warning device;
a communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote device from the micromobility vehicle; and
a controller in communication with the at least one proximity sensor, the speed sensor, the at least one tilt sensor, the global positioning system, the at least one warning device, and the communication device, the controller being configured to (i) receive the distance to the object from the at least one proximity sensor, (ii) determine a closing velocity to the object based on the speed of the micromobility vehicle received from the speed sensor, (iii) calculate an estimated time until a potential collision with the object based on the distance to the object and the closing velocity, (iv) compare the estimated time until the potential collision with the object with a predetermined time threshold, (v) generate a collision warning by activating the at least one warning device to alert a rider of the micromobility vehicle of the potential collision with the object in response to the estimated time until collision being less than the predetermined time threshold, (vi) receive the vertical orientation data of the micromobility vehicle from the at least one tilt sensor, (vii) determine that a collision has occurred in response to the collision warning being generated while the speed of the micromobility vehicle was greater than a predetermined speed threshold, followed by the vertical orientation data indicating that the micromobility vehicle is in the horizontal position after the collision warning was generated, (viii) receive the location data from the global positioning system, (ix) determine a time of the collision, and (x) communicate, using the communication device, a collision alert to the at least one remote device in response to determining that the collision has occurred, the collision alert including the location of the micromobility vehicle and the time of the collision.