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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2016
Determining threats based on information from road-based devices in a transportation-related context
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, WA (US);
Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Paramvir Bahl, Bellevue, WA (US);
Douglas C. Burger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ranveer Chandra, Bellevue, WA (US);
William H. Gates, III, Medina, WA (US);
Paul Holman, Seattle, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, WA (US);
Tim Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Desney S. Tan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lin Zhong, Houston, TX (US);
Matthew G. Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for ability enhancement are described. Some embodiments provide an ability enhancement facilitator system ('AEFS') configured to enhance a user's ability to operate or function in a transportation-related context as a pedestrian or a vehicle operator. In one embodiment, the AEFS is configured perform vehicular threat detection based on information received at a road-based device, such as a sensor or processor that is deployed at the side of a road. An example AEFS receives, at a road-based device, information about a first vehicle that is proximate to the road-based device. The AEFS analyzes the received information to determine threat information, such as that the vehicle may collide with the user. The AEFS then informs the user of the determined threat information, such as by transmitting a warning to a wearable device configured to present the warning to the user.