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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael Bender, Rye Brook, NY (US);
Santosh S. Borse, Ossining, NY (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and program product for providing accident avoidance for a mobile device having a camera integrated therein. A system is disclosed that includes: a camera orientation device that is mountable on a mobile device and includes a mechanism to reorient a line of sight of the camera in response to detected position information of the mobile device; and an image feed manager adapted to run on the mobile device, wherein the image feed manager includes: an orientation system that detects position information of the mobile device and communicates the position information to the camera orientation device; an image analysis system that analyzes an image feed from the camera to identify hazards; an overlay system that displays the image feed onto a display area of the mobile device; and a warning system that issues an alert in response to an identified hazard.