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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Joseph V. Lenneman, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Yael Shmueli Friedland, Tel Aviv, IL;

Michael A. Gutierrez, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Jeffrey L. Konchan, Romeo, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); E05B 39/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); E05B 39/007 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/86 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system to provide alerts to guide visually-impaired passengers to a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a passenger identification module that is configured to identify a passenger based upon sensor data received at an autonomous vehicle and a passenger proximity module that is configured to determine a distance between the passenger and the autonomous vehicle. The system also includes an alert module that is configured to generate an alert having an alert characteristic corresponding to the distance.


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