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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yaniv Bernstein, Melbourne, AU;
Timothy M. Lynar, Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring area may be defined for a monitoring device attached to a first object, wherein the monitoring area moves with the monitoring device. The monitoring device may detect a second object in the monitoring area. A collision awareness factor may be determined in relation to the monitoring area, and a warning zone may be defined in relation to the monitoring area based on the collision awareness factor. A warning may be generated based on detecting the second object within the warning zone and based on the collision awareness factor.