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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Smartdrive Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Wagstaff, San Diego, CA (US);

Samuel Thomas Kruse, San Diego, CA (US);

Jason Palmer, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

SmartDrive Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 11/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 11/002 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting a sitting duck scenario of a vehicle on or near a road are disclosed. The current location and speed of the vehicle are used for different comparisons and/or determinations, including a comparison to road-specific information to determine whether the vehicle is in a particular proximity of a highway, and a determination whether the vehicle has been stationary continuously for at least a specified duration. Additional comparisons and/or determinations may be used. If such an occurrence has been detected, one or more notifications are generated, and provided to one or more of the vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.


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