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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
John A. Nepomuceno, Bloomington, IL (US);
Leo N. Chan, Normal, IL (US);
Steven C. Cielocha, Bloomington, IL (US);
Roxane Lyons, Chenoa, IL (US);
Matthew S. Megyese, Bloomington, IL (US);
William J. Leise, Normal, IL (US);
Jennifer Criswell Kellett, Bloomington, IL (US);
Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Bloomington, IL (US);
Jennifer L. Crawford, Normal, IL (US);
Jeremy Myers, Normal, IL (US);
Edward P. Matesevac, III, Normal, IL (US);
Rajiv C. Shah, Bloomington, IL (US);
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for control systems for facilitating situational awareness of a vehicle are provided. Sensors located around a stationary vehicle may detect moving objects that pose potentially dangerous situations for the vehicle occupants and for the object. This can cause the doors to lock automatically in order to make the situation safer. Additionally, electromagnetic radiation sensors located around the vehicle may detect the lights and sounds of emergency vehicles. If the electromagnetic data from the electromagnetic radiation sensors match a known pattern of electromagnetic data emitted by emergency vehicles stored in a library an alarm may be sounded through the speakers of the vehicle in order to alert the vehicle occupants of an emergency vehicle in the vicinity.