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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Chad Esselink, Canton, MI (US);
Shabnam Hosseini, Dearborn, MI (US);
Wojciek Szumowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Chiamin Lin, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Marsman, Canton, MI (US);
Peter Treman, Livonia, MI (US);
Rhett Tracy Schaefer, Allen Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for preventing vehicle mishaps. In an example method, a vehicle receives an alert signal from a personal transportation device. A driver of the vehicle may be made aware of the alert by a sound that is produced through a speaker system of the vehicle (for example, a ringing sound produced by a bicycle bell or a beep of a motorcycle horn). In some cases, an intensity and/or a directionality of the sound produced through the speaker system may provide location and/or distance information of the personal transportation device with respect to the vehicle. The vehicle may transmit an acknowledge signal to the personal transportation device. A rider of the personal transportation device may be informed of the acknowledgement via an audio announcement through a speaker mounted on the personal transportation device.