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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Tamas Borsos, Budapest, HU;

Péter Hága, Budapest, HU;

Zsófia Kallus, Budapest, HU;

Zsolt Kenesi, Budapest, HU;

Mate Szebenyei, Maglod, HU;

Peter Vaderna, Budapest, HU;

András Veres, Budapest, HU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/164 (2013.01); B60Q 5/006 (2013.01); B60W 60/007 (2020.02); B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); B60W 60/0017 (2020.02); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

We generally describe a collision prevention system () comprising: a localization system () for determining positions of an autonomous vehicle () and a human (); and a collision determination unit () coupled to or in communication with the localization system (), wherein the collision determination unit () is configured to determine, based on the determined positions of the autonomous vehicle () and the human (), whether a predefined condition for an anticipated collision of the autonomous vehicle () with the human () is met; wherein the collision prevention system () is configured to: lock the autonomous vehicle () if the predefined condition is met; alert the human () for whom the predefined condition for colliding with the autonomous vehicle () is met; and allow unlocking of the autonomous vehicle () to be performed or initialized by the alerted human () only.


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