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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2022
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Noah Sharkus, Grosse Ile, MI (US);

Prabhjot Kaur, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Nicholas Constantine Sidiropoulos, Fraser, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for detecting a blind spot of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, head position data indicating a position of a head of a driver of the vehicle; determining, by the processor, pillar position data associated with at least one pillar of the vehicle; determining, by the processor, at least one angle based on the head position data and the pillar position data; determining, by the processor, at least one blind spot area based on the at least one angle; detecting, by the processor, at least one object within the at least one blind spot area; and generating at least one of notification data, decision data, and control data based on the at least one object.


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