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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

May. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US);

Dan Vassilovski, Del Mar, CA (US);

Gene Wesley Marsh, San Diego, CA (US);

Shailesh Patil, San Diego, CA (US);

Nileshkumar Parekh, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first user equipment (UE) may monitor various sensors to obtain data associated with a user of the first UE, and may determine that the user is in a vulnerable state based on monitoring these sensors. The vulnerable state of the user may include an inebriated state, a distracted state, an impaired state, or a disabled state, among other examples. After detecting the vulnerable state of the user, the first UE may transmit a public safety message (PSM) to other devices in the area. Upon receiving the PSM from the UE, a network entity may use positioning information to identify other UEs within a threshold distance of the first UE, and may transmit an alert message to these UEs. The techniques described herein may reduce the probability of nearby pedestrians or vehicles colliding with the user.


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