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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sivakumar Jambunathan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sheryl S. Kinstler, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Thomas H. Barnes, Austin, TX (US);
Carol S. Walton, Austin, TX (US);
John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sivakumar Jambunathan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sheryl S. Kinstler, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Thomas H. Barnes, Austin, TX (US);
Carol S. Walton, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Vehicular situational awareness systems, method and arrangements are disclosed herein. In one embodiment digitized video can be acquired by a camera on a vehicle, and utilizing pixel differentiation at least one area of interest in the digitized video can be identified. The area of interest could be, for example, a group of pixels that represent another vehicle, a sign etc. Attribute information for the area of interest, such as size, movement etc. of an object, can be acquired and then it can be determined if the attribute information is significant enough or important enough to set an alarm condition and notify the driver.