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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Sara H. Basson, White Plains, NY (US);
Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining, NY (US);
Edward E. Kelley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Frances West, Newton, MA (US);
Sara H. Basson, White Plains, NY (US);
Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining, NY (US);
Edward E. Kelley, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Frances West, Newton, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting and alerting a user of objects in their blind spots, includes: tracking movement and relative position of a user to one or more objects; determining a blind spot of the user; determining when at least one of the one or more objects occupies the blind spot of the user; and transmitting a signal to a user mobile device to perform an alarm operation when at least one of the one or more objects occupies the blind spot of the user.