WO2023242856A1 - Système et procédé pour alerter un conducteur d'un véhicule - Google Patents

Système et procédé pour alerter un conducteur d'un véhicule Download PDF

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WO2023242856A1
WO2023242856A1 PCT/IN2023/050215 IN2023050215W WO2023242856A1 WO 2023242856 A1 WO2023242856 A1 WO 2023242856A1 IN 2023050215 W IN2023050215 W IN 2023050215W WO 2023242856 A1 WO2023242856 A1 WO 2023242856A1
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Kenge Aaditya NANDKUMAR
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
    • G07C5/0816—Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
    • G07C5/0825—Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction using optical means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/008—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles communicating information to a remotely located station

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  • the present invention relates to a system and method for alerting a rider of a vehicle. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for alerting the rider of the vehicle of an urgent incoming event received on a personal digital assistant of the rider.
  • a system for alerting a rider of a vehicle comprises the vehicle driven by the rider, a personal digital assistant of the rider and a smart device worn by the rider.
  • the personal digital assistant is in communication with the vehicle, and the smart device is in communication with the personal digital assistant.
  • the personal digital assistant is configured to detect a state of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle can be in a running state or a non-running state.
  • the running state of the vehicle is a state when the rider is riding the vehicle and the non-running state is a state when the vehicle is in stop state.
  • the personal digital assistant On detection of the state of the vehicle as the running state, the personal digital assistant is further configured to determine a nature of an incoming event received on the personal digital assistant of the rider when the vehicle is in the running state. In other words, for the purposes of the present invention, the nature of the incoming event is determined only when the vehicle is in the running state.
  • the incoming event includes at least one of an incoming call, a message and a notification received on the personal digital assistant of the rider.
  • the nature of the incoming event may be urgent or non-urgent.
  • the data indicative of the nature of the incoming event is transmitted to the smart device which is configured to perform a first pre-defined action when the incoming event is urgent and a second pre-defined action when the incoming event is non-urgent.
  • the personal digital assistant comprises a receiving module, a transmitting module and a determination module.
  • the receiving module is configured to receive the incoming event from a caller. It is to be understood that the incoming event is received from a personal digital assistant of the caller.
  • the transmitting module is configured to transmit an outgoing event in response to the incoming event when the vehicle is in the running state.
  • the outgoing event includes one or more options for selection by the caller to indicate the nature of the incoming event.
  • the determination module is configured to determine the nature of the incoming event as urgent or non-urgent based on selection of the one or more options by the caller.
  • the one or more options selected by the caller is received as an incoming event by the receiving unit of the personal digital assistant.
  • the receiving unit thereafter, transmits the incoming event with the selected option(s) to the determination unit wherein the determination unit, based on the selected option(s), determines the nature of the incoming event.
  • a data indicative of the determined nature of the incoming event i.e., urgent or non-urgent is, thereafter, transmitted to the transmitting unit which is in communication with the smart device worn by the rider.
  • the data indicative of the nature of the incoming event is transmitted to the smart device which is configured to perform the first pre-defined action when the incoming event is urgent and the second predefined action when the incoming event is non-urgent.
  • the smart device may include a smart helmet, a smart watch, a smart jewellery, a smart band, a smart spectacle or a smart wearable worn on any part of the body of the rider i.e., head, upper-back, lower back, legs, knees, shoulder, elbow, hip, ankle, armpit, hand, contact lens, feet, toes, etc.
  • This list of the smart devices should not be construed as limiting and includes other smart devices capable of being in communication with the personal digital assistant and capable of performing one or more operations to alert the rider of the vehicle.
  • the smart device includes an audio alert unit, a visual alert unit and/or a haptic alert unit.
  • the audio alert unit generates an audio sound such as a beep to alert the rider of the vehicle.
  • the visual alert unit generates a visual alert such as blinking of light or change of colour or alpha-numeric display on display screen of the smart device to alert the rider of the vehicle.
  • the haptic alert unit generates a vibration to alert the rider of the vehicle.
  • the personal digital assistant and/or the smart device are in communication with a server and are configured to receive or transmit one or more hazard alerts, one or more accident alerts, information related to diagnosis of a technical problem in the vehicle, information related to travel route of the vehicle, information related to theft of the vehicle, information related to ride pattern of the rider of the vehicle and information related to an environment surrounding the vehicle including one or more peer riders, pedestrians and obstacles.
  • a method for alerting a rider of a vehicle comprises a step of detecting a state of the vehicle as a running state or a non-running state.
  • the running state is a state when the rider is riding the vehicle and the non-running state is when the vehicle is in stop state.
  • the step of detecting the state of the vehicle is performed by a personal digital assistant of the rider.
  • the method further comprises the step of determining a nature of an incoming event received on the personal digital assistant of the rider as urgent or non-urgent. The step of determining the nature of the incoming event is only performed when the vehicle is in the running state.
  • the step of determining the nature of the incoming event is not performed when the vehicle is in the non-running or the stop state.
  • the step of determining the nature of the incoming event is performed by the personal digital assistant of the rider.
  • the method further comprises performing one or more first pre-defined actions when the incoming event is urgent and performing one or more second pre-defined actions when the incoming event is non-urgent.
  • the step of performing the first pre-defined actions and the second pre-defined action is performed by a smart device in communication with the personal digital assistant of the rider.
  • the method comprises a step of receiving the incoming event from a caller.
  • the step of receiving is performed by a receiving module of the personal digital assistant.
  • the method further comprises transmitting an outgoing event in response to the incoming event when the vehicle is in the running state.
  • the outgoing event includes one or more options for selection by the caller to indicate the nature of the incoming event.
  • the step of transmitting is performed by a transmitting unit of the personal digital assistant.
  • the method further comprises determining the nature of the incoming event as urgent or non-urgent based on the one or more options selected by the caller.
  • the step of determining is performed by a determination module of the personal digital assistant.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a system for alerting a rider of a vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram of a system for alerting a rider of a vehicle, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a block diagram of a system for alerting a rider of a vehicle, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram of a system 100 for alerting a rider of a vehicle 102, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the system 100 comprises the vehicle 102 driven by the rider, a personal digital assistant 104 of the rider and a smart device 106 worn by the rider.
  • vehicle for the purposes of the present invention includes two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four wheelers such as bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, rickshaws, cars, trucks and the like.
  • vehicle also includes conventional internal combustion engine vehicles, hybrid vehicle and/or electric vehicles.
  • personal digital assistant for the purpose of the present invention includes electronic devices such as smart phones, laptops, tablets and the likes capable of receiving incoming events and transmitting outgoing events such as, not being limited to, calls, messages, notifications and the likes.
  • smart device for the purpose of the present invention includes smart devices which can be worn by the rider such as a smart helmet, a smart watch, a smart jewellery, a smart band, a smart spectacle or a smart wearable worn on any part of the body of the rider i.e. head, upper-back, lower back, legs, knees, shoulder, elbow, ankles, hands, feet, toes, etc.
  • the personal digital assistant 104 is in communication with the vehicle 102 and the smart device 106 is in communication with the personal digital assistant 104.
  • the personal digital assistant 104 is configured to detect a state of the vehicle 102.
  • the state of the vehicle 102 is a running state or a non-running state.
  • the running state of the vehicle 102 is a state when the vehicle 102 is driven by the rider.
  • the non-running state of the vehicle 102 is a state when the vehicle 102 is not moving or is in a stop state.
  • the rider of the vehicle 102 himself inputs the state of the vehicle as the running state in the personal digital assistant 104 before starting and/or riding the vehicle 102.
  • the personal digital assistant 104 On detection of the state of the vehicle 102 as the running state, the personal digital assistant 104 is further configured to determine a nature of an incoming event received on the personal digital assistant 104 of the rider. It is to be understood that the nature of the incoming event is determined only when the vehicle 102 is in the running state. In other words, the nature of the incoming event is not determined when the vehicle is in the nonrunning state. The nature of the incoming event is either urgent or non-urgent.
  • a data indicative of the nature of the incoming event is transmitted from the personal digital assistant 104 of the rider to the smart device 106 worn by the rider.
  • the smart device 106 is configured to perform one or more first pre-defined actions when the nature of the incoming event is urgent and one or more second pre-defined action when the nature of the incoming event is non-urgent.
  • the smart device 106 generates a haptic alert 2 times with a time interval of 1 second when the incoming event is non-urgent. In another nonlimiting example, the smart device generates an audio alert 3 times with a time interval of 1 seconds when the incoming event is non-urgent.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system 200 for alerting a rider of a vehicle 202, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the system 200 comprises the vehicle 202, a personal digital assistant 204 and a smart device 206.
  • vehicle personal digital assistant
  • the personal digital assistant 204 is in communication with the vehicle 202 and the smart device 206 is in communication with the personal digital assistant 204.
  • the personal digital assistant 204 is configured to detect a state of the vehicle 202.
  • the state of the vehicle 202 is a running state or a non-running state.
  • the running state of the vehicle 202 is a state when the vehicle 202 is being driven by the rider.
  • the non-running state of the vehicle 202 is a state when the vehicle 202 is not moving or is in a stop state.
  • the rider of the vehicle 202 himself inputs the state of the vehicle 202 as the running state in the personal digital assistant 204 before starting and/or riding the vehicle 202.
  • a data indicative of the running state of the vehicle 202 is transmitted to the personal digital assistant 204 of the rider, when an engine/traction motor of the vehicle 202 starts and/or the rider starts riding the vehicle 202.
  • the data indicative of the running state of the vehicle 202 may be transmitted by a control unit arranged in the vehicle 202.
  • the personal digital assistant 204 is further configured to determine nature of an incoming event received on the personal digital assistant 204 of the rider.
  • the personal digital assistant 204 of the rider comprises a receiving module 204a, a transmitting module 204b and a determination module 204c.
  • the receiving module 204a is configured to receive the incoming event from a caller. It is to be understood that the incoming event is received from a personal digital assistant (not shown) of the caller.
  • the transmitting module 204b is configured to transmit an outgoing event in response to an incoming event.
  • the outgoing event in response to the incoming event, is transmitted only when the vehicle 202 is in the running state.
  • the outgoing event may include one or more options for selection by the caller to indicate the nature of the incoming event.
  • the outgoing event is a message with a selectable urgent icon and a selectable non-urgent icon, and the caller may simply select one of the icons to indicate the nature of the incoming event.
  • the outgoing event is a message with a first selectable option for indicating type of emergencies, a second selectable option for indicating level of emergency and a third selectable option for indicating relationship of the caller with the rider.
  • the caller may receive icons such as “medical emergency”, “work related emergency” and the likes selectable by the caller.
  • the caller receives icons such as ““Urgent” or “Not so urgent” and the likes, selectable by the caller.
  • the caller receives icons such as “Family”, “Friends”, “Colleagues”, “Others” and the likes, selectable by the caller.
  • incoming event for the purpose of the present invention, therefore, includes the incoming event having the one or more options selected by the caller.
  • the determination module 204c is configured to determine the nature of the incoming event as urgent or non-urgent based on the one or more options selected by the caller. In one non-limiting example, on receiving the selected option as urgent in the incoming event received from the caller, the determination module 204c determines the nature of the incoming event as urgent. The determination module 204c may also determine the nature of the incoming event as urgent upon satisfaction of one or more predefined conditions. The pre-defined conditions may be pre-configured as factory setting or may be defined by the rider of the vehicle 202.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a system 300 for alerting a rider of a vehicle 302, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the system 300 comprises the vehicle 302, a personal digital assistant 304, a smart device 306 and a server 308.
  • vehicle personal digital assistant
  • server is a computer or system that provides resources, data, services, or programs to other devices, known as clients, over a network.
  • the personal digital assistant 304 and the smart device 306 acts as a client for the server 308.
  • the server 308 is a remote server or a cloud server.
  • the smart device 306 and/or the personal digital assistant 304 may be used for keyless access to the vehicle 302 using one or more authentication means such as face recognition, biometrics, passwords, and the like for authentication of the rider of the vehicle 302.
  • the smart device and/or personal digital assistant 304 comprises one or more sensors such as an image sensors, fingerprint sensors to perform the authentication process.
  • the use of authentication means in smart device 306 and/or the personal digital assistant 304 for providing access to the vehicle 302 enhances security of the vehicle 302. In case the smart device 306 and/or the personal digital assistant 304 is lost or misplaced by the rider, no person other than the rider can access the vehicle 302.
  • the smart device 306 and/or personal digital assistant 304 will intimate the user of the live location of the vehicle 302, making the vehicle 302 fully secured to thefts.
  • the smart device 306 and/or personal digital assistant 304 may record the ride pattern of the rider and predict a mood of the rider. Based on prediction of the mood of the rider and ride pattern, different modes can be selected in the vehicle. For example, if the rider is applying brakes frequently even in less traffic condition, there is a possibility that the rider is distracted, and a different rider mode can be selected. Similarly, various types of music can be played by the personal digital assistant and/or smart device based on predicted mood.
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method 400 for alerting a rider of a vehicle 102, 302, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the vehicle 202, 302 and the personal digital assistant 204, 304 are in communication with each other, and state of the vehicle 202, 302 is automatically communicated to the personal digital assistant 204, 304 of the rider when the vehicle 202, 302 is in the running state.
  • the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306 may include a processor which may be a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or both.
  • the processor may be one or more general processors, digital signal processors, application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays, servers, networks, digital circuits, analog circuits, combinations thereof, or other now known or later developed devices for analysing and processing data.
  • the processor may implement a software program, such as code generated manually i.e. programmed.
  • the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306 may include a memory.
  • the memory may be a main memory, a static memory, or a dynamic memory.
  • the memory may include, but is not limited to computer readable storage media such as various types of volatile and non-volatile storage media, including but not limited to random access memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, electrically programmable read-only memory, electrically erasable read-only memory, flash memory, magnetic tape or disk, optical media and the like.
  • the memory is operable to store instructions executable by the processor. The functions, acts or tasks illustrated in the figures or described may be performed by the programmed processor executing the instructions stored in the memory.
  • the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306 may include an input device configured to allow a user to interact with any of the components of the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306 .
  • the input device may be a number pad, a keyboard, or a cursor control device, such as a mouse, or a joystick, touch screen display, remote control or any other device operative to interact with the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306.
  • the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306 may also include a disk or optical drive unit.
  • the disk drive unit may include a computer- readable medium in which one or more sets of instructions, e.g. software, can be embedded. Further, the instructions may embody one or more of the methods or logic as described. In a particular example, the instructions may reside completely, or at least partially, within the memory or within the processor during execution by the personal digital assistant 104, 204, 304 and the smart device 106, 206, 306 .
  • the memory and the processor also may include computer-readable media as discussed above.
  • the present invention contemplates a computer-readable medium that includes instructions or receives and executes instructions responsive to a propagated signal so that a device connected to a network can communicate data over the network. Further, the instructions may be transmitted or received over the network.
  • the network may include wired networks, wireless networks, Ethernet AVB networks, or combinations thereof.
  • the wireless network may be a cellular telephone network. Further, the network may be a public network, such as the Internet, a private network, such as an intranet, or combinations thereof, and may utilize a variety of networking protocols now available or later developed.
  • the present invention assures the rider that no urgent incoming event will be missed by him or her while riding the vehicle 102, 202, 302.
  • the rider of the vehicle 102, 302, 302 will, therefore, be less distracted while riding the vehicle 102, 202, 302.
  • the chances of accidents and/or collision on road are also decreased.

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La présente invention concerne un système et un procédé pour alerter un conducteur d'un véhicule. Le système (100) comprend un assistant numérique personnel (104) configuré pour détecter un état du véhicule (102) en tant qu'état de fonctionnement ou état de non-fonctionnement et déterminer une nature d'un événement entrant reçu sur l'assistant numérique personnel (104) en tant qu'urgente ou non urgente lorsque le véhicule est dans l'état de fonctionnement. Le système comprend en outre un dispositif intelligent (106) porté par le conducteur. Le dispositif intelligent (106) est en communication avec l'assistant numérique personnel (104). Le dispositif intelligent (106) est configuré pour effectuer une ou plusieurs premières actions prédéfinies lorsque l'événement entrant est urgent et une ou plusieurs secondes actions prédéfinies lorsque l'événement entrant est non urgent.
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