公开(公告)号：US20170361769A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15693145

申请日：2017-08-31

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Thomas W. Bish. ,  Nikhil Khandelwal. ,  Gregory E. McBride. ,  David C. Reed. ,  Richard A. Welp.

IPC分类号： B60Q1/52 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G08G1/16 ,  B60W30/08 ,  G01S13/93

CPC分类号： B60Q1/525 ,  B60R2300/00 ,  B60W30/08 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S2013/9325 ,  G01S2013/936 ,  G01S2013/9367 ,  G06K9/00825 ,  G08G1/166 ,  G08G1/167

摘要： An apparatus for providing traffic alerts includes a distance module, analysis module, transmission module, and signaling module. The distance module measures the distance between a vehicle and an object in front of the vehicle. The analysis decides whether to signal a presence of the object that comprises determining that the measured distance is equal to or less than a threshold distance. The transmission module transmits an alert in response to the analysis module deciding to signal a presence of the object. The signaling module transmits a visual signal to one or more vehicles behind the vehicle in response to receiving the alert from the transmission module. The visual signal has one or more characteristics.