Proactive vehicle doors to prevent accidents

摘要

This solution will help to detect oncoming traffic and/or nearby external objects when the vehicle door is being opened, and it would automatically stop the vehicle door from opening further if there is a possibility of an accident involving the vehicle doors or its users. This solution will notify vehicle users using an indicator on the vehicle door and/or an existing notification systems in vehicle that vehicle door has been restricted from opening further due to potential of an accident. This invention also has an external alert mechanism, which would generate alert externally that vehicle door is about to be opened, and therefore, help to prevent accidents. This invention will also comprise of an artificial intelligence module within the proactive vehicle door system, where such module would constantly gather data, analyze and provide proactive suggestions or even take necessary actions in order to help prevent any vehicle door related accidents.

主权项

1. A vehicle door safety apparatus comprising:
a door safety mechanism; a processor connected to said door safety mechanism and configured to:
receive sensor data about the vehicle's external environment collected by a plurality of sensors integrated into the vehicle;identify an object in the vehicle's external environment that represents a potential contact hazard when a door of said vehicle is opened;determine, within a predetermined degree of probability, whether the object is likely to come into contact with the door when the door is opened, wherein the predetermined degree of probability is a defined probability, or range of probability, that the object will come into contact with the door when the door is opened; andactivate said door safety mechanism which prevents the door from extending into contact with said object when said processor determines that said object represents a contact hazard within said predetermined degree of probability; and an artificial intelligence module configured to identify dangerous conditions based, at least in part, on prior hazardous incidents involving opening a door of said vehicle.