A system for providing in-vehicle emergency vehicle detection and positional alerts, including: a camera configured to obtain an image of surroundings of an ego vehicle; an emergency vehicle recognition and localization module operable for segmenting an emergency vehicle from the image of the surroundings in order to detect and locate the emergency vehicle relative to the ego vehicle; a microphone configured to obtain an auditory signal from the surroundings of the ego vehicle; a siren detection and directional positioning module operable for discriminating an emergency vehicle siren from the auditory signal from the surroundings in order to detect and locate the emergency vehicle relative to the ego vehicle; and one or more of a visual alert, an audible alert, and a haptic alert operable for alerting a driver of the ego vehicle to a presence and the location of the emergency vehicle.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN-VEHICLE EMERGENCY VEHICLE DETECTION AND POSITIONAL ALERTS
17.02.2022
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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