An autonomous vehicle having a primary navigation system for controlling the direction of the vehicle as it travels across the landscape. In addition, the present invention has a pedestrian protection subsystem to supplement the navigation system using a real-time pedestrian protection subsystem. The pedestrian protection subsystem includes a processor, memory and a detector system for scanning the landscape to locate human breathing patterns. The detector system in one preferable embodiment may be a radar unit.
Autonomous Vehicle having Pedestrian Protection Subsystem
2018-09-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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