Vehicle warning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10266177-B2
Application number	US-201715640588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2017
Priority date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle warning system includes a warning tripod and a portable electronic device able to communicate with the warning tripod. Based on a location of a stationary vehicle or other road obstacle, the portable electronic device controls the warning tripod to automatically move to a position to warn other vehicles, and after the warning function is carried out, the portable electronic device controls the warning tripod to automatically move back to the stationary vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle warning system comprising:
a warning tripod comprising:
a power supply;
a positioning module configured to obtain a location of the warning tripod, the location of the warning tripod comprising whether a road where the warning tripod is positioned is curved, and a camber and a length of the curved road;
a moving module; and

a portable electronic device comprising:
a motion planning module comprising a path planning module, the path planning module configured to plan a motion path of the warning tripod, based on the location of the warning tripod, a starting moving direction and a safety distance; the motion path comprising at least one motion direction and a motion distance at each motion direction, a distance between a starting point and an ending point of the motion path being equal to the safety distance;
a moving control module configured to send a moving control signal to the moving module based on the motion path and a motion speed;

wherein based on the moving control signal, the moving module controls the warning tripod to move at the motion speed and the motion path.

2. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motion planning module comprises a storage module, a speed determining module and a distance determining module, the storage module stores geographic information, the geographic information comprises a map and a maximum speed of each road in the map, based on the location of the warning tripod and the geographic information, the speed determining module determines the maximum speed correspond to the location road, the storage module further stores a relationship between the maximum speed and the safety distance, based on the relationship and the determined maximum speed, the speed determining module determines the safety distance corresponding to the location of the warning tripod.

3. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein portable electronic device further comprises a returning control module, in response to a return to origin operation on the portable device, the returning control module sends a return to origin signal to the moving module, based on the return to origin signal, the moving module controls the warning tripod to reverse and move back at a returning speed and the motion path.

4. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the returning speed is same as the motion speed.

5. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motion planning module further comprises a speed setting module, the speed setting module is configured to set the motion speed.

6. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motion speed is a fixed speed.

7. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the road is a curved road, the motion path comprises a plurality of motion directions and a plurality of motion distances for each of the corresponding plurality of motion directions.

8. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the road is a straight road, the motion path comprises one motion direction and a motion distance at the motion direction, and the motion distance is equal to the safety distance.

9. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the portable electronic device communicates with the warning tripod through a wireless connection.

10. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the portable electronic device is a mobile phone.

11. A vehicle warning system comprising:
a warning tripod comprising:
a power supply;
a positioning module configured to obtain a location of the warning tripod, the location of the warning tripod comprising whether a road where the warning tripod is positioned is curved, and a camber and a length of the curved road;
a moving module; and

a server communicating with the warning tripod and comprising:
a motion planning module comprising a path planning module, the path planning module configured to plan a motion path of the warning tripod, based on the location of the warning tripod, a starting moving direction and a safety distance; the motion path comprising at least one motion direction and a motion distance at each motion direction, a distance between a starting point and an ending point of the motion path being equal to the safety distance; and

a portable electronic device communicating with the server and the warning tripod, the portable electronic device comprising:
a moving control module configured to send a moving control signal to the moving module based on the motion path and a motion speed;

wherein based on the moving control signal, the moving module controls the warning tripod to move at the motion speed and the motion path.

12. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the motion planning module comprises a storage module, a speed determining module and a distance determining module, the storage module stores geographic information, the geographic information comprises a map and a maximum speed of each road in the map, based on the location of the warning tripod and the geographic information, the speed determining module determines the maximum speed correspond to the location road, the storage module further stores a relationship between the maximum speed and the safety distance, based on the relationship and the determined maximum speed, the speed determining module determines the safety distance corresponding to the location of the warning tripod.

13. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein portable electronic device further comprises a returning control module, in response to a return to origin operation on the portable device, the returning control module sends a return to origin signal to the moving module, based on the return to origin signal, the moving module controls the warning tripod to reverse and move back at a returning speed and the motion path.

14. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the returning speed is same as the motion speed.

15. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the motion planning module further comprises a speed setting module, the speed setting module is configured to set the motion speed.

16. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the motion speed is a fixed speed.

17. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein when the road is a curved road, the motion path comprises a plurality of motion directions and a plurality of motion distances for each of the corresponding plurality of motion directions.

18. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein when the road is a straight road, the motion path comprises one motion direction and a motion distance at the motion direction, and the motion distance is equal to the safety distance.

19. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the portable electronic device communicates with the warning tripod through a wireless connection.

20. The vehicle warning system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the portable electronic device is a mobile phone.

Assignees

• Hongfujin Prec Electronics Tianjin Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tai Ling-Chieh
• Chen Po-Cheng
• Liu Kuang-Yu

Classifications

• G08G1/0955 Primary

  transportable · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• H04W4/90

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• B60Q1/525

  automatically indicating risk of collision between vehicles in traffic or with pedestrians, e.g. after risk assessment using the vehicle sensor data · CPC title