Radar sensor system providing situational awareness information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10527722-B2
Application number	US-201615172377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 9, 2015
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A radar sensor system implemented using a radar sensor housing and a module electronic device configured to present situational awareness indicators associated with targets determined to be located in proximity to a bicycle. The mobile electronic device includes a position-determining component for determining a current geographic position of the bicycle, a wireless transceiver for receiving radar sensor data from a radar sensor in the radar sensor housing, a display, and a processor coupled with the position-determining component, the wireless transceiver, and the display. The processor is configured to determine one or more situational awareness indicators based on the received radar sensor data and cause the display to present location information and the one or more situational awareness indicators.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile electronic device implementing a radar sensor system for a bicycle, the mobile electronic device comprising:
a position-determining component configured to determine a current geographic position of the bicycle;
a wireless transceiver configured to receive radar sensor data from a radar sensor of the bicycle;
a display; and
a processor coupled with the position-determining component, the wireless transceiver, and the display, the processor configured to
determine one or more situational awareness indicators based on the received radar sensor data, and
cause the display to simultaneously present (a) a navigation map corresponding to the current geographic position of the bicycle from the position-determining component and (b) the one or more determined situational awareness indicators,
wherein the received radar sensor data includes target data and the processor is configured to cause the display to present a first situational awareness indicator when a first target is determined to be within a first distance from the bicycle based on the received radar sensor data,
wherein the first situational awareness indicator is a tracking bar with an icon illustrative of a determined location of the first target based on the received radar sensor data, the tracking bar extending substantially along one side of the display.

2. The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the received radar sensor data includes target data and the processor is configured to cause the display to provide a dynamic representation of the distance between the first target and the bicycle by presenting the icon illustrative of the determined location of the first target and a second icon illustrative of the bicycle.

3. The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the received radar sensor data includes target data and the situational awareness indicator is a brightness or color of at least one portion of a first edge of the display or navigational information presented on the display to indicate an awareness level associated with a first target detected in proximity to the bicycle based on the radar sensor data.

4. The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
cause a change in brightness or color of the at least one portion of the first edge of the display or navigational information presented on the display when the received radar sensor data includes target data indicating a first target located in a first direction associated with the first edge; and
cause a change in brightness or color of at least a portion of a second edge the display or navigational information presented on the display when the received radar sensor data includes target data indicating a second target located in a second direction associated with the second edge.

5. The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the received radar sensor data includes target data and the processor is configured to cause the display to provide a time gap between the bicycle and a target located in proximity to the bicycle based on the received radar sensor data.

6. The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to simultaneously receive radar sensor data from a plurality of sensors on the bicycle.

7. A radar sensor system for a bicycle, the radar sensor system comprising:
a radar sensor housing mountable to the bicycle, the radar sensor housing including a radar sensor and a wireless transceiver coupled to the radar sensor; and
a bicycle computer mountable to the bicycle, the bicycle computer including:
a position-determining component for determining a current geographic position of the bicycle;
a receiver for receiving radar sensor data from the wireless transceiver of the radar sensor housing, the radar sensor data including target data;
a display; and
a processor coupled with the position-determining component, the receiver, and the display, the processor configured to
determine one or more situational awareness indicators associated with at least one target based on the received radar sensor data, and
cause the display to simultaneously present (a) a navigation map corresponding to the current geographic position of the bicycle from the position-determining component and (b) the one or more determined situational awareness indicators,

wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to provide a first situational awareness indicator when a first target is determined to be within a first distance from the bicycle based on the received radar sensor data,
wherein the first situational awareness indicator is a tracking bar with a first icon illustrative of a determined location of the first target based on the received radar sensor data, the tracking bar extending substantially along one side of the display.

8. The radar sensor system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to provide a dynamic representation of the distance between the first target and the bicycle using the first icon illustrative of the first target and a second icon illustrative of the bicycle.

9. The radar sensor system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the situational awareness indicator is a brightness or color of at least one portion of a first edge of the display or navigational information presented on the display to indicate an awareness level associated with a first target detected in proximity to the bicycle based on the radar sensor data.

10. The radar sensor system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
cause a change in brightness or color of the at least one portion of the first edge of the screen of the display or navigational information presented on the display when the received radar sensor data indicates a first target located in a first direction associated with the first edge; and
cause a change in brightness or color of at least a portion of a second edge of the screen of the display or navigational information presented on the display when the received radar sensor data indicates a second target located in a second direction associated with the second edge.

11. The radar sensor system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to provide a time gap between the bicycle and a moving target detected in proximity to the bicycle based on the received radar sensor data.

Assignees

• Garmin Switzerland Gmbh

Inventors

• Carlson Kenneth A
• Van Heerden Nolan
• Sherman Todd C
• Silver Andrew C
• Stirling Ross G

Classifications

• B62J45/20

  Cycle computers as cycle accessories · CPC title

• G01S7/04

  Display arrangements · CPC title

• G01S13/931 Primary

  of land vehicles · CPC title

• G01S2013/9315

  Monitoring blind spots · CPC title

• B62J2099/0013

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic