Patent ID: 11914027
Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
detecting, with at least one sensor, an object in an environment of a vehicle;
determining, with at least one processing unit, angular difference between an orientation of the object and an orientation of the vehicle based on data from the at least one sensor;
determining, with the at least one processing unit, whether the angular difference is within a predetermined range of angular differences;
determining, with the at least one processing unit, a speed of the object based on data from the at least one sensor;
determining, with the at least one processing unit, whether a velocity of the vehicle is within a predetermined velocity range between 0 and a predetermined upper velocity value;
determining, with the at least one processing unit, whether a speed of the vehicle is less than a sum of the speed of the object plus a predetermined constant, the predetermined constant being within a range from 10 km/hr to 30 km/hr;
determining, with the at least one processing unit, that the object satisfies a hazard condition in response to determining that (i) the angular difference between the orientation of the object and the orientation of the vehicle is within the predetermined range of angular differences, (ii) the velocity of the vehicle is within the predetermined velocity range, and (iii) the speed of the vehicle is less than the sum of the speed of the object plus the predetermined constant; and
activating, with the at least one processing unit, at least one automated function of the vehicle in response to determining that the object satisfies the hazard condition.