Patent ID: 11890987
Assignee: ROSCO, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of providing pedestrian alert and/or collision avoidance for a large vehicle having a first sensing device, a driver warning system and a pedestrian alarm system, the method comprising:
sensing, by the first sensing device, an exterior hazard in a first field of view responsive to a first predetermined criteria when a vehicle is travelling in a first direction, said first sensing device mounted on a first side of the vehicle;
generating, by the driver warning system, at least one of a driver visual warning or a driver audible alarm configured to alert the driver when the exterior hazard is detected by the first sensing device; and
issuing, by the pedestrian alarm system, a first auditory warning message via a first speaker responsive to the vehicle's speed within a first predetermined speed range or a first predetermined speed, the vehicle's yaw rate, and a pedestrian is within a first predetermined distance to the vehicle, said first speaker mounted on the first side of the vehicle; and
emitting at least one of: an auditory alarm, an auditory message, or continuous sound or bursts of sound at one or more of: a configurable frequency, volume or pattern when in motion and within a distance threshold with a pedestrian, wherein said continuous sound or bursts of sound is a simulated vehicle in motion sound.