Patent ID: 11858507
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A method of using perception-inspired event generation for situation awareness for a vehicle, comprising:
receiving, by a controller, perception input data from a sensor of the vehicle;
processing, by the controller, the perception input data to classify and generate parameters related to an external entity in a vicinity of the vehicle, wherein processing the perception input data includes calculating a risk level value for the external entity;
generating, by the controller, a hierarchical event structure that classifies and prioritizes the perception input data by classifying the external entity into an attention zone, wherein the attention zone include at least one of a high attention zone, a low attention zone and a no attention zone, and prioritizing the external entity within the attention zone according to the risk level value for the external entity, wherein a higher risk level value indicates a higher priority within the attention zone; and
developing, by the controller, a behavior plan for the vehicle based on the hierarchical event structure.