Patent ID: 9701245
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B60W,G08G

Claim:
1. A method of alerting a driver of a vehicle, comprising: receiving, by a control unit, conditions data from one or more collision avoidance systems; determining, by the control unit, an alert mode based on the conditions data, wherein the alert mode indicates at least two of user configured alert conditions, vehicle conditions, and driving scenarios; identifying at least two alert patterns associated with the at least two of user configured alert conditions, vehicle conditions, and driving scenarios; and coordinating a generation of at least one alert pattern signal from the at least two alert patterns by at least one of arbitrating, synchronizing, and combining the at least two alert patterns based on whether the at least two alert patterns are associated with a same alert device or different alert devices, wherein if the at least two alert patterns are associated with the same alert device only, combining or arbitrating the at least two alert patterns for the same alert device to generate said at least one alert pattern signal,