Patent ID: 9738222
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60Q,G01S,G08B,G08G

Claim:
1. An advanced warning and risk evasion system comprising: a vicinity monitoring unit having a processor, wherein the processor is configured to calculate the vicinity monitoring unit's position, orientation, and velocity; a sensor coupled to the vicinity monitoring unit, wherein the sensor comprises a transmitter and a receiver configured to detect an object located in the sensor's field of view and changes in the object's position relative to the sensor; a first GPS unit configured to calculate the first GPS unit's location and transmit a first location to the vicinity monitoring unit; a second GPS unit configured to calculate the second GPS unit's location and transmit a second location to the vicinity monitoring unit; wherein the processor is configured to determine an orientation of the field of view of the sensor based at least in part on the first and second locations received from the first and second GPS units; wherein the vicinity monitoring unit is configured to detect a hazardous situation based at least in part on the object's speed and direction of travel relative to the vicinity monitoring unit; and wherein the vicinity monitoring unit is configured to be coupled to a warning device to transmit a warning signal to the object upon detection of the hazardous situation.