Patent ID: 8645001

Claim:
A method for detecting and alerting a driver of vehicles in their blind spots, the method comprising: tracking movement and position of a driver in a vehicle, the position calculated relative to the interior of the vehicle; determining one or more driver blind spots, in response to the tracking; determining the position of the driver relative to one or more other vehicles; determining when at least one of the one or more vehicles approaches one of the driver blind spots, in response to the determining the position of the driver relative to one or more other vehicles and the determining of the one or more driver blind spots; determining when at least one of the one or more other vehicles occupies one of the driver blind spots; activating one or more indicators in response to one or more vehicles approaching or occupying one of the driver blind spots; calculating a blind spot risk by determining the closing speed of approaching vehicles based on an approaching vehicle speed in conjunction to a speed of the driver vehicle; wherein the one or more indicators comprise light emitting diodes (LED), liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma, projected elements, and electroluminescent elements; and wherein a sequence and pattern of activating the one or more indicators is determined based on the position of the driver in relation to the one or more other vehicles.