Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for vulnerable road user alert
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Application No.: US15892707Application Date: 2018-02-09
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Publication No.: US10229598B1Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Ian Christopher Drummond Doig , James Randolph Winter Lepp
- Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Moffat & Co
- Main IPC: G08G1/16
- IPC: G08G1/16 ; G08B21/02

Abstract:
A method at a portable sensor apparatus for detecting an approaching vehicle, the method including detecting, using at least one detector at the sensor apparatus, signal energy of a signal from the approaching vehicle; analyzing the signal energy using a processor at the sensor apparatus to determine that an alarm should be triggered; and based on the analyzing, causing the alarm from an alert mechanism on the sensor apparatus.
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