The patent just presents an idea. The Varia is a specific device. I don't think a list of items after "e.g." gives any real knowledge about the engineering design specifications of the Varia.

If you're going to call me "incorrect" with confidence you're going to have to do better than that.



Per the stated purpose by Garmin, it is. Its stated purpose is a vehicle detection device. The icons in the head unit are...vehicles. Per my experience, it detects vehicles almost exclusively. Per the above I'll do a test where I ride by cyclists, people, and trees while unsafely holding a phone to my head unit. But I can't imagine I'd trust what the head unit says at all at this point if it did so with any regularity. And I *do* trust it quite a bit. (though I always look before making a move anyway).