Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
340903000 | Relative distence between vehicles (e.g., collision alert) | 52 |
20080252482 | System and method of modifying programmable blind spot detection sensor ranges with vision sensor input - A continuously programmable Blind Spot Detection System for vehicles that use continuous vision sensor input to determine lane offset and determine a maximum range limit for radar sensors to define an area of interest for declaration of objects within the blind spot area. | 10-16-2008 |
20080291052 | Alert and warning system and method - The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device. | 11-27-2008 |
20090066538 | Method and apparatus for object recognition and warning system of a primary vehicle for nearby vehicles - A vehicle to vehicle warning system comprises a transmitter associated with a primary vehicle alerting one or more secondary vehicles of its proximity through a receiver. The transmitter may emit a radio frequency signal which activates radio frequency receivers in surrounding vehicles. When in appropriate proximity, the signal is configured to initiate a warning at the secondary vehicle, such as light from a light-emitting device or sound from a sound-generating device. In another form, the primary vehicle includes a passive transmitter and the secondary vehicle includes a multi-frequency resonance tag/circuit having distinct frequencies for detection and discrimination. The passive transmitter creates electromagnetic waves which are generated as it passes by the secondary vehicle housing the multi-frequency resonance tag, setting off the secondary vehicle alarm system. | 03-12-2009 |
20090072996 | VEHICLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A vehicle illumination system includes a light source emitting light for illuminating the vehicle surroundings or the vehicle interior or both, and a modulation unit modulating the emitting of light of the light source, where the emitted light is modulated with a frequency that is high enough so that the modulation of the light is substantially not perceivable by a person. | 03-19-2009 |
20090167560 | Method and device for driver assistance by generating lane information for supporting of replacing lane information of a video-based lane information device - A method for driver assistance by generating lane information for supporting or for replacing lane information of a video-based lane information device includes: generating the lateral lane information based on the video-based lane information device of the vehicle; ascertaining at least one reliability parameter of the lateral lane information received from the lane information device; receiving navigation system-based lateral lane information from at least one other vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device; and supporting or replacing the lateral lane information received from the lane information device based on the received navigation system-based lateral lane information as a function of the ascertained reliability parameter. | 07-02-2009 |
20090189781 | Vehicle zone detection system and method - An object detection system is provided for detecting a thermal emitting object in a blind zone proximate to a host vehicle. The system includes a thermal radiation detector located on a host vehicle and configured to sense temperature of multiple coverage zones proximate to the host vehicle. A processor processes temperature sensed by an infrared detector. The processor determines a change in thermal temperature sensed by the infrared detector and determines the presence of an object in the coverage zone based on the change in the sensed temperature. An output provides a signal indicative of an object sensed in the coverage zone based on the determined change in temperature. The thermal radiation detector may include a first infrared detector configured to measure temperature of a first coverage zone by receiving infrared radiation from the first coverage zone, and a second infrared detector configured to measure temperature of second and third coverage zones by receiving infrared radiation from the second and third coverage zones. | 07-30-2009 |
20090207043 | WIRELESS, INFRASTRUCTURELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention is a wireless, infrastructureless, communication system for vehicle to vehicle data transfer over a 900 MHz frequency over a substantially 360° radius of view over a predetermined range, preferably about 8 miles. Each vehicle is equipped with a geo-position system, a warning alert system, at least one sensor to produce a data signal indicative of vehicle operation conditions, a micro-chip set and a transceiver. The invention further includes methods to communicate over a wireless, infrastructureless communication system for vehicle to vehicle data transfer over the described system. | 08-20-2009 |
20090243880 | Alarm system for alerting driver to presence of objects - Alarm systems comprises an eye gaze direction detecting part, an obstacle detecting device and an alarm controlling part. The eye gaze direction detecting part determines a vehicle driver's field of view by analyzing facial images of a driver of the vehicle pictured by using a camera equipped in the vehicle. The obstacle detecting device detects the presence of an obstacle in the direction unobserved by the driver using a radar equipped in the vehicle, the direction of which radar is set up in the direction not attended by the driver on the basis of data detected by the eye gaze monitor. The alarm controlling part determines whether to make an alarm in case an obstacle is detected by the obstacle detecting device. The systems can detect the negligence of a vehicle driver in observing the front view targets and release an alarm to prevent the driver from any possible danger. | 10-01-2009 |
20100001879 | EMERGENCY SIGNAL INTERCEPTING UNIT - A system to provide a warning to a person in a vehicle when the vehicle is proximal or in a danger area to an emergency services vehicle or a hazard area, the system comprising an emitter on the emergency services vehicle or in or adjacent the hazard area, a radio associated with the vehicle, the radio having a receiver to receive the signal from the emitter, a speaker, a decoder means to send a warning signal to the speaker when the receiver receives a signal from the emitter. | 01-07-2010 |
20100045482 | Method and Appratus for Identifying Concealed Objects In Road Traffic - Method for detecting concealed objects in road traffic in which the surroundings of a vehicle and movement variables of the driver's vehicle are sensed by sensors, said variables are transmitted as information to vehicles which are located in the surroundings by an interface for vehicle-to-vehicle communication and are received from the vehicles which are located in the surroundings, wherein the following steps are executed:
| 02-25-2010 |
20100045483 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE ALERT - A method for providing an emergency vehicle alert to an occupant of a second vehicle includes: receiving an alert signal at a receiver device on the second vehicle from the emergency vehicle; and, responsive to the received alert signal, automatically warning the occupant of the second vehicle that the emergency vehicle may be approaching and/or is in a vicinity of the second vehicle. | 02-25-2010 |
20100052944 | Vehicle and Method for Identifying Vehicles Located in the Surroundings of the Vehicle - Vehicle having a surroundings-sensing system which makes available information on the surroundings to a closed-loop and open-loop control unit of the vehicle, and a closed-loop and/or open-loop control process changes the driving behavior as a function of the acquired information on the surroundings, wherein the vehicle has a registration information system which receives the registration information for vehicles in the surroundings, and in that the registration information system compares the received registration information with the registration information acquired by a surroundings-sensing system and changes the closed-loop and/or open-loop control process as a function of the result of the comparison. | 03-04-2010 |
20100052945 | Vehicular Communication Arrangement and Method - Accident avoidance system using an infrastructure system to convey location information between vehicles includes at least two vehicles approaching or traveling on a roadway and each having onboard, a position determining system onboard that receives satellite positioning signals from a plurality of satellites and determines location information based on the satellite positioning signals, a transmitter that transmits the location information for the vehicle to an infrastructure system, a receiver that receives location information for another vehicle from the infrastructure system, and an accident risk warning system that alerts its operator of a risk of an accident based on the location information for any other vehicles and map data representing the roadway including edges or lane boundaries of the roadway. | 03-04-2010 |
20100123599 | AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A system for monitoring a volume of space surrounding an aircraft having a plurality of extremity portions includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is disposed at a respective corresponding one of the aircraft extremity portions. Each sensor is configured to generate an image of a monitored area covering a predetermined distance from the extremity portion at which the sensor is disposed. A processing device is configured to determine, from an image generated by a first sensor of the plurality, a characteristic of an object within the monitored area covering the predetermined distance from the extremity portion at which the first sensor is disposed. The processing device is further configured to generate a signal in response to determining the object characteristic. | 05-20-2010 |
20100207786 | Driving safety auxiliary network administration system and method thereof - This specification discloses a driving safety auxiliary network administration system and the method thereof. Vehicles in motion communicate with each other about their geographical locations and current moving states within a communication range. At least one of the vehicles in the communication range becomes the router of several other vehicles that are at dead corners of wireless communications. The router is responsible for transferring vehicle state signals of those vehicles out of direct communications between them. Therefore, all the vehicles in the communication range are not blocked by terrains, buildings or other vehicles. All of them are taken into account to assess and find possible dangerous vehicles. This technique can effectively solve the problem of dead corners in driving safety auxiliary network communications. Highly important packets can be immediately and reliably transmitted to the corresponding vehicles, providing efficient warnings. | 08-19-2010 |
20100214125 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD - Upon reception of content information (step S | 08-26-2010 |
20100253539 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATOR ON FULL-WINDSHIELD HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes one of light emitting particles or microstructures over a predefined region of the windscreen permitting luminescent display while permitting vision through the windscreen. A method to display a graphic describing traffic information based upon vehicle-to-vehicle communication upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display of a host vehicle includes monitoring the vehicle-to-vehicle communication, determining the traffic information based upon the vehicle-to-vehicle communication, determining the graphic describing the traffic information for display upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display, and displaying the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display. | 10-07-2010 |
20110018737 | Vehicle Collision Avoidance System and Method - A vehicle collision avoidance system is implemented in a host vehicle. A wireless communication module in the host vehicles wirelessly broadcasts vehicle information packages of the host vehicle and receives external vehicle information packages from other neighboring vehicles. Based on the received vehicle information packages, a collision avoidance process is performed. The process has steps of mapping coordinates system, categorizing collision zones, determining whether a possible collision position exists, calculating a collision time and outputting warning messages. The estimations of the possible collision position and the collision time are not affected by the positions of the neighboring vehicles. Therefore, the neighboring vehicles approaching the host vehicle from different direction are effectively monitored. | 01-27-2011 |
20110043376 | DRIVER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for alerting a driver that a potential hazard is in the vicinity of the driver's vehicle. In general, activation signals transmitted from a vehicle are received at a potential hazard, and hazard signals are, in response, transmitted from the potential hazard to the vehicle. The hazard signals provide an indication of the potential hazard to the driver so that he may be aware of the potential hazard and react accordingly. The indication may be provided to the driver visually, such as on a display of the vehicle, and/or audibly, such as in the form of an audible alert issued by a speaker. The hazard signals may also include one or more characteristics of the potential hazard to provide more information about the potential hazard to the driver, such as the type of potential hazard and/or the degree of danger associated with the potential hazard. | 02-24-2011 |
20110080302 | Reducing the Computational Load on Processors by Selectively Discarding Data in Vehicular Networks - A method is provided for efficiently processing messages staged for authentication in a security layer of a protocol stack in a wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication system. The vehicle-to-vehicle communication system includes a host vehicle receiver for receiving messages transmitted by one or more remote vehicles. The host receiver is configured to authenticate received messages in a security layer of a protocol stack. A wireless message broadcast by a remote vehicle is received. The wireless message contains characteristic data of the remote vehicle. The characteristic data is analyzed for determining whether the wireless message is in compliance with a predetermined parameter of the host vehicle. The wireless message is discarded prior to a transfer of the wireless message to the security layer in response to a determination that the wireless message is not in compliance with the predetermined parameter of the host vehicle. Otherwise, the wireless message is transferred to the security layer. | 04-07-2011 |
20110115644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WARNING OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN EMERGENCY SERVICE - A method and an apparatus for warning of emergency vehicles in emergency service. The emergency vehicles use vehicle-to-vehicle communication to transmit warning messages which are received by other vehicles and are indicated to the driver of the receiving vehicle. In order to allow rapid orientation of the driver, provision is made for the warning message from the emergency vehicle to have a position statement for the emergency vehicle and for the position statement to be evaluated in the vehicle which receives the warning message, wherein the position of the emergency vehicle is indicated relative to the position of the receiving vehicle. | 05-19-2011 |
20110210865 | TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING NAVIGATION ROUTE INFORMATION OF VEHICLE FOR EACH NAVIGATIONAL SITUATION - Disclosed herein is a traffic control apparatus and method. The traffic control apparatus includes a navigation route database (DB) for storing navigation routes of a vehicle for respective navigational situations. A vehicle situation information collection unit collects current navigational situation information of the vehicle. A preferred route extraction unit extracts a preferred navigation route of the vehicle corresponding to the collected current navigational situation information from the navigation route DB. A predicted route estimation unit estimates a predicted navigation route of the vehicle based on the extracted preferred navigation route with to reference to a traveling state of the vehicle. | 09-01-2011 |
20110210866 | Method for Avoiding Collision - The present invention relates to a method for avoiding a collision between a vehicle and another traffic participant. According to the inventive method, a cell phone carried by the traffic participant sends a signal including a position of the traffic participant. A processing unit processes the signal including the position of the traffic participant for a position or evaluation history. The processing unit determines an estimation of a future position of the traffic participant on the basis of the position or evaluation history. The processing unit evaluates a likelihood of a collision between the vehicle and the traffic participant on the basis of the estimated future position of the traffic participant and an estimation of a future position of the vehicle. An acceleration of the traffic participant is sensed by an acceleration sensor of the cell phone. This acceleration sensor is multifunctionally used by using the sensor also for a manipulation of the operating state of the cell phone by moving the cell phone. An action for avoiding a collision is automatically initiated in case that a distance of the future position of the traffic participant and the vehicle is smaller than a safety distance. According to the invention, the safety distance depends on the acceleration which is sensed by the acceleration sensor of the cell phone. | 09-01-2011 |
20120038489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPONTANEOUS P2P COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IDENTIFIED VEHICLES - System and method are presented which allow a user of a vehicle to initiate a spontaneous call to a nearby vehicle without knowing the phone number, or any other specific contacting details of the nearby vehicle, based on identification signs of the nearby vehicle which are visible to the user of the first vehicle, such as the color of the nearby vehicle, the model and the manufacturer of the vehicle. The system comprising communication means for establishing ad-hoc network communication with the nearby vehicle and display for displaying indications of the visible identification signs to that user. | 02-16-2012 |
20120068859 | Method of Controlling a Collision Warning System Using Line of Sight - A collision warning system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The collision warning system includes a first mode and a second mode. The system operates in the first mode when there is line of sight with a target vehicle. The system operates in the second mode where there is no line of sight with the target vehicle. | 03-22-2012 |
20120086582 | Method and system for using intersecting electronic horizons - A method and system for using data associated with a first vehicle and a given road segment defined for a road network and using data associated with a second vehicle and the given road segment to determine a multi-vehicle probability value that indicates a probability that the first vehicle and the second vehicle will arrive at a common position of the given road segment simultaneously. The multi-vehicle probability value can be compared to a threshold probability value to determine whether the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle should take a responsive measure to avoid those vehicles arriving at the common position of the given road segment simultaneously. The data associated the first vehicle and the data associated with the second vehicle can each include a respective electronic horizon for that vehicle, and time parameters and probability values associated with those vehicles being on the given road segment. | 04-12-2012 |
20120286970 | VARIABLE TONE HORN SYSTEM - A horn system for a vehicle is provided including a piezoelectric device, a loudspeaker, and a controller. The piezoelectric device is located in a horn pad of a steering wheel. The piezoelectric device produces a variable voltage due to varying pressure exerted on the horn pad. The piezoelectric device produces a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The first voltage signal is less than the second voltage signal. The loudspeaker is for emitting an audio signal. The controller is in communication with the piezoelectric device and the loudspeaker, and has a memory for storing at least a first audio file and a second audio file. | 11-15-2012 |
20120306663 | Fast Collision Detection Technique for Connected Autonomous and Manual Vehicles - A method is provided for rapidly identifying potential collision threats between communicating vehicles in a vehicle communication network for actuating a vehicle control action to mitigate potential collisions between the communicating vehicles. Vehicle boundaries and trajectory path boundaries are constructed for the communicating vehicles for efficiently identifying a potential collision. Prioritized assessments are performed to determine which respective boundaries intersect one another. Based on whether respective boundaries that intersect one another will determine if a control vehicle control action is initiated and which control action is imitated. Once the intersecting boundaries are identified, a location of the potential collision can be rapidly identified by a technique that subdivides and regenerates the intersecting trajectory path boundaries of the vehicles. A distance to the potential collision may be determined that is used to further enhance the control action taken for mitigating the potential collision. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306664 | SAFETY ZONE DETECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND ALARM SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A system for alerting a user in a safety zone adjacent a stationary vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to generate a sensor signal in response to a detected location and/or trajectory of a moving vehicle in an encroachment zone and/or the safety zone. The encroachment zone is a region adjacent the safety zone in which vehicles are at risk of entering the safety zone. A control unit is configured to receive the signal from the one or more sensors and to determine, responsive to the sensor signals, a likelihood of the moving vehicle entering the safety zone. The control unit is further configured to generate a trigger signal if the likelihood of the moving vehicle entering the safety zone is greater than a predetermined threshold. An alarm unit is configured to receive the trigger signal from the control unit and to automatically trigger an alarm protocol when the trigger signal is received to alert the user in the safety zone. | 12-06-2012 |
20130049986 | EXTERIOR MIRROR REFLECTIVE ELEMENT SUB-ASSEMBLY WITH SIGNAL INDICATOR - A mirror reflective element sub-assembly includes a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate and a blind spot indicator. The mirror back plate has a generally planar portion and an indicator mounting portion. The indicator mounting portion of the mirror back plate is angled relative to the generally planar portion, and an aperture is established through the mirror back plate generally at the indicator mounting portion. A heater pad is disposed at the rear of the mirror reflective element, and a light transmitting portion of the heater pad is generally aligned with the aperture of the mirror back plate. With the light source of the blind spot indicator activated, light emitted by the light source transmits through an indicia element, the aperture and the light transmitting portion and exits the mirror reflective element at an angle relative to the generally planar portion of the mirror back plate. | 02-28-2013 |
20130069797 | Vehicle Operator Distress Signaling System - A vehicle operator distress signaling system includes a pair of housings each having a control circuit and a transceiver coupled to the control circuit. A plurality of light emitters is electrically coupled to the control circuit. A plurality of actuators is electrically coupled to the control circuit and each is associated with one of the light emitters. The transceiver of one of the housings emits a distinct radio signal associated with an actuated one of the actuators and the transceiver of the one of the housings turns on the light emitter associated with the distinct radio signal. An effective transmission distance of radio signals between the housings is less than 350 m such that when the receiving transceiver loses radio signals after the effective transmission distance has been exceeded, the light emitters associated with lost ones of the radio signals turn off. | 03-21-2013 |
20130127638 | Cyclist Proximity Warning System - A cyclist proximity warning system comprising one or more cyclist transmitter units each for carrying on a bicycle or motorcycle and one or more in vehicle driver alert devices each driver alert device for carrying in a vehicle. Each transmitter unit is adapted to transmit a signal indicating the location of the transmitter unit and the bicycle or motorcycle carrying the unit. Each in vehicle driver alert device has a receiver adapted to receive a cyclist proximity warning signal indicating presence of a cyclist proximate the vehicle and, in response to receiving the signal, alert the vehicle driver to the presence of a cyclist proximate the vehicle. | 05-23-2013 |
20130278440 | ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MESSAGE FORMATS CONTAINING DISTANCES - Device, system and method of implementing a wireless vehicle-to-vehicle anti-collision system. Details of message formats are described, particularly efficient formats using flags and compressed data, expressing distances, both in the horizontal and vertical directions. Details of protocols are described. Details of encoding locations, headings and speed are described. In one embodiment messages are free of IP addresses and MAC addresses. Roadway elevation is included in some embodiments. | 10-24-2013 |
20130300581 | GROUP MONITORING AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A group or solo monitoring system and method for collision avoidance that uses a transceiver circuitry mounted on a vehicle. The circuitry can include a microprocessor, a memory having stored therein non-transitory instructions for programming the microprocessor, a visual indicator, an audio indicator, a user interface including a display screen and navigation buttons, an RF transceiver with antenna, and a power supply. Non-transitory instructions stored in memory configure and control the microprocessor to enable a user to enter data into the memory via the user interface via the display screen and navigation buttons. A vehicle group can be formed and a proximity perimeter created about the group. Visual and audio alerts are issued to avoid a collision in the event that a non-group vehicle has been detected as having penetrated the proximity perimeter and is closing in on at least one vehicle of the group. | 11-14-2013 |
20130342368 | AUTOMOTIVE TELEMTRY PROTOCOL - Method and apparatus whereby one or more vehicle nodes are configured for use in a vehicular communications network which provides for exchange of data between a plurality of vehicle nodes and a plurality of stationary nodes, where each stationary node comprises a computing unit operable to broadcast periodic announcements of services, and to receive identity messages from the vehicle node on at least one common IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) channel. Preferably, each stationary node is configured to provide for exchange of data with the plurality of vehicle nodes, where each vehicle node comprises at least one on-board computing unit which is operable to broadcast identity messages to and to receive service announcements from the stationary node on the at least one common IEEE 802.11 MAC channel. | 12-26-2013 |
20140085106 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A vehicle proximity warning system includes a first device carried by a first vehicle and comprising a first transceiver and a first warning device, and a second device carried by a second vehicle and comprising a second transceiver and a second warning device. The first device determines proximity of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle and generates a warning signal with the first warning device when the proximity is within a first predetermined distance. The second device determines proximity of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle and generates a warning signal with the second warning device when the proximity is within a second predetermined distance. | 03-27-2014 |
20150070193 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Providing Mobile Ad Hoc Cooperative Communication Systems And Related Devices - A method of operating a mobile electronic device includes detecting at least one other mobile electronic device within a predetermined distance of the mobile electronic device, and determining a spatial relationship of the at least one other mobile electronic device relative to the mobile electronic device. An ad hoc wireless connection is established with the at least one other mobile electronic device based on the determined spatial relationship. Data may be transmitted to and/or received from the at least one other mobile electronic device over the ad hoc wireless connection based on the determined spatial relationship. Related systems, devices, and computer program products are also discussed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150077270 | V2V SAFETY SYSTEM USING SELF-GENERATED LANE MAPS - A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication transponder for use in V2V communication, safety and anti-collision systems incorporating a location point store and a lane records store, wherein the lane records are constructed by the transponder from the point in the location point store, location points are received from other moving transponders, and lane records are shared between transponder response to a request. Separate source counts are kept for internally generated and shared lane records. Methods of sharing are described. Lane types are also derived from the location point store and other vehicle behavior. No central authority, road-side equipment, (RSU), or pre-determined lane maps are required. Embodiments include a hybrid protocol using both TDMA and CSMA. Some embodiments are free of MAC and IP addresses. Embodiments include equipped vehicles and V2V system using the transponder. | 03-19-2015 |
20150145694 | LATERAL VEHICLE CONTACT WARNING SYSTEM - A vehicle contact warning system includes a detector system, a controller and a warning indicator. The detector system detects a distance between a remote vehicle and a host vehicle and whether a signal indicator on the remote vehicle is activated. The controller determines whether at least one of a signal indicator on the host vehicle is activated by a driver of the host vehicle and a speed at which the distance between the host vehicle and the remote vehicle is decreasing is greater than a predetermined speed. The warning indicator notifies the driver of the host vehicle upon the detector system detecting the signal indicator on the remote vehicle and the controller determining that at least one of the signal indicator of the host vehicle is activated and the speed at which the distance between the host vehicle and the remote vehicle is decreasing is greater than the predetermined speed. | 05-28-2015 |
20150360609 | Vehicle Safety Alert - A safety alert comprises a first vehicle with a microchip, a Global Position Satellite, and a second vehicle with a GPS monitor. The microchip broadcasts a signal through the GPS to the GPS monitor, alerting the second vehicle's driver that there is a first vehicle nearby, thereby reducing the likelihood of a collision. | 12-17-2015 |
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20160016509 | METHOD FOR WARNING A VEHICLE DRIVER OF A TAILGATING THIRD PARTY VEHICLE - A method for warning a vehicle driver of a third party vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, of a collision, the vehicle driver of the driving third party vehicle being warned by the host vehicle of an imminent collision with a correspondingly front host vehicle, and the vehicle driver of the tailgating third party vehicle is signaled the imminent collision with the host vehicle by a driver assistance system of the host vehicle. Also described is a computer program product, an arithmetic unit, or a processing device, which may be a control device or a control unit for a vehicle, as well as to a driver assistance system for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle. | 01-21-2016 |
20160023599 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WARNING LOSS OF CONTROL OF A VEHICLE USING VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS - An apparatus for warning loss of control of a vehicle using communications between vehicles may include: a speed detecting unit for detecting a speed of a vehicle; a position detecting unit for detecting a current position and a travel direction of the vehicle; a route estimating unit for estimating a future position of the vehicle after a time period using the current speed and the position information; a WAVE message generating unit for generating a WAVE message comprising the future position information of the vehicle; a WAVE data communicating unit for broadcasting the WAVE message to a surrounding vehicle and an infrastructure periodically, and receiving WAVE message broadcast from the surrounding vehicle and the infrastructure; and a control unit for sensing accident risk using the future position information of the vehicle and the future position information of the surrounding vehicle, when the surrounding vehicle is in loss of control. | 01-28-2016 |
20160086489 | E-BIKE TO INFRASTRUCTURE OR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - An electric bicycle includes a communication module and a computing device. The communication module receives vehicle information indicating a trajectory of a vehicle. The computing device compares the vehicle information to bicycle information, which represents a trajectory of a bicycle. The communication module wirelessly transmits the bicycle information to the vehicle associated with the vehicle information. A method includes generating an alert signal if the vehicle is predicted to collide with the bicycle. | 03-24-2016 |
20160098926 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MONITORING EMERGENCY VEHICLES - A method of monitoring emergency vehicles includes generating host vehicle information with a navigation unit, the host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving emergency vehicle information with a receiver, the emergency vehicle information including an emergency vehicle emergency status, an emergency vehicle location and an emergency vehicle heading, determining with a controller a distance between the host vehicle location and the emergency vehicle location, determining with the controller whether the distance between host vehicle and the emergency vehicle is decreasing, and performing a mitigation operation, when the distance between host vehicle and the emergency vehicle is decreasing, and the distance between host vehicle and the emergency vehicle is a threshold distance or less. | 04-07-2016 |
20160129834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SURROUNDING VEHICLE - Provided are a system and method for recognizing a surrounding vehicle. The system for recognizing a surrounding vehicle includes a vehicle information collecting unit configured to collect location information of an own vehicle and location information of a surrounding vehicle, a surrounding vehicle recognizing unit configured to generate a lane based on the location information of the own vehicle and the location information of the surrounding vehicle collected by the vehicle information collecting unit and to recognize a location of the surrounding vehicle based on the generated lane, and a situation notifying unit configured to determine a road situation based on the surrounding vehicle recognized by the surrounding vehicle recognizing unit. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133135 | LIGHT-SOUND WARNING SYSTEM FOR PARTICIPANTS IN ROAD TRAFFIC - Light-sound warning system of all participants in road traffic is disclosed which solves the problem of safe and reliable signaling of a pedestrian on the road. A driver who saw a pedestrian on the road activates the switch which transmits the information to other vehicles via radio signals, and signals to pedestrians with light and audio signals that there is a vehicle approaching. This system protects both the pedestrian, and the driver who first spotted the pedestrian because a second vehicle driving behind the first vehicle often does not observe the situation in time causing a collision with both the vehicle and the pedestrian. The system is realized by connecting the following elements installed inside the vehicle: the central unit, the receiving-transmitting unit, the switch, the interior light signals, external audio signals and the internal sound signals; while the exterior light system is installed on the outer periphery of the vehicle. | 05-12-2016 |
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