Vehicle speed limiter
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1. A method for controlling speed of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a first set of location data that are associated with a route and that were identified by a global positioning system (GPS) at the vehicle, the first set of location data corresponding a first position along the route, wherein the first set of location data is transmitted by an electronic device that is at the vehicle, and the first set of location data is received over a network interface;
identifying a first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a first speed limiting factor, and a characteristic that is associated with the vehicle;
transmitting over the network interface a first message that includes the first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the first speed limiting factor, and the characteristic that is associated with the vehicle, wherein the electronic device at the vehicle limits a first maximum velocity of the vehicle to the first maximum speed along the route;
identifying a second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and a second position along the route; and
transmitting over the network interface a second message that includes the second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and the second position, wherein the electronic device at the vehicle limits a second maximum velocity of the vehicle to the second maximum speed along the route at a position that corresponds to the second position along the route.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, methods, and non-transitory storage medium for controlling the maximum speed of a vehicle as that vehicle travels along a route. Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure may receive location information from an electronic device that is located at a vehicle and may provide information to the electronic device at that controls the maximum speed of the vehicle as speed limits change along the route.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling speed of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a first set of location data that are associated with a route and that were identified by a global positioning system (GPS) at the vehicle, the first set of location data corresponding a first position along the route, wherein the first set of location data is transmitted by an electronic device that is at the vehicle, and the first set of location data is received over a network interface; identifying a first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a first speed limiting factor, and a characteristic that is associated with the vehicle; transmitting over the network interface a first message that includes the first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the first speed limiting factor, and the characteristic that is associated with the vehicle, wherein the electronic device at the vehicle limits a first maximum velocity of the vehicle to the first maximum speed along the route; identifying a second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and a second position along the route; and transmitting over the network interface a second message that includes the second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and the second position, wherein the electronic device at the vehicle limits a second maximum velocity of the vehicle to the second maximum speed along the route at a position that corresponds to the second position along the route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor for performing a method for controlling speed of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a first set of location data that are associated with a route and that were identified by a global positioning system (GPS) at the vehicle, the first set of location data corresponding a first position along the route, wherein the first set of location data is transmitted by an electronic device that is at the vehicle, and the first set of location data is received over a network interface; identifying a first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a first speed limiting factor, and a characteristic that is associated with the vehicle; transmitting over the network interface a first message that includes the first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the first speed limiting factor, and the characteristic that is associated with the vehicle, wherein the electronic device at the vehicle limits a first maximum velocity of the vehicle to the first maximum speed along the route; identifying a second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and a second position along the route; and transmitting over the network interface a second message that includes the second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and the second position, wherein the electronic device at the vehicle limits a second maximum velocity of the vehicle to the second maximum speed along the route at a position that corresponds to the second position along the route. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for controlling velocity of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; a processor; and a network interface that receives a first set of location data that are associated with a route and that were identified by a global positioning system (GPS) at the vehicle, the first set of location data corresponding a first position along the route, wherein; the first set of location data is transmitted by an electronic device that is at the vehicle, the processor executing instructions out of the memory identifies a first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a first speed limiting factor, and a characteristic that is associated with the vehicle, a first message that includes the first maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the first speed limiting factor, and the characteristic that is associated with the vehicle are transmitted over the network interface, the electronic device at the vehicle limits a first maximum velocity of the vehicle to the first maximum speed along the route, the processor executing instructions out of the memory identifies a second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, a second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and a second position along the route, and a second message that includes the second maximum speed that corresponds to the route, the second speed limiting factor, the characteristic, and the second position is transmitted over the network interface, and the electronic device at the vehicle limits a second maximum velocity of the vehicle to the second maximum speed along the route at a position that corresponds to the second position along the route.
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