Method of operating an ad hoc network to protect a passenger-as-a-pedestrian and system to protect a passenger-as-a-pedestrian
First Claim
1. A method of operating an ad hoc network to protect a passenger-as-a-pedestrian of a stationary vehicle from a vehicle in motion wherein the network comprisesan electronic key for the stationary vehicle that is carried by the passenger-as-a-pedestrian,an electronic-control-unit with a car-access-system and an on-board-unit with a vehicle-to-vehicle system as components of a vehicle-network of the stationary vehicle,wherein the car-access-system interfaces to the vehicle-to-vehicle-system through the vehicle-network,wherein the at least one vehicle in motion comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle-system,wherein the on-board-unit of the stationary vehicle receives at least temporarily information from the car-access-system of the electronic-control-unit of the stationary vehicle,wherein the on-board-unit at least temporarily communicates based on the received information from the car-access-system as vehicle-to-driver communication via the vehicle-to-vehicle system of the stationary vehicle with any vehicle or with selected vehicles in motion, andwherein in the case that the car-access-system detects that the passenger-as-a-pedestrian with the electronic key is starting to leave the stationary vehicle the car-access-system starts to monitor a movement of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian and if necessary wakes up the on-board-unit for vehicle-to-driver broadcast of the vehicle-to-vehicle-system to alert any surrounding vehicle in motion that is driving by via broadcasting at least a message comprising at least a current location of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian or a travel path of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian.
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Abstract
A method of operating an ad hoc network to protect a passenger-as-a-pedestrian of a stationary vehicle from a vehicle in motion. The network comprises an electronic key for the stationary vehicle carried by the passenger-as-a-pedestrian, an electronic-control-unit with a car-access-system and an on-board-unit with a vehicle-to-vehicle-system as components of a vehicle-network of the stationary vehicle. The car-access-system interfaces the vehicle-to-vehicle-system through the vehicle-network, the one vehicle in motion comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle-system, the on-board-unit of the stationary vehicle receives information from the car-access-system of the electronic-control-unit of the stationary vehicle, and the on-board-unit communicates based on the received information as vehicle-to-driver communication via the vehicle-to-vehicle system of the stationary vehicle with any vehicle in motion.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of operating an ad hoc network to protect a passenger-as-a-pedestrian of a stationary vehicle from a vehicle in motion wherein the network comprises
an electronic key for the stationary vehicle that is carried by the passenger-as-a-pedestrian, an electronic-control-unit with a car-access-system and an on-board-unit with a vehicle-to-vehicle system as components of a vehicle-network of the stationary vehicle, wherein the car-access-system interfaces to the vehicle-to-vehicle-system through the vehicle-network, wherein the at least one vehicle in motion comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle-system, wherein the on-board-unit of the stationary vehicle receives at least temporarily information from the car-access-system of the electronic-control-unit of the stationary vehicle, wherein the on-board-unit at least temporarily communicates based on the received information from the car-access-system as vehicle-to-driver communication via the vehicle-to-vehicle system of the stationary vehicle with any vehicle or with selected vehicles in motion, and wherein in the case that the car-access-system detects that the passenger-as-a-pedestrian with the electronic key is starting to leave the stationary vehicle the car-access-system starts to monitor a movement of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian and if necessary wakes up the on-board-unit for vehicle-to-driver broadcast of the vehicle-to-vehicle-system to alert any surrounding vehicle in motion that is driving by via broadcasting at least a message comprising at least a current location of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian or a travel path of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian.
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14. A system for transmission of information concerning a passenger-as-a-pedestrian of a stationary vehicle to a vehicle in motion comprising:
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an electronic key for the stationary vehicle that is carried by the passenger-as-a-pedestrian, an electronic-control-unit with a car-access-system and an on-board-unit with a vehicle-to-vehicle-system as components of a vehicle-network of the stationary vehicle, wherein the car-access-system interfaces to the a vehicle-to-vehicle-system through the vehicle-network, wherein the at least one vehicle in motion comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle-system, wherein the on-board-unit of the stationary vehicle receives at least temporarily information from the car-access-system of the electronic-control-unit of the stationary vehicle via the vehicle network wherein these information comprise at least a current location of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian or a travel path of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian, wherein the on-board-unit at least temporarily broadcasts messages based on the received information as vehicle-to-driver broadcast via the vehicle-to-vehicle-system of the stationary vehicle to any the vehicle in motion, and wherein in the case that the car-access-system detects that the passenger-as-a-pedestrian with the electronic key is starting to leave the stationary vehicle the car-access-system starts to monitor a movement of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian and if necessary wakes up the on-board-unit for vehicle-to-driver broadcast of the vehicle-to-vehicle-system to alert any surrounding vehicle in motion that is driving by via broadcasting at least a message comprising at least a current location of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian or a travel path of the passenger-as-a-pedestrian.
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