Provision of route-specific information
First Claim
1. A device for providing route-specific information and intended for operation in a vehicle, comprising:
- a location determination device for determining the present location of the vehicle, a reception device that is equipped for receiving a plurality of information data, where the information data associate locations or location areas in each case with at least one route situation, a processing unit that relates the plurality of information data with the determined location of the vehicle and determines the particular information data that comply with predefined relationship criteria, an output device that, reacting to a determination of information data by the processing device, emits at least one signal, at least one input device for entering a route situation, the input device being a keyboard with several keys, each key corresponding to one of a plurality of different route situations, and a sending device for sending out reporting data, where the reporting data are formed by the processing unit in reaction to a signal of the input device signaling that a key has been operated, wherein the reporting data specify at least one vehicle location determined by the location determination device and the route situation indicated by the corresponding key on the keyboard.
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Abstract
In a method for providing route-specific information in a vehicle, the present location of the vehicle is determined in the vehicle. A plurality of information data is received in the vehicle that in each case associate at least one route situation with locations or location areas. The plurality of information data is related in each case to the determined location of the vehicle, and there are determined the information data that comply with predefined association criteria. A device, a vehicle and a traffic information system comprise corresponding features. An embodiment of the invention improves and extends the technical possibilities of informing a vehicle driver about route situations.
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19 Claims
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1. A device for providing route-specific information and intended for operation in a vehicle, comprising:
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a location determination device for determining the present location of the vehicle, a reception device that is equipped for receiving a plurality of information data, where the information data associate locations or location areas in each case with at least one route situation, a processing unit that relates the plurality of information data with the determined location of the vehicle and determines the particular information data that comply with predefined relationship criteria, an output device that, reacting to a determination of information data by the processing device, emits at least one signal, at least one input device for entering a route situation, the input device being a keyboard with several keys, each key corresponding to one of a plurality of different route situations, and a sending device for sending out reporting data, where the reporting data are formed by the processing unit in reaction to a signal of the input device signaling that a key has been operated, wherein the reporting data specify at least one vehicle location determined by the location determination device and the route situation indicated by the corresponding key on the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A traffic information system with at least one system processing unit that is equipped for receiving reporting data from at least one first device for providing route-specific information, converting the reporting data into information data, passing the information data for transmission to a plurality of devices for providing route-specific information, each device for providing route-specific information operating in a vehicle and comprising:
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a location determination device for determining the present location of the vehicle, a reception device that is equipped for receiving a plurality of information data, where the information data associate locations or location areas in each case with at least one route situation, a processing unit that relates the plurality of information data with the determined location of the vehicle and determines the particular information data that comply with predefined relationship criteria, an output device that, reacting to a determination of information data by the processing device, emits at least one signal, at least one input device for entering a route situation, the input device being a keyboard with several keys, each key corresponding to one of a plurality of different route situations, and a sending device for sending out reporting data, where the reporting data are formed by the processing unit in reaction to a signal of the input device signaling that a key has been operated, wherein the reporting data specify at least one vehicle location determined by the location determination device and the route situation indicated by the corresponding key on the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for providing route-specific information in a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of information data in the vehicle that in each case associate at least one route situation with locations or location areas, determining the present location of the vehicle is in the vehicle, relating the plurality of information data, in each case, to the present location of the vehicle and determining information data that comply with predefined association criteria, and emitting at least one signal i reaction to a determination of information data that comply with the predefined association criteria, wherein the information data originate at least partly from at least one central station that, in its turn, receives reporting data from participating vehicles, the reporting data of a participating vehicle specifying at least one location of the participating vehicle and a route situation that has been manually indicated by a driver of the participating vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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