Verifying the validity of traffic status information
First Claim
1. Method of providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status detection by a motor vehicle, for determining a traffic situation, including detecting a traffic jam, the method comprising the acts of:
- verifying whether the vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic, verifying whether the vehicle has been operated for longer than a predetermined period of time, and interrupting the traffic status detection, if the vehicle has been operated for longer than the predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
A method for providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status detection by a motor vehicle, in particular traffic information for detecting traffic jams is provided. To provide high-quality traffic status information at an acceptable cost, it is proposed that a first step should verify whether the vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic. A second step verifies whether the vehicle has been operated otherwise for more than a predetermined period of time, and optionally in a third step the traffic status detection is interrupted.
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1. Method of providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status detection by a motor vehicle, for determining a traffic situation, including detecting a traffic jam, the method comprising the acts of:
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verifying whether the vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic, verifying whether the vehicle has been operated for longer than a predetermined period of time, and interrupting the traffic status detection, if the vehicle has been operated for longer than the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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7. System for transmitting traffic status data from a first vehicle to a second vehicle, in modified form, via an ad hoc network or from a central traffic information office to one or more vehicles, by broadcast, the system comprising:
a device configured to verify whether the first vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic, verify whether the first vehicle has been operated otherwise for longer than a predetermined period of time, and interrupt the traffic status detection if the first vehicle has been operated otherwise for longer than a predetermined period of time.
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8. Device in a motor vehicle for generating and sending traffic status information, wherein the device is configured to verify whether the first vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic, verify whether the first vehicle has been operated otherwise for longer than a predetermined period of time, and interrupt the traffic status detection if the first vehicle has been operated otherwise for longer than a predetermined period of time.
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15. Computer program product including a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for use in a motor vehicle for generating and sending traffic status information, the computer program comprising instructions for:
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verifying whether the vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic, verifying whether the vehicle has been operated for longer than a predetermined period of time, and interrupting the traffic status detection, if the vehicle has been operated for longer than the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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