Method and apparatus in a vehicle for producing and wirelessly transmitting messages to other vehicles
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus in a vehicle (1) for producing and wirelessly transmitting messages to vehicles (11) which are set up to receive such messages, having a communication means (2) and activation means (3), where activation by the activation means (3) is used to transmit messages from the communication means (2) which comprise at least information about the position and speed of the vehicle (1).
In line with the invention, the communication means (2) is in the form of part of a unit (5) in the vehicle for determining road tolls, the activation means (3) is in the form of a direction-of-travel indicator operating element, and the messages are sent to the vehicles (11) from the communication means (2) using a control center (6) which is set up to manage road tolls.
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32 Claims
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14. An apparatus in a first vehicle for producing and wirelessly transmitting messages to at least one second vehicle configured to receive said messages, said apparatus comprising:
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a communication device outputting said messages and said communication device including a unit for determining road tolls;
an activation device including a direction-of-travel indicator operating element, said activation device transmitting said messages from the communication device, said messages comprising at least information about the position and speed of the first vehicle; and
a control center for controlling and sending said messages from the communication device to the at least one second vehicle, wherein said control center is configured to manage road tolls. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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24. A method for producing messages in a first vehicle and wirelessly transmitting said messages to at least a second vehicle wherein said at least one second vehicle is configured to receive said messages, where activation by a driver of the first vehicle is followed by transmission of the message, said messages including at least information about the position and speed of the first vehicle, said method comprising the steps:
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automatically sending the message from a unit in the first vehicle for determining road tolls to a control center which is configured to manage road tolls after the driver of the first vehicle has activated a direction-of-travel indicator operating element; and
forwarding the message from the control center to the at least one second vehicle after said message has been received by said control center. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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