METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVIEWING CONDITIONS ON A HIGHWAY
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1. An apparatus associated with a host vehicle, the apparatus providing information related to the host vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor, the sensor providing a sensor output related to a vehicle parameter;
an electronic circuit, receiving the sensor output, the electronic circuit receiving the sensor output, determining if a hazardous condition exists using the sensor output, and providing an output signal if the hazardous condition exists; and
a communication unit, the communication unit transmitting an advisory message on receiving the output signal from the electronic circuit, the advisory message including information related to the vehicle parameter.
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Abstract
Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers of other vehicles, in particular when the status of the host vehicle presents a hazardous condition to other vehicles. An advisory system may also receive information from other vehicles, and provide an alert to the driver of the host vehicle if a hazard to the host vehicle exists. Methods of providing such information are also described.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus associated with a host vehicle, the apparatus providing information related to the host vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a sensor, the sensor providing a sensor output related to a vehicle parameter;
an electronic circuit, receiving the sensor output, the electronic circuit receiving the sensor output, determining if a hazardous condition exists using the sensor output, and providing an output signal if the hazardous condition exists; and
a communication unit, the communication unit transmitting an advisory message on receiving the output signal from the electronic circuit, the advisory message including information related to the vehicle parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus associated with a host vehicle, the apparatus providing an alert to the driver of the host vehicle related to a hazard, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit, the communication unit operable to receive a received advisory message, the received advisory message including information related to a second vehicle;
an electronic circuit, receiving signals from the communication unit, the electronic circuit determining if a hazard to the host vehicle exists using the information in the received advisory message, the electronic circuit providing an alert signal if the hazard is present, a human-machine interface, providing an alert to the driver of the host vehicle when the alert signal is received from the electronic circuit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of providing information related to a host vehicle to other vehicles so as to warn of a hazardous condition;
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sensing at least one vehicle parameter of a host vehicle;
determining if the host vehicle provides a hazardous condition to other vehicles;
transmitting an advisory message if the vehicle parameters are correlated with a hazardous condition to other vehicles, the advisory message including the vehicle parameters, the advisory message providing information related to the host vehicle to other vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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