Accident Avoidance Systems and Methods
First Claim
1. An accident avoidance system for a host vehicle, comprising:
- a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle'"'"'s location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites;
a communication system residing on the host vehicle operative to receive signals including information received directly from other vehicles indicating the locations thereof and traffic information received from an infrastructure-based station indicating the locations of other vehicles;
a navigation system residing on the host vehicle coupled to the global positioning system and the communication system;
the navigation system including a display and being operative to display images on the display to an occupant of the host vehicle representing a vicinity associated with the host vehicle and showing indications of the locations of the other vehicles within the vicinity derived from the information received directly from the other vehicles and the traffic information received from the infrastructure-based station;
wherein the navigation system is further operative to update the images shown on the navigation system display to reflect changes in the location of the host vehicle and changes in the locations of the other vehicles; and
wherein the likelihood of a collision occurring between the host vehicle and the other vehicles is reduced by providing the occupant of the host vehicle with knowledge of the locations of other vehicles in the vicinity of the host vehicle.
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Abstract
Accident avoidance system for a host vehicle includes a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle'"'"'s location as the host vehicle travels, a communication system residing on the host vehicle operative to receive signals including information received directly from other vehicles indicating the locations thereof and traffic information received from an infrastructure-based station indicating the locations of other vehicles, and a navigation system residing on the host vehicle coupled to the global positioning system and the communication system. The navigation system displays images representing a vicinity associated with the host vehicle and showing indications of the locations of the other vehicles within the vicinity derived from the information received directly from the other vehicles and the traffic information received from the infrastructure-based station to thereby reduce the likelihood of a collision occurring between the host vehicle and the other vehicles.
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52 Claims
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1. An accident avoidance system for a host vehicle, comprising:
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a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle'"'"'s location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites; a communication system residing on the host vehicle operative to receive signals including information received directly from other vehicles indicating the locations thereof and traffic information received from an infrastructure-based station indicating the locations of other vehicles; a navigation system residing on the host vehicle coupled to the global positioning system and the communication system; the navigation system including a display and being operative to display images on the display to an occupant of the host vehicle representing a vicinity associated with the host vehicle and showing indications of the locations of the other vehicles within the vicinity derived from the information received directly from the other vehicles and the traffic information received from the infrastructure-based station; wherein the navigation system is further operative to update the images shown on the navigation system display to reflect changes in the location of the host vehicle and changes in the locations of the other vehicles; and wherein the likelihood of a collision occurring between the host vehicle and the other vehicles is reduced by providing the occupant of the host vehicle with knowledge of the locations of other vehicles in the vicinity of the host vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 52)
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20. A method for avoiding accidents involving a host vehicle, comprising:
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determining the host vehicle'"'"'s location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites; receiving at the host vehicle, information directly from other vehicles indicating the locations thereof; receiving at the host vehicle, traffic information from an infrastructure-based station indicating the locations of other vehicles; displaying images on a display visible to an occupant of the host vehicle representing a vicinity associated with the host vehicle and showing indications of the locations of the other vehicles within the vicinity derived from the information received directly from the other vehicles and the traffic information received from the infrastructure-based station; and updating the images on the display to reflect changes in the location of the host vehicle and changes in the locations of the other vehicles; whereby the likelihood of a collision occurring between the host vehicle and the other vehicles is reduced by providing the occupant of the host vehicle with knowledge of the locations of other vehicles in the vicinity of the host vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An accident avoidance system for vehicles, comprising:
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in each vehicle, a global positioning system for determining the vehicle'"'"'s location as the vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites; a communication system operative to receive signals including information received directly from other vehicles indicating the locations thereof and traffic information received from an infrastructure-based station indicating the locations of other vehicles; a navigation system coupled to the global positioning system and the communication system; the navigation system including a display and being operative to display images on the display to an occupant of the vehicle representing a vicinity associated with the vehicle and showing indications of the locations of the other vehicles within the vicinity derived from the information received directly from the other vehicles and the traffic information received from the infrastructure-based station; wherein the navigation system is further operative to update the images shown on the navigation system display to reflect changes in the location of the vehicle and changes in the locations of the other vehicles; and wherein the communication system in each vehicle is operative to transmit the location of the vehicle directly to the communication system of the other vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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