Apparatus for Monitoring Traffic
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring traffic, comprising:
- a vehicle position determination device configured to determine a position of a vehicle in substantially real time; and
a wireless transceiver coupled to the vehicle position determination device and configured to transmit a first signal to a remote computer and to receive a second signal from the remote computer, the first signal representing the position of the vehicle, the second signal representing an indication that a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A personal traffic congestion avoidance system for drivers of motor vehicles traveling on roadways in motor vehicles with GPS-based navigational systems. The system includes a GPS-based navigational system that includes a GPS receiver connected to a visual display, a map database and a wireless communication device for communicating with a remote computer over a wireless communication network. The GPS-based navigation system continuously determines the motor vehicle exact physical location in a region that is intermittently or continuously uploaded to a remote computer via the wireless communication network. The remote computer is connected to a traffic monitoring service that provides current traffic congestion information thereto. When a traffic congestion event is in the designated vicinity of the current location of the motor vehicle or on a roadway that may affect the traffic on the roadway on which the motor vehicle is traveling, a warning is generated and delivered to the GPS-based navigational system. The driver may ignore the warning or take an alternative route to avoid the traffic congestion.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring traffic, comprising:
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a vehicle position determination device configured to determine a position of a vehicle in substantially real time; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the vehicle position determination device and configured to transmit a first signal to a remote computer and to receive a second signal from the remote computer, the first signal representing the position of the vehicle, the second signal representing an indication that a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for monitoring traffic, comprising:
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a wireless transceiver configured to receive a first signal from a first remote vehicle position determination device and to transmit a second signal to the first remote vehicle position determination device, the first signal representing a position of the first remote vehicle position determination device, the second signal representing an indication that a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the first remote vehicle position determination device; and a computer coupled to the wireless transceiver and configured to receive the first signal from the wireless transceiver, to determine if the position of the traffic affecting event is within the vicinity of the position of the first remote vehicle position determination device, and to produce the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions when executed performing a method for monitoring traffic, comprising:
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determining a position of a vehicle in substantially real time; transmitting a first signal from the vehicle to a remote computer, the first signal representing the position of the vehicle; and receiving at the vehicle a second signal from the remote computer, the second signal representing an indication that a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the vehicle.
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23. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions when executed performing a method for monitoring traffic, comprising:
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receiving a first signal from a remote wireless transceiver, the first signal representing a position of a remote vehicle; determining if a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the remote vehicle; and transmitting a second signal to the remote wireless transceiver, the second signal representing an indication that the position of the traffic affecting event is within the vicinity of the position of the remote vehicle.
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24. An apparatus for monitoring traffic, comprising:
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means for determining a position of a vehicle in substantially real time; means for transmitting a first signal from the vehicle to a remote computer, the first signal representing the position of the vehicle; and means for receiving at the vehicle a second signal from the remote computer, the second signal representing an indication that a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the vehicle.
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25. An apparatus for monitoring traffic, comprising:
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means for receiving a first signal from a remote wireless transceiver, the first signal representing a position of a remote vehicle; means for determining if a position of a traffic affecting event is within a vicinity of the position of the remote vehicle; and means for transmitting a second signal to the remote wireless transceiver, the second signal representing an indication that the position of the traffic affecting event is within the vicinity of the position of the remote vehicle.
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