COOPERATIVE GEOLOCATION BASED ON INTER-VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. An automotive cooperative geolocation system based on inter-vehicular communication, comprising:
- a first geolocation system configured to be arranged in a first vehicle equipped with a first inter-vehicular communication system and not equipped with an on-board satellite navigation system; and
a second geolocation system configured to be arranged in a second vehicle equipped with a second inter-vehicular communication system and with an on-board satellite navigation system;
the first and second inter-vehicular communication systems being configured to automatically detect other inter-vehicular communication systems within a communication range and to communicate with the other detected inter-vehicular communication system; and
the first and second geolocation systems being configured to cooperate with one another for geolocating an event detected by the first geolocation system;
the first geolocation system comprising;
a first event detection unit configured to detect and identify events that have occurred along a path of the first vehicle;
a measurement unit configured to supply information indicating a distance covered by the first vehicle from the detected event;
an first electronic processing and control unit configured to generate and transmit, through the first inter-vehicular communication system of the first vehicle, information indicating the detected event and the distance covered by the first vehicle from the detected event;
the second geolocation system comprising;
a second electronic processing and control unit configured to extract the information transmitted by the first inter-vehicular communication system of the first vehicle and received through the second inter-vehicular communication system of the second vehicle to geolocate the detected event based on position information supplied by the on-board satellite navigation system of the second vehicle and on the distance covered by the first vehicle from the detected event.
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Abstract
A cooperative event location system is provided having a first system in a first vehicle and a second system. The first system includes a first event detection component to detect an occurrence of an event, a first measurement component to determine a distance traveled from the event, a first processing component coupled to the event detection component and the measurement component to prepare an event message, and a first short-range communication component coupled to the processing component and configured to transmit the event message to the second system remote from the first system. The second system includes a second short-range communication component to receive the event message, a satellite navigation component to provide location information, and a processing component coupled to the second communication component and the satellite navigation component to determine in latitude and longitude coordinates a location of the event.
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25 Claims
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1. An automotive cooperative geolocation system based on inter-vehicular communication, comprising:
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a first geolocation system configured to be arranged in a first vehicle equipped with a first inter-vehicular communication system and not equipped with an on-board satellite navigation system; and a second geolocation system configured to be arranged in a second vehicle equipped with a second inter-vehicular communication system and with an on-board satellite navigation system; the first and second inter-vehicular communication systems being configured to automatically detect other inter-vehicular communication systems within a communication range and to communicate with the other detected inter-vehicular communication system; and the first and second geolocation systems being configured to cooperate with one another for geolocating an event detected by the first geolocation system; the first geolocation system comprising; a first event detection unit configured to detect and identify events that have occurred along a path of the first vehicle; a measurement unit configured to supply information indicating a distance covered by the first vehicle from the detected event; an first electronic processing and control unit configured to generate and transmit, through the first inter-vehicular communication system of the first vehicle, information indicating the detected event and the distance covered by the first vehicle from the detected event; the second geolocation system comprising; a second electronic processing and control unit configured to extract the information transmitted by the first inter-vehicular communication system of the first vehicle and received through the second inter-vehicular communication system of the second vehicle to geolocate the detected event based on position information supplied by the on-board satellite navigation system of the second vehicle and on the distance covered by the first vehicle from the detected event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An event location system, comprising:
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a first vehicle having a first geolocation system coupled to a first inter-vehicle transceiver system; the first geolocation system comprising; an event detection component adapted to detect an occurrence of the event; a measurement component adapted to determine a distance traveled from the occurrence of the event; and a processing and control component adapted to prepare an event message that includes the distance traveled from the event and transmit the event message through the first inter-vehicle transceiver system when a second inter-vehicle transceiver system is within a selected range. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of cooperatively locating an event, comprising:
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detecting the event by a first vehicle having event sensors; determining a distance traveled by the first vehicle from the event; preparing an event message that includes the distance traveled from the event; determining when a second vehicle is within a selected communication range of the first vehicle; transmitting the event message to the second vehicle when the second vehicle is within the selected communication range of the first vehicle; and processing the event message by the second vehicle to determine a location of the event. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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