METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WARNING OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN EMERGENCY SERVICE
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for warning of emergency vehicles in emergency service. The emergency vehicles use vehicle-to-vehicle communication to transmit warning messages which are received by other vehicles and are indicated to the driver of the receiving vehicle. In order to allow rapid orientation of the driver, provision is made for the warning message from the emergency vehicle to have a position statement for the emergency vehicle and for the position statement to be evaluated in the vehicle which receives the warning message, wherein the position of the emergency vehicle is indicated relative to the position of the receiving vehicle.
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28 Claims
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15. A method for warning of emergency vehicles in emergency service, in which emergency vehicles use vehicle-to-vehicle communication to transmit warning messages which are received by other vehicles and are indicated to a driver of a receiving vehicle,
wherein the warning message from an emergency vehicle has a position statement corresponding to a position of the emergency vehicle and the position statement is evaluated in the vehicle which receives the warning message, wherein the position of the emergency vehicle is indicated relative to the position of the receiving vehicle.
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25. An apparatus for warning of emergency vehicles in emergency service comprising:
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a receiver in a receiving vehicle for receiving warning messages that are transmitted by emergency vehicles by vehicle-to-vehicle communication, a control device for evaluating the warning message; an indicator device for indicating the warning message to the driver of the receiving vehicle, wherein the control device is set up to recognize from the warning message a position statement for the emergency vehicle relative to a position of the receiving vehicle and to actuate the indicator device such that a position of the emergency vehicle is indicated relative to the position of the receiving vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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