Road Hazard Detection and Warning System and Method
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving information packets transmitted from a plurality of vehicles, each information packet comprising at least a location of a vehicle that transmits the information packet;
analyzing the plurality of information packets to infer a presence of a transportation hazard at a particular location and a type of transportation hazard as being one of a static or a dynamic transportation hazard; and
transmitting information descriptive of the particular location and the type of transportation hazard for reception at least by vehicles likely to encounter the transportation hazard.
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of this invention encompass a method that includes receiving information packets transmitted from a plurality of vehicles, each information packet including at least a location of a vehicle that transmits the information packet; analyzing the plurality of information packets to infer a presence of a transportation hazard at a particular location and a type of transportation hazard as being one of a static or a dynamic transportation hazard; and transmitting warning information descriptive of the particular location and the type of transportation hazard for reception at least by vehicles likely to encounter the transportation hazard. In another aspect the exemplary embodiments encompass a method that includes manually activating a transducer in a vehicle in response to observing an actual or a potential transportation hazard and, in response to the manual activation, wirelessly transmitting from the vehicle at least one information packet that includes at least a current location of the vehicle when the information packet is transmitted.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving information packets transmitted from a plurality of vehicles, each information packet comprising at least a location of a vehicle that transmits the information packet; analyzing the plurality of information packets to infer a presence of a transportation hazard at a particular location and a type of transportation hazard as being one of a static or a dynamic transportation hazard; and transmitting information descriptive of the particular location and the type of transportation hazard for reception at least by vehicles likely to encounter the transportation hazard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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manually activating a transducer in a vehicle in response to observing an actual or a potential transportation hazard; and in response to the manual activation, wirelessly transmitting from the vehicle at least one information packet comprising at least a current location of the vehicle when the information packet is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising at least one data processor operating in accordance with a computer program, where execution of the computer program results in performing operations that comprise receiving information packets transmitted from a plurality of vehicles, each information packet comprising at least a location of a vehicle that transmits the information packet;
- analyzing the plurality of information packets to infer a presence of a transportation hazard at a particular location and a type of transportation hazard as being one of a static or a dynamic transportation hazard; and
transmitting information descriptive of the particular location and the type of transportation hazard for reception at least by vehicles likely to encounter the transportation hazard. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- analyzing the plurality of information packets to infer a presence of a transportation hazard at a particular location and a type of transportation hazard as being one of a static or a dynamic transportation hazard; and
- 23. A system comprising at least one data processor operating in accordance with a computer program, the system further comprising a manually activated in-vehicle transducer, where execution of the computer program results in performing operations that comprise, in response to an activation of the transducer by an occupant of the vehicle, wirelessly transmitting from the vehicle at least one information packet comprising at least a current location of the vehicle when the information packet is transmitted.
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