Information Transmittal Techniques for Vehicles

• US 20120264376A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Vehicular Sciences LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: American Vehicular Sciences LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Breed, David S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,892,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/66.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/161 Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication

Abstract

Method for transmitting information to a vehicle in which, at a location separate and apart from the vehicle, a determination is made by a processor whether a condition relating to transmission of information to the vehicle is satisfied and only when the condition is determined to be satisfied, the information is transmitted to the vehicle using a transmitter. The condition may be a weather pattern, for example, snow in which case, the information being transmitted may be road icing information.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information to a vehicle, comprising:

determining at a location separate and apart from the vehicle when a condition relating to transmission of information to the vehicle is satisfied; and

when the condition is determined to be satisfied, transmitting the information to the vehicle using a transmitter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is a weather pattern.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is snow and the information being transmitted is road icing information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising gathering the information at the location separate and apart from the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information for transmission to the vehicle from vehicles.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information for transmission to the vehicle from infrastructure.