TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A traffic information system comprising:
- a plurality of first vehicles equipped with a first optical sensor means, wherein an image of an environment of each of the plurality of first vehicles is generated with the first optical sensor means, wherein the image comprises, as associated image attributes;
a current position of each of the plurality of first vehicles at which the image was generated, a time at which the image was generated, and a viewing direction of the first optical sensor means with which the image was generated;
a network to which the image and the associated image attributes of the environment of each of the plurality of first vehicles are communicated and in which the image and the associated image attributes are at least buffered; and
a second vehicle comprising a utilisation device, wherein the utilisation device comprises an input means and a display means, wherein an image relating to a position POI in a road transport network, which position is specifiable via the input means or ascertainable by a navigation system of the second vehicle, is retrieved via the utilisation device from the network and the image is displayed on the display means.
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Abstract
A traffic information system includes first vehicles equipped with first optical sensor means. An image of an environment of the first vehicles is generated with the first optical sensor means and includes as associated image attributes: a current position of the first vehicles at which the image was generated, a time at which the image was generated, and a viewing direction with which the image was generated. The image and the associated image attributes of the environment of the first vehicles are communicated to a network and the image and the associated image attributes are at least buffered in the network. A second vehicle comprises a utilisation device that includes an input means and a display means. An image relating to a position POI in a road transport network is retrieved via the utilisation device from the network and the image is displayed on the display means.
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11 Claims
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1. A traffic information system comprising:
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a plurality of first vehicles equipped with a first optical sensor means, wherein an image of an environment of each of the plurality of first vehicles is generated with the first optical sensor means, wherein the image comprises, as associated image attributes;
a current position of each of the plurality of first vehicles at which the image was generated, a time at which the image was generated, and a viewing direction of the first optical sensor means with which the image was generated;a network to which the image and the associated image attributes of the environment of each of the plurality of first vehicles are communicated and in which the image and the associated image attributes are at least buffered; and a second vehicle comprising a utilisation device, wherein the utilisation device comprises an input means and a display means, wherein an image relating to a position POI in a road transport network, which position is specifiable via the input means or ascertainable by a navigation system of the second vehicle, is retrieved via the utilisation device from the network and the image is displayed on the display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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