SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS OCCURRED ON ROAD
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1. A method of providing vehicles with information about an event occurred on a road, comprising:
- at a first vehicle running in a first direction on the road, detecting a traffic-interfering event; and
at the first vehicle, broadcasting event information including the location at which the event has occurred, or the heading direction of the first vehicle,wherein the broadcasted event information is received by a second vehicle running in a second direction that is a different direction from the first direction on the road, and broadcasted by the second vehicle.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing vehicles with information about an event occurred on a road, capable of effectively providing information about an accident on a road to vehicles driving toward the region where the accident has occurred, even during hours or in regions in which vehicle traffic is low.
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1. A method of providing vehicles with information about an event occurred on a road, comprising:
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at a first vehicle running in a first direction on the road, detecting a traffic-interfering event; and at the first vehicle, broadcasting event information including the location at which the event has occurred, or the heading direction of the first vehicle, wherein the broadcasted event information is received by a second vehicle running in a second direction that is a different direction from the first direction on the road, and broadcasted by the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of providing vehicles with information about an event occurred on a road, comprising:
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at a second vehicle running in a second direction on the road, receiving event information including the location at which a traffic-interfering event has occurred, or the heading direction of a first vehicle, from the first vehicle running in a first direction that is a different direction from the second direction on the road; and at the second vehicle, broadcasting the received event information during a predetermined time period or during a time period for which the second vehicle runs a predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing vehicles with information about an event occurred on a road, comprising:
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at a plurality of relays arranged along the road, receiving event information including the location at which a traffic-interfering event has occurred, or the heading direction of a first vehicle from the first vehicle running in a first direction on the road; and at the plurality of relays, broadcasting the received event information, wherein the broadcasted event information is received by a second vehicle running in a second direction that is a different direction from the first direction on the road along which the plurality of relays are arranged, and the event information is broadcasted during a predetermined time period or during a time period for which the second vehicle runs a predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 15, 16, 17)
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14. A system of providing a vehicle with information about an event occurred on a road, comprising:
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a first detector configured to detect a traffic-interfering event occurred on a road; a second detector configured to detect the location of the vehicle or the heading direction of the vehicle; a controller configured to create, if the traffic-interfering event is detected by the first detector, first event information about the vehicle based on the results of detections by the first detector and the second detector; and a communication unit configured to broadcast the first event information, or to broadcast or receive second event information including a traffic-interfering event detected by another vehicle and the location or heading direction of the other vehicle, wherein if the first event information is created, the controller controls the communication unit to broadcast the first event information, and if the second event information is received through the communication unit, the controller controls the communication unit to broadcast the second event information during a predetermined time period or during a time period for which the vehicle runs a predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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