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V2V SAFETY SYSTEM USING SELF-GENERATED LANE MAPS

  • US 20150077270A1
  • Filed: 04/23/2013
  • Published: 03/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication transponder adapted to operate in a first vehicle wherein the transponder is adapted to accept as input a first location of the first vehicle and a vehicle heading of the first vehicle, and wherein the transponder is adapted to broadcast a series of V2V safety messages wherein a majority of V2V safety messages comprise:

  • (i) the first vehicle position;

    (ii) the first vehicle heading; and

    (iii) a first vehicle speed; and

    wherein the transponder comprises a lane map data store in non-transitory memory;

    wherein the improvement is;

    the lane map data store further comprises;

    (i) a location point store comprising one or more location points, and (ii) a lane records store;

    wherein the location point store comprises a plurality of locations contained in V2V safety messages received by or transmitted by the V2V communication transponder;

    wherein the lane records store comprises one or more lane records and wherein each lane record comprises;

    (i) a lane type, and (ii) location data that identifies the location of the lane.

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