Method and device for vehicle communication

• US 20150243167A1
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Sthlin, Ulrich
• Granted Patent: US 10,055,987 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

In a method for vehicle communication between a first and a second vehicle, depending on environmental information, predetermined situation messages are optionally provided for transmission from the first vehicle to the second vehicle. Depending on whether a selection is made, the selected situation message is transmitted, for example by a wireless radio link, to the second vehicle.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A method for vehicle communication between a first vehicle (FZG_1) and a second vehicle (FZG_2), comprising:

providing predefined situation messages (MES) for transmission from the first vehicle (FZG_1) to the second vehicle (FZG_2);

selecting a situation message (MES) from among the predefined situation messages (MES); and

transmitting the selected situation message (MES) to the second vehicle (FZG_2) using a wireless radio link.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the situation message (MES) is selected manually.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the situation message (MES) is selected automatically.

18. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising providing the predefined situation message (MES) for display on a display apparatus (AV) of the first vehicle (FZG_1).

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the display apparatus (AV) has a touchscreen, and the situation message (MES) is selected using the touchscreen.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, if a plurality of predefined situation messages (MES) are provided, the situation messages (MES) are organized on the basis of a probability of their respective use.

25. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the selected situation message (MES) is transmitted to a server (BE) and the server (BE) forwards the selected situation message (MES) to the second vehicle (FZG_2).

26. A device (SV) for vehicle communication between a first vehicle (FZG_1) and a second vehicle (FZG_2), the device being configured to carry out the method as claimed in claim 14.

15. A method for vehicle communication between a first vehicle (FZG_1) and a second vehicle (FZG_2), comprising:

providing environment information (U_INFO) having traffic-related features of the environment around the first vehicle (FZG_1);

determining an environmental situation (U_SIT) in which the first vehicle (FZG_1) is situated based on the provided environment information (U_INFO);

providing at least one predefined situation message (MES) based on the determined environmental situation (U_SIT);

selecting a provided situation message (MES); and

transmitting the selected situation message (MES) to the second vehicle (FZG_2).

21. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein

the first vehicle (FZG_1) has an environment sensor (SENS) configured to sense an area of the environment of the first vehicle (FZG_1), and

the environment sensor (SENS) provides sensor data relating to an image of the environment and the environment information (U_INFO) is determined on the basis of the sensor data.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein

the environment sensor (SENS) has a camera and the sensor data have image data.

23. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein map data are provided and the environment information (U INFO) is determined on the basis of the map data.

24. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the selected situation message (MES) is transmitted using wireless radio transmission.

27. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the situation message (MES) is selected manually.

28. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the situation message (MES) is selected automatically.

29. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising providing the predefined situation message (MES) for display on a display apparatus (AV) of the first vehicle (FZG_1).

30. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein the display apparatus (AV) has a touchscreen, and the situation message (MES) is selected using the touchscreen.

31. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein, if a plurality of predefined situation messages (MES) are provided, the situation messages (MES) are organized on the basis of a probability of their respective use.

32. A device (SV) for vehicle communication between a first vehicle (FZG_1) and a second vehicle (FZG_2), the device being configured to carry out the method as claimed in claim 15.