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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WARNING LOSS OF CONTROL OF A VEHICLE USING VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS

  • US 20160023599A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2015
  • Published: 01/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for warning loss of control of a vehicle using communications between vehicles, comprising:

  • a speed detecting unit for detecting a travel speed of an own vehicle;

    a position detecting unit for detecting a current position and a travel direction of the own vehicle;

    a route estimating unit for estimating a future position of the own vehicle after a predetermined time period using the current speed and the position information;

    a WAVE message generating unit for generating a WAVE message including the future position information of the own vehicle after the predetermined time period;

    a WAVE data communicating unit for broadcasting the WAVE message to a surrounding vehicle and an infrastructure periodically, and receiving the WAVE message broadcast from the surrounding vehicle and the infrastructure;

    a control unit for sensing accident risk using the future position information of the own vehicle and the future position information of the surrounding vehicle, when the surrounding vehicle is in loss of control; and

    a guide and alarm output unit for warning the accident risk by an audible means, a visible means, and a vibrating means in combination under the control of the control unit in advance, or providing behavior guides to a driver to prevent the traffic accident in advance.

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