METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MONITORING PASSENGER BUSES
First Claim
1. A passenger bus monitoring method comprising:
- generating host vehicle information with a navigation unit, the host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading;
receiving passenger bus information with a receiver, the passenger bus information including a passenger bus status, a passenger bus location and a passenger bus heading;
determining with a controller a distance between the host vehicle location and the passenger bus location;
determining with the controller whether the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing; and
performing a mitigation operation, when the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing, and the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is a threshold distance or less.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring passenger buses includes generating host vehicle information with a navigation unit, the host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving passenger bus information with a receiver, the passenger bus information including an passenger bus status, a passenger bus location and a passenger bus heading, determining with a controller a distance between the host vehicle location and the passenger bus location, determining with the controller whether the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing, and performing a mitigation operation, when the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing, and the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is a threshold distance or less.
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20 Claims
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1. A passenger bus monitoring method comprising:
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generating host vehicle information with a navigation unit, the host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading; receiving passenger bus information with a receiver, the passenger bus information including a passenger bus status, a passenger bus location and a passenger bus heading; determining with a controller a distance between the host vehicle location and the passenger bus location; determining with the controller whether the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing; and performing a mitigation operation, when the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing, and the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is a threshold distance or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification
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Current AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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Original AssigneeNissan North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
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InventorsGOUDY, Roy, PROBERT, Neal, CHAMBERS, Jeremy, CHRISTENSEN, Andy
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Granted Patent
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Time in Patent OfficeDays
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Field of Search
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US Class Current1/1
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