METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WARNING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE

• US 20170015243A1
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Geisler, Simon, Jeschke, Christian
• Application Number:
  US15/207,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20170015243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/008 for anti-collision purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/056 with provision for distinguishing direction of travel
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles

Abstract

A method for warning a driver of a vehicle. The method includes a step of opening a communication channel between a traffic management facility and a communication unit of the vehicle when a present travel of the vehicle is identified as travel in the wrong direction.

Claims

1. A method for warning a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:

opening a communication channel between a traffic management facility and a communication unit of the vehicle when a present travel of the vehicle is identified as travel in a wrong direction.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the present travel of the vehicle as travel in the wrong direction.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

providing a voice message to the vehicle via the communication channel.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, further comprising:

outputting the voice message in the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

opening another communication channel suitable for voice transmission between a control center and the communication unit of the vehicle.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting a present geographic position of the vehicle to the control center via the additional communication channel.

7. A system for warning a driver of a vehicle, the system configured to open a communication channel between a traffic management facility and a communication unit of the vehicle when a present travel of the vehicle is identified as travel in a wrong direction.

8. A machine-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for warning a driver of a vehicle, the computer program, when executed by a processing unit, causing the processing unit to perform:

opening a communication channel between a traffic management facility and a communication unit of the vehicle when a present travel of the vehicle is identified as travel in a wrong direction.