VEHICLE EVENT IDENTIFICATION

• US 20200132504A1
• Filed: 03/16/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: SCHEIN, Victoria Leigh
• Granted Patent: US 11,473,929 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/012 from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096708 where the received information might be used to generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

A plurality of prompts, each associated with a road event, are presented on a display upon receiving a first input on an input device. A second input selecting the prompts is received on a second input device. A message is sent with the selected prompts and a location of a vehicle.

Claims

1. A system, comprising a computer programmed to:

present a plurality of prompts, each associated with a road event, on a display upon receiving a first input on an input device;

receive a second input selecting the prompts on a second input device; and

send a message with the selected prompts and a location of a vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to present the prompts based on a size of the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device is mounted to one of a steering wheel and an instrument panel.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device includes a plurality of buttons, and each button is programmed to select one or more of the prompts.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to select one of the prompts upon receiving the input on the input device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to present the prompts based on a location of the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to present the prompts based on data from a vehicle sensor.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to adjust a route of the vehicle based on the message.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to receive a second message and, based on the second message, actuate a vehicle component.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second computer in a second vehicle, the second computer programmed to actuate a second vehicle component based on receipt of the message.

11. A method, comprising:

presenting a plurality of prompts, each associated with a road event, on a display in a vehicle upon receiving an input on an input device;

receiving a second input selecting the prompts on the display; and

sending a message with the selected prompts and a location of a vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising presenting the prompts based on a size of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the input device is mounted to one of a steering wheel and an instrument panel.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the input device includes a plurality of buttons, and each button is programmed to select one or more of the prompts.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising selecting one of the prompts upon receiving the input on the input device.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising presenting the prompts based on a location of the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising presenting the prompts based on data from a vehicle sensor.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising adjusting a route of the vehicle based on the message.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving a second message and, based on the second message, actuating a vehicle component.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising actuating a second vehicle component in a second vehicle based on receipt of the message.