Early warning system for approaching emergency vehicles
First Claim
1. A method for providing warning for approaching emergency vehicles, comprising:
- receiving a short range signal, the signal including location, destination and route information regarding an emergency vehicle, the short range signal being transferable from a range between about two centimeters and two kilometers;
decoding the short range signal, said decoding including detecting a time stamp of said short range signal and determining appropriate action for a user, said appropriate action including a road change, lane change and speed change;
notifying a user;
said notifying said user including displaying information concerning said appropriate action; and
transmitting the location, destination and route information regarding an emergency vehicle via a short range wireless signal.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is a method for alerting road users to the presence of an emergency vehicle. The method for alerting road user to the presence of an emergency vehicle may include receiving a short range signal, the signal including information regarding an emergency vehicle, decoding the signal, notifying a user, and transmitting the information regarding an emergency vehicle via a short range wireless signal. Each vehicle may include a short range wireless signal transceiver which could create a daisy chain distribution mechanism to distribute the information regarding an emergency vehicle to a first vehicle than to a second vehicle quickly and efficiently.
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1. A method for providing warning for approaching emergency vehicles, comprising:
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receiving a short range signal, the signal including location, destination and route information regarding an emergency vehicle, the short range signal being transferable from a range between about two centimeters and two kilometers; decoding the short range signal, said decoding including detecting a time stamp of said short range signal and determining appropriate action for a user, said appropriate action including a road change, lane change and speed change; notifying a user;
said notifying said user including displaying information concerning said appropriate action; andtransmitting the location, destination and route information regarding an emergency vehicle via a short range wireless signal.
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Current AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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Original AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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InventorsBygrave, Chris, Dineen, Oliver, Norton, Phillip, Bell, David R.
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Primary Examiner(s)Swarthout; Brent
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Application NumberUS12/104,668Time in Patent Office355 DaysField of Search340/901, 340/902, 340/904, 340/905US Class Current340/902CPC Class CodesG08G 1/0965 responding to signals from ...
