Method and system for sending telemetric information between vehicles

• US 7,532,130 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrum Technologies, LLC (Pratima Instruments, LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Curtis, Bryce Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): Edwards, Jr.; Timothy
• Application Number:
  US11/382,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20080018493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 701/70, 701/300, 340/435, 340/438, 340/902, 340/903, 180/167
• US Class Current: 340/902
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/161 Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication

Abstract

The illustrative embodiments provide a method, system, computer program product, and computer implemented method for sending telemetric information to a plurality of vehicles. A second vehicle receives the telemetric information from a first vehicle that indicates a vehicle status, wherein the vehicle status indicates an intent to change movement of the first vehicle by a user of the first vehicle. The second vehicle processes the telemetric information from the first vehicle. The second vehicle then forwards the telemetric information from the first vehicle to a set plurality of vehicles to form forwarded telemetric information.

Claims

1. A method for sending telemetric information to a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising:

receiving the telemetric information at a second vehicle from a first vehicle that indicates a vehicle status, wherein the vehicle status indicates an intent to change movement of the first vehicle by a user of the first vehicle;

processing the telemetric information from the first vehicle by the second vehicle; and

forwarding the telemetric information from the first vehicle by the second vehicle to a set plurality of vehicles to form forwarded telemetric information;

wherein the step of forwarding the telemetric information by the second from the first vehicle to a set plurality of vehicles to form forwarded telemetric information comprises;

receiving the telemetric information from the first vehicle; and

updating the telemetric information from the first vehicle to reflect updated vehicle position information, wherein the step of updating the telemetric information from the first vehicle to reflect updated vehicle position information comprises;

adding telemetric information about a vehicle status of the second vehicle.