Vehicle to infrastructure information conveyance system and method
First Claim
1. A system for conveying information from a first vehicle to a second vehicle through a fixed structure as the first and second vehicles travel along a road, comprising:
- a plurality of transceivers arranged to enable wireless communications with the first and second vehicles using a long range system as the first and second vehicles travel along the road and to provide a ubiquitous Internet along a network of roads along which the first and second vehicles may travel;
a data generating system arranged on the first vehicle to generate information about external conditions around the first vehicle;
a first communications system arranged on the first vehicle, coupled to said data generating system and that communicates with at least one of said transceivers; and
a second communications system arranged on the second vehicle and that communicates with at least one of said transceivers, such that the information about the conditions around the first vehicle that is generated by said data generating system is transmitted from said first communications system on the first vehicle to said second communications system on the second vehicle via at least one of said transceivers using the Internet.
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Abstract
System and method for conveying information from a vehicle to a fixed structure includes a data generating system arranged on the vehicle to obtain and/or generate information about conditions around the vehicle, one or more data processing facilities each arranged at a fixed structure or fixed location to process information about the vehicle, and a communications system coupled to the data generating system for communicating with a wireless Internet service provider (ISP) and arranged to enable the information obtained or generated by the data generating system to be transmitted via the Internet to the data processing facility. The data generating system may obtain or generate information about at least one of a road on which the vehicle is traveling, environmental conditions around the vehicle, traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle, and construction in the vicinity of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for conveying information from a first vehicle to a second vehicle through a fixed structure as the first and second vehicles travel along a road, comprising:
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a plurality of transceivers arranged to enable wireless communications with the first and second vehicles using a long range system as the first and second vehicles travel along the road and to provide a ubiquitous Internet along a network of roads along which the first and second vehicles may travel; a data generating system arranged on the first vehicle to generate information about external conditions around the first vehicle; a first communications system arranged on the first vehicle, coupled to said data generating system and that communicates with at least one of said transceivers; and a second communications system arranged on the second vehicle and that communicates with at least one of said transceivers, such that the information about the conditions around the first vehicle that is generated by said data generating system is transmitted from said first communications system on the first vehicle to said second communications system on the second vehicle via at least one of said transceivers using the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for conveying information from a first vehicle to a second vehicle through a fixed structure as the first and second vehicles travel along a road, comprising:
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generating information about external conditions around the first vehicle using a vehicle-based data generating system; and using at least one of a plurality of transceivers that use a long range system to wirelessly communicate with the first and second vehicles as the first and second vehicles travel along the road and that provide a ubiquitous Internet along a network of roads along which the first and second vehicles may travel and a first communications system on the first vehicle to transmit the generated information about conditions around the first vehicle from the first vehicle to a second communications system on the second vehicle via at least one of the transceivers using the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vehicle, comprising:
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a data generating system arranged on the vehicle to generate information about external conditions around the vehicle; an ISP detection system that detects the existence of an available and useable wireless Internet service provider that is accessible via at least one of a plurality of transceivers that use a long range system to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the road and that provide a ubiquitous Internet along a network of roads along which the vehicle may travel; a communications system coupled to said data generating system and said ISP detection system and arranged to enable the information generated by said data generating system to be transmitted to a remote site in one of a plurality of different communications techniques based on the availability of a wireless ISP as determined by said ISP detection system such that whenever a wireless ISP is detected by said ISP detection system, said communications system communicates directly with the detected wireless ISP via at least one of the transceivers to provide the generated information about the conditions around the vehicle to the remote site via the Internet, the communication by said communications system directly with the detected wireless ISP via the Internet being one of the plurality of communications techniques; and a position determining system arranged in the vehicle that determines the position of the vehicle, said communications system being coupled to said position determining system and arranged to transmit the determined position of the vehicle via the Internet to the remote site in conjunction with additional information obtained or generated by said data generating system about the conditions around the vehicle, the remote site being a roadway maintenance facility arranged to dispatch personnel to an area including the position from which the vehicle generated the information to take action in that area. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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