System and method for providing driving safety

• US 8,604,967 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Oh, Hyun Seo, Choi, Hyun Kyun, Kim, Hyun Suk, Park, Jong-Hyun, Sohn, Sung Won, Lee, Sangwoo, Cho, Woong
• Primary Examiner(s): Keith, Jack W
• Assistant Examiner(s): BYTHROW, PETER M
• Application Number:
  US12/827,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20110080312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 342 70- 72, 701/93, 701/96, 701117-119, 340/903
• US Class Current: 342/70
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/91 for traffic control G01S13/93 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking

Abstract

A safe driving providing system for supporting a safe driving of a vehicle includes: a radar for transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency bandwidth to a plurality of vehicles, analyzing signals provided by the vehicles, calculating location information and distance information of the vehicles, and finding inter-vehicle distance information of the vehicles based on the location information and the distance information; and a controller for receiving operation speed information from a vehicle information terminal device installed in each vehicle, determining driving safety of the plurality of vehicles based on the received operation speed information and inter-vehicle distance information provided by the radar, and transmitting a warning message for safe driving to the vehicle information terminal device.

Claims

1. A safe driving providing system for supporting safe driving of a vehicle, comprising:

a radar for transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency bandwidth to a plurality of vehicles, analyzing signals provided by the vehicles, calculating location information and distance information of the vehicles, and finding inter-vehicle distance information of the vehicles based on the location information and the distance information, wherein the inter-vehicle distances between three or more vehicles is calculated, so that a distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle is calculated, a distance between the first vehicle and a third vehicle is calculated and a distance between the second and third vehicles is calculated; and

a controller for receiving operation speed information from a vehicle information terminal device installed in each vehicle, determining driving safety of the plurality of vehicles based on the received operation speed information and inter-vehicle distance information provided by the radar, and transmitting a warning message for safe driving to the vehicle information terminal device, wherein

the controller is disposed within a base station and the controller receives first location information from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, compares it with stored location information of the base station to generate a location error value, and corrects vehicle location information provided by the vehicle information terminal device based on the generated location error value.

2. The safe driving providing system of claim 1, wherein

the radar matches the location information and the inter-vehicle distance information with the vehicle location information and the operation speed information provided by the vehicle information terminal device to generate safe driving data including each vehicle'"'"'s location and the operation speed information.

3. The safe driving providing system of claim 1, wherein

the controller transmits the generated location error value to the plurality of vehicle information terminal devices.

4. The safe driving providing system of claim 1, wherein

the controller distinguishes a vehicle operation'"'"'s safe area, unsafe area, and rear-end accident area based on the inter-vehicle distance information and the operation speed information, and transmits the warning message to the vehicle information terminal device when the vehicle operation is in the unsafe area or the rear-end accident area.

5. A safe driving providing method of a base station for supporting a vehicle'"'"'s safe driving, comprising:

receiving operation speed information and vehicle location information from vehicle information terminal devices installed in a plurality of vehicles;

calculating location information and distance information of the vehicles by using a radar, and finding inter-vehicle distance information of the vehicles by using the location information and the distance information, wherein the inter-vehicle distances between three or more vehicles is calculated, so that a distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle is calculated, a distance between the first vehicle and a third vehicle is calculated and a distance between the second and third vehicles is calculated; and

determining driving safety of the vehicles based on the inter-vehicle distance information and the operation speed information, and transmitting a warning message for safe driving to the vehicle information terminal device, wherein

the transmitting of a warning message to the vehicle information terminal device includes;

receiving first location information from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, comparing it with stored location information of a base station, and calculating a location error value; and

using the calculated location error value to correct vehicle location information provided by the vehicle information terminal device and calculate location correction data, and transmitting the calculated location correction data to the vehicle information terminal device.

6. The safe driving providing method of claim 5, wherein

the transmitting of a warning message to the vehicle information terminal device includes:

determining to which one of a safe area, an unsafe area, and a rear-end accident area the vehicle operation belongs by analyzing the inter-vehicle distance information and the operation speed information; and

when the vehicle operation is in the unsafe area, generating a rear-end warning message for indicating inter-vehicle rear-end possibility, and when it is in the rear-end accident area, generating an emergency rescue message for requesting a rescue for the rear-end accident, and transmitting the same to the vehicle information terminal device.