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Intra-vehicle information conveyance system and method

  • US 8,965,677 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2012
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for conveying data from a first independently traveling vehicle to a second independently traveling vehicle using the Internet, comprising:

  • a data generating system arranged on the first vehicle and configured to obtain or generate information about the first vehicle or conditions around the first vehicle;

    a first communications system arranged on the first vehicle and coupled to said data generating system for communicating with a wireless Internet service provider (ISP);

    said first communications system being configured to communicate the information obtained or generated by said data generating system via the ISP to a second communications system on the second vehicle,a position determining system arranged in the first vehicle for determining the position of the first vehicle,said first communications system being coupled to said position determining system and configured to transmit the determined position of the first vehicle to a traffic monitoring facility in conjunction with additional information obtained or generated by said data generating system about the conditions around the first vehicle,whereby the traffic monitoring facility is configured to set speed limits for an area including the position from which the first vehicle obtained or generated the information and which speed limits are based on the obtained or generated information, and convey the speed limits to signs on or alongside roads in that area.

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