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Vehicle to vehicle safety and traffic communications

  • US 9,384,609 B2
  • Filed: 04/15/2014
  • Issued: 07/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for communication of safety information comprising:

  • a memory; and

    a processor in communication with the memory that;

    receives road hazard information from a sensor that detects at least one road hazard;

    sends, in response to receiving the road hazard information, a road hazard category query to a safety module adapted to categorize the at least one road hazard;

    receives the road hazard category;

    receives location information from a navigation subsystem adapted to associate a GPS coordinate with the road hazard;

    determines that the road hazard information should be communicated based on the road hazard category, the location information, and a user input;

    based on the determination, sends the road hazard category, the location information, and the user input to a message module adapted to forward information about the road hazard based on the road hazard category, the location information, and the user input to one or more of a vehicle, a remote central repository, a department of transportation, and a law enforcement agency; and

    wherein an image module automatically obtains and records one or more of an image and a video of the road hazard based on the road hazard category and the user input.

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