System and method for traffic condition communications
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1. A method for communicating with traffic detectors, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of driver profiles on a second wireless device, said driver profiles each including a driver parameter and a driver age, wherein each one of said driver profiles is specific to one of a plurality of possible drivers of a second vehicle;
selecting an active driver profile from the plurality of driver profiles based upon the identity of a current driver of the second vehicle;
determining, with a location determining transceiver of a first wireless device associated with a first vehicle, a location of the first vehicle and a traffic condition, in response to sensing the traffic condition;
communicating, with a wireless transceiver of the first wireless device directly with the second wireless device associated with the second vehicle the traffic condition and the location of the first vehicle;
calculating with the second wireless device a safety boundary for the second vehicle, wherein the safety boundary is calculated from the location of the first vehicle, the traffic condition, and the age of the current driver, as included in the active driver profile which is selected based upon the identity of the current driver of the second vehicle;
determining with traffic logic associated with the second wireless device that the second vehicle has crossed the calculated safety boundary;
communicating an alert, comprising a severity of the traffic condition and a suggested action, from the second wireless device to a vehicle system of the second vehicle upon determining that the second vehicle has crossed the calculated safety boundary.
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating with traffic detectors. A location of a vehicle is determined. A search is performed continuously for any of a number of traffic detectors in a wireless environment. A communication session is established with one of the number of traffic detectors in response to entering a range of one of the number of traffic detectors. A message associated with the one of the number of traffic detectors is communicated to the vehicle while the vehicle is within the range of one or more traffic detectors.
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1. A method for communicating with traffic detectors, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of driver profiles on a second wireless device, said driver profiles each including a driver parameter and a driver age, wherein each one of said driver profiles is specific to one of a plurality of possible drivers of a second vehicle; selecting an active driver profile from the plurality of driver profiles based upon the identity of a current driver of the second vehicle; determining, with a location determining transceiver of a first wireless device associated with a first vehicle, a location of the first vehicle and a traffic condition, in response to sensing the traffic condition; communicating, with a wireless transceiver of the first wireless device directly with the second wireless device associated with the second vehicle the traffic condition and the location of the first vehicle; calculating with the second wireless device a safety boundary for the second vehicle, wherein the safety boundary is calculated from the location of the first vehicle, the traffic condition, and the age of the current driver, as included in the active driver profile which is selected based upon the identity of the current driver of the second vehicle; determining with traffic logic associated with the second wireless device that the second vehicle has crossed the calculated safety boundary; communicating an alert, comprising a severity of the traffic condition and a suggested action, from the second wireless device to a vehicle system of the second vehicle upon determining that the second vehicle has crossed the calculated safety boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless device system for broadcasting traffic conditions comprising:
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a first wireless device comprising a location determining transceiver operable to determine a location and to determine a traffic condition of a first vehicle associated with the first wireless device; a second wireless device comprising a memory for storage of a plurality of driver profiles, said driver profiles each including a driver parameter and a driver age, wherein each one of said driver profiles is specific to one of a plurality of possible drivers of a second vehicle, wherein the second wireless device further comprises an input for selecting an active driver profile based upon the identity of a current driver of the second vehicle; a wireless transceiver associated with the first wireless device operable to communicate wirelessly and directly as a traffic detector with the second wireless device associated with the second vehicle, to indicate the traffic condition and the location of the first vehicle; and traffic logic associated with the second wireless device operable to calculate a safety boundary for the second vehicle, wherein the safety boundary is calculated from the location of the first vehicle, the traffic condition, and the age of the current driver, as included in the active driver profile selected for the current driver of the second vehicle; and a vehicle system associated with the second vehicle, wherein the traffic logic is operable to determine that the second vehicle has crossed the calculated safety boundary and the traffic logic is further operable to communicate an alert from the second wireless device to a vehicle system associated with the second vehicle, wherein the alert comprises a severity of the traffic condition and a suggested action. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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