Advanced vehicle distance notification system

• US 20060195253A1
• Filed: 07/07/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Portia Jean Flynn
• Original Assignee: Portia Jean Flynn
• Inventors: Flynn, Portia Jean
• Application Number:
  US11/176,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20060195253A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

Abstract

An advanced notification system that notifies and indicates on a base station the distance to a particular transportation vehicle, for example a school bus, to a base unit. This notifies passengers when to get ready for the bus arrival. The system includes an onboard vehicle position unit that uses GPS to calculate the vehicle location and sends out that location along with a route code to the base stations. The base station is programmed with a pickup location, is set to a route code, receives the periodic signal, calculates the distance to the vehicle, and gives visual and audio cues to the passengers as to the distance to the transportation vehicle, preparing them for the vehicle arrival.

Claims

1. A system to monitor the travel of a vehicle and indicate the vehicle'"'"'s relative distance to a base station.

2. A method to monitor the position of a vehicle using GPS And periodically transmit that position using radio waves to a base station.

3. A method to program a base station position.

4. A method to calculate the distance of the vehicle to the base station.

5. A method to display the distance of the vehicle to the base station.

6. A method to give an audible cue that the vehicle is within a certain distance.