Method and apparatus for improving wireless communication between motor vehicles

• US 20070160006A1
• Filed: 01/17/2005
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Wageningen, Andries, Roggero, Marco, Reumerman, Hans-Juergen
• Application Number:
  US10/588,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20070160006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle

Abstract

In order to provide a method of improving wireless communication between motor vehicles, wherein the motor vehicles transmit messages to a stationary unit (100), by means of which the exchange of messages is possible even between motor vehicles which are far away from one another, in the stationary unit (100) the received messages are processed and new messages are generated. A corresponding stationary unit (100) is also provided.

Claims

1. A method of improving wireless communication between motor vehicles, wherein the motor vehicles transmit messages to a stationary unit characterized in that in the stationary unit the received messages are processed and new messages are generated.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the messages entering the stationary unit are filtered.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the incoming messages are stored in the stationary unit, wherein they are checked in particular with regard to topicality and/or type of information and/or priority and/or reliability and/or position of the motor vehicle.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that upon a request by a motor vehicle a specific message is generated in the stationary unit.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the stationary unit is activated when a motor vehicle approaches.

8. A stationary unit as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that in the stationary unit there is a message database for storing incoming messages, wherein a control unit checks the stored messages with regard to topicality and/or type of information and/or priority and/or reliability and/or position of the motor vehicle.

6. A stationary unit for improving wireless communication between motor vehicles, wherein the motor vehicles transmit messages to the stationary unit characterized in that a device for processing received messages and a message generation unit are provided in the stationary unit.

7. A stationary unit as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that there is a filter device for incoming messages.

9. A stationary unit as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that upon a request by a motor vehicle a specific message can be generated in the stationary unit by the message generation unit.

10. A stationary unit as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that there is a proximity sensor in the stationary unit.