Enhanced vehicle hazard warning and safety features integrated with an onboard navigation system
First Claim
1. A method for providing hazard warning to a driver of a vehicle, said method comprising:
- in response to an immobilization of said vehicle, automatically determining if said vehicle is situated on a highway;
in a determination that said vehicle is situated on a highway, automatically activating hazard lights of said vehicle;
in response to said activation of hazard lights of said vehicle, automatically retrieving information related to a location at which said vehicle is stopped; and
automatically presenting said retrieved information to said driver within said vehicle.
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Abstract
A method and system for vehicle hazard warning and safety integrated with an onboard navigational system for providing a current geographical location of the vehicle to a base station, receiving an event signal from the vehicle at the base station, while the vehicle is proximate to the current geographic location associating the geographic location with the event signal to determine that the vehicle is distressed, and transmitting hazard information from the base station to the vehicle in response to such association. The association may be based upon directional information which is provided by the vehicle. A control signal is transmitted to the vehicle and the hazard lights of the vehicle are automatically activated in response to receipt of that control signal. Navigational assistance can also be presented to the vehicle.
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1. A method for providing hazard warning to a driver of a vehicle, said method comprising:
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in response to an immobilization of said vehicle, automatically determining if said vehicle is situated on a highway;
in a determination that said vehicle is situated on a highway, automatically activating hazard lights of said vehicle;
in response to said activation of hazard lights of said vehicle, automatically retrieving information related to a location at which said vehicle is stopped; and
automatically presenting said retrieved information to said driver within said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for providing hazard warning to a driver of a vehicle, said system comprising:
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means for automatically determining if said vehicle is situated on a highway, in response to an immobilization of said vehicle;
means for automatically activating hazard lights of said vehicle, in a determination that said vehicle is situated on a highway;
means for automatically retrieving information related to a location at which said vehicle is stopped, in response to said activation of hazard lights of said vehicle; and
means for automatically presenting said retrieved information to said driver within said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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