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7006796 |
Optimized communication system for radio-assisted traffic services
An optimized communications system for radio-assisted traffic services such as railroad services. In addition to the fixed-position central services and the fixed-position decentralized control...
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7003261 |
Expanding the scope of coverage of wireless cellular telephone systems into regions beyond the cellular array areas by proliferating the installation of transmission repeaters into automobiles that may be randomly driven within these regions
If RF transmission repeater units could be mounted in as many automobiles as possible, particularly automobiles owned by drivers residing in low population regions, the likelihood would increase...
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7002486 |
Highway vehicular traffic flow control
A base station receives signals from highway traffic and sends signals to selected vehicles on the highway to command them to increase/decrease speed or charge lane in order to more closely conform...
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6995686 |
Weather information dissemination system for mobile vehicles
A method and apparatus for disseminating weather products, based on raw weather data provided by various weather condition sensors, to a mobile vehicle. The weather products are formed as web pages...
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6989765 |
Personalized traveler information dissemination system
Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be...
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6985796 |
Method of controlling physical distribution and a physical distribution controlling system
A mail order firm receives a request for purchasing an article through Internet and the destination address. The terminal at the mail order firm converts the destination address into latitude and...
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6980125 |
Warning light system for alerting pedestrians and passenger vehicle operators of an approaching emergency vehicle
A warning light system for a traffic intersection for alerting pedestrians and operators of passenger vehicles to the approach of an emergency vehicle. The warning light system is activated only by...
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6980129 |
Method for determining and outputting travel instructions
A method for determining and outputting travel instructions is described, which functions to support a user through travel instructions, a sequence of travel instructions being determined by a...
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6980101 |
Motor vehicle occupancy signaling system
A system that allows a claim by a registrant as to the number of occupants traveling in a vehicle over a section of highway with a high occupancy vehicle incentive program in place to be...
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6980130 |
Emergency reporting device
An emergency reporting device is configured to reduce the load of communication circuits of base stations when sending emergency signals. The emergency reporting device is configured to track the...
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6980131 |
Targeted impending arrival notification of a wirelessly connected location device
A rover determines a destination and periodically checks the location of the rover against one or more active alert thresholds. One alert threshold is the boundary of an alert area surrounding a...
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6973322 |
Personal travel agent using push services
A method and system for providing and receiving location-based services for a planned trip of a user having access to a portable telecommunication device. The user creates, e.g., via the Internet,...
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6967592 |
Wireless highway guide
A method and system for providing travel guidance for transportation vehicles traveling on a highway system that comprises highway transceivers (HTs) with limited range placed at selected intervals...
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6961758 |
Personalized internet content server system
A personalized content server system is described that includes a profile module that receives a profile file specifying personal preferences of a user for some content. An access module accesses...
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6958710 |
Universal display media exposure measurement
Systems, methods and devices for gathering data concerning exposure of predetermined survey participants to billboards are provided. A portable transmitter is arranged to transmit a signal...
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6958708 |
Beacon-based electronic guide system
An electronic guide system is described that includes a fixed-location beacon located adjacent to a location which is associated with a plurality of landmarks to transmit electronic signals...
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6956478 |
Security terminal, security management method, monitor device, monitor method, and security system
In a case where an intruder is detected in a house, a detection signal is outputted from a home security communication device, and is notified to a monitor center through an in-area communication...
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6954146 |
Method for determining a state of a road during the driving mode of a motor vehicle
In a method for determining the state of a road during driving of a motor vehicle, the sound which is generated when a vehicle tire rolls on an underlying surface is sensed. A frequency signal is...
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6943702 |
Broadcasting system and its broadcasting transmission apparatus and reception terminal apparatus
A broadcasting center multiplexes contents obtained by adding information indicative of presentation conditions including a “location”, a “moving direction”, and the “period of validity...
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6940395 |
System and method for creating an adjusted alarm time
A system and method for adjusting an alarm/reminder activation time that takes into account a user-requested alarm/reminder time and unexpected conditions that are unknown to the user, or are...
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6924751 |
Method for transmitting digitally encoded traffic messages
In a method of transmitting digitally encoded traffic messages, the traffic messages being transmitted according to a standardized structure, in particular according to the TMC method, where a...
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6922136 |
Security method for vehicle safe driving support system
A security method for a vehicle safe driving system provides drivers information for safe driving, that is, when a sensor does not detect any danger when there is a danger on the road, when there...
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6922155 |
Information display board
An information display board system especially adapted for use by travelers and tourists along an interstate highway. The display board is located at a rest stop or other location readily...
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6919821 |
Method and system for collecting meteorological data using in-vehicle systems
A method and system for collecting meteorological data. A plurality of vehicles travel on roads in a geographic region. Each of the vehicles includes sensor equipment that senses at least one...
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6917306 |
Radio linked vehicle communication system
A radio linked vehicle communication system for text messaging, traffic light control, resource management and traffic monitoring, designed to establish the location of emergency vehicles and...
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6911906 |
Data processing system for strict management of private information
The data processing system of the present invention is provided with a center server that, upon receiving mobile data and mobile unit identifier from a portable information terminal, transmits...
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6911918 |
Traffic flow and route selection display system for routing vehicles
A real-time vehicular traffic flow display system employs groups of monitor stations positioned at spaced-apart locations along vehicular roadways, to sense the speed of traffic flow on a given...
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6911905 |
Device and system for indicating rapid deceleration in vehicles
A device and system for indicating rapid deceleration to warn the operator and/or others of an urgent deceleration condition is provided. The device includes one or more sensors that are responsive...
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6909893 |
Wireless communication system, fixed base station and mobile terminal station
A radio communication system between a mobile terminal station of a vehicle and a plurality of roadside fixed base stations is so constructed that communication areas of the base stations do not...
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6909962 |
Traffic safety caution apparatus for distinguishing running direction of vehicles
The present invention discloses a traffic caution apparatus which may distinguish the running direction of vehicles. The apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter an...
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6906622 |
System for sensing a head-on collision in a motor vehicle
A system for sensing a head-on collision in a vehicle, where at least one upfront sensor is used as plausibility sensor, which provides a plausibility signal for a collision sensor located in the...
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6900740 |
Autonomous highway traffic modules
A vehicle safety and control system provides early warning and includes a network including a plurality of remotely located modules disposed along a vehicle pathway. Each module is communicably...
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6895324 |
Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps
Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps are described. The system includes a positional sensor such as a GPS device....
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6885936 |
Information provision system and apparatus and method therefor
The information provision system includes a terminal having a current position measurement section and a communications controller, which intermittently transmits information on the current...
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6882290 |
Method and system for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle
A method for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle comprises the steps of providing a vehicle including a messaging device for displaying messages, providing a central dispatch...
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6882911 |
Vehicle service support system, server, method, and program
Service information of a vehicle owned by a first user is provided through a communication line to a second user specified by the first user, and the second user is allowed to input a reply to a...
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6879909 |
Map display control apparatus, map information update apparatus, map information update system and control method thereof
A map information update system has: a map display control apparatus; and a map information update apparatus. The map display control apparatus includes a map display control unit, a communication...
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RE38724 |
Method and apparatus for providing shortest elapsed time route and tracking information to users
A method and apparatus for determining and communicating shortest elapsed time route information to users wherein information of desired origin and destination combinations is received from the...
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6873898 |
Vehicle control system utilizing gps data
A vehicle having a vehicle control system for controlling a performance characteristic of the vehicle and a controller. The controller is coupled to the vehicle control system and adapted to...
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6873251 |
Tracking system and method employing multiple overlapping sensors
A tracking system and method of estimating position and velocity of an object are provided. The tracking system includes first and second sensors for sensing an object in first and second fields of...
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6873908 |
Methods and device for managing traffic disturbances for navigation devices
A method and a device are described for managing traffic-relevant events in a vehicle-based navigation system. A traffic information database, which can be updated by the driver in particular...
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6870487 |
Method for transmitting data packets between motor vehicles
A method for transmitting data packets between motor vehicles includes transmitting individual data packets including vehicle data and generation data for the individual data packets. Other motor...
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6865457 |
Automobile monitoring for operation analysis
An automobile monitoring arrangement tracks and records automobile operation for post-use automobile operation-analysis. In one specific embodiment, a record of automobile-operation data contains...
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6864784 |
Vehicle speed and safety warning system
A vehicle speed and safety system includes a stationary transmitting device positioned on a side of a road for generating and transmitting a signal indicative of a speed limit for a respective...
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6861959 |
Help and/or risk signaling means for the traffic of vehicles and pedestrians using a short range infrared or electromagnetic signaling system
The present invention incorporates fixed radio beacons (TX-F), mobile and portable radio beacons (TX-M), together with vehicle receiver units (RX-M) and/or receiver units (RX-P) carried by...
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6859726 |
Navigation apparatus and method for calculating optimum travel route using the same
Disclosed are a navigation apparatus and a method for calculating an optimum travel route thereof. The calculating method comprises the steps of a) detecting present location information of a...
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6853915 |
Motor vehicle navigation system that receives route information from a central unit
Data indicative of an instantaneous location, a destination and a route from the instantaneous location to the destination are transmitted from a motor vehicle navigation unit to a central unit....
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6853899 |
Lighting device for vehicle
It is an object to reliably decide the running area of a vehicle and to carry out suitable irradiation control for the area. This invention provides a lighting device 1 for a vehicle including...
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6850170 |
On-board vehicle system and method for receiving and indicating driving-related signals
Disclosed herein is a system for use on board a vehicle for receiving and indicating driving related signals, including the phases of traffic light signals to a driver of the vehicle. The system...
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6845316 |
Distribution of traffic and transit information
An electronic distribution apparatus for distributing traffic and transit information is provided. The central feature of the system is an application that allows both automated and direct input of...
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