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6844828 Method for providing road users with information and device for carrying out same  
In a method for providing road users with information about a route section which is traveled along by a motor vehicle before a dangerous situation, the position and the duration of travel of the...
6845317 Navigational-based speed limit recording and warning system  
A motor-vehicle navigation-based speed limit recording and warning system designed to automatically inform drivers when they are exceeding the posted speed limit on a particular roadway. The system...
6828924 Integrated vehicle communications display  
A communications system for use in a vehicle that allows the user of the communications system to safely communicate from inside the vehicle. The communications system includes a memory for storing...
6820049 Data collection system  
A data collection system for transmitting data from user equipment to a user application server over a GSM network is provided. According to an aspect of the invention, a data terminal apparatus is...
6816727 Technique for continually providing directional assistance over a communication network to a user  
A wireless telephone subscriber who wishes directory assistance in the form of directions from one specified location to another is connected to a directory assistance agent. The subscriber...
6812855 Road traffic weather observation system and self-emission road sign system  
A self-luminous road sign system comprises a plurality of sensor units 1 . . . 1 each of which is equipped at least with a visibility meter and an illuminance meter, or which may be equipped with...
6813556 Traffic information notification system  
In a traffic information notifying system, a management center is connected through communication networks information terminal devices owned by a traveler and information centers that provide...
6810321 Vehicle traffic monitoring using cellular telephone location and velocity data  
A vehicular traffic monitoring system communicates with a plurality of mobile communication devices carried in moving vehicles and capable of determining their respective geographic positions and...
6809656 Violation alert speed display  
A speed display device for focusing a motorist's attention on the vehicle's speed, includes a screen which will digitally display thereon the vehicle's radar measured speed in either a first steady...
6804604 Navigation system  
There is provided a navigation system which enables efficient driving in a lane where advancing or leaving relative to other lanes of the road is restricted, such as for a carpool lane. Map data...
6804516 Information system for a traveler information service and method for providing the service  
A transportation information system is disclosed, having a transportation terminal that transmits a transportation information request with a Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) method,...
6789637 Device for controlling distance  
The device ascertains a setpoint distance or a setpoint time gap with respect to a vehicle driving ahead as a function of the traveling speed, the distance control taking a minimum distance or a...
6788252 Communication system using non-directional short range radio communications between user terminal device and road related facility  
A communication system is formed by a location information providing unit configured to provide a location information indicating a location of each road related facility arranged along a road, and...
6781524 Passive position-sensing and communications for vehicles on a pathway  
A pathway-based method, apparatus and system for tracking, sensing and communicating with an object, such as a carriage or vehicle moving on a pathway. The system includes a transmitter winding...
6778074 Speed limit indicator and method for displaying speed and the relevant speed limit  
Speed limit indicators and methods for determining speed, the relevant speed limit, and displaying same make it easy for the driver of a vehicle to compare his current speed with the legal limit...
6778101 Emergency vehicle detection system  
An Emergency Vehicle Detection System having a transmitter system for use in an emergency vehicle and a receiver system for use in a non-emergency vehicle. The transmitter system generates and...
6774817 Reflection multiplier radio wave marker system and traffic system  
A reflection multiplier radio wave marker system which comprises a plurality of transmit antennas mounted on board a vehicle for transmitting electric wave signals in a first frequency; a...
6774815 On-road facility fault information communication apparatus  
In an advanced-cruise-assist highway system, an AHS center facility, which is an upper facility for on-road facilities, periodically receives diagnostic information from the on-road facilities, and...
6768934 Vehicle-roadside service providing system  
A vehicle-roadside service providing system enables a user to use even a service which is not accommodated by on-board service client equipment installed on a vehicle. A service host equipment ( 1...
6765497 Method for remotely accessing vehicle system information and user information in a vehicle  
A communication system includes a vehicle ( 101 ) and an infrastructure ( 160 ). The vehicle contains vehicle system information ( 104 ) and user information ( 112 ). The infrastructure includes a...
6759970 Broadcasting system, broadcast receiving hardware systems, and navigation terminal  
To ensure that of all information transmitted through broadcast communications, only the information corresponding to the traveling route of a mobile body will be efficiently displayed at the...
6756915 Geographic information service apparatus and method using a DSRC network  
A geographic information service system is disclosed, having a geographic information supply server that supplies geographic information by certain regions; an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)...
6753773 Vehicle communication device having switchable operation mode and radio wave intensity checking device  
A vehicle communication device is installed in a vehicle and used for an ETC or other DSRC system. The vehicle communication device can be switched between a normal mode and a radio wave emitting...
6750785 Collaborative speed detection warning device  
A collaborative speed measurement device detection system provides early warning and increased reliability by sharing the responses of multiple detectors through a broadcast radio network. A...
6741186 Infrared road line detector  
A detector for detecting light, such as infrared light, reflected from discontinuous lane dividing lines or other lines on a highway surface from a moving motor vehicle to determine the position of...
6728628 Portable traffic information system  
The present invention provides a device, system, and method for a portable handheld device for displaying information. An embodiment of the invention provides a portable handheld device for...
6721644 Vehicle drive override subsystem  
An electronic subsystem for automotive vehicles for overriding the manual control of the vehicles and substituting limited automatic control in response to onboard sensors detecting external and...
6720889 Traffic violation warning and traffic violation storage apparatus  
A vehicle location detector detects the vehicle state such as the location and speed from a GPS signal. Memory stores map data and traffic regulation data in advance. It is determined whether there...
6720888 Method and apparatus for tracking mobile devices using tags  
A signpost ( 11, 241-256, 322, 612, 623, 626-628, 652, 661, 682, 686, 703 ) transmits low frequency signals to a beacon tag ( 12, 271-275, 301-316, 395-397, 616-618, 641-643, 653, 656-657, 662-664,...
6707391 Supplemental automotive traffic safety apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for supplementing automotive safety includes a transmitter associated with the traffic safety concerns or conditions such as traffic signals, traffic barricades, or...
6708085 Probe car control method and traffic control system  
It is possible to control a car group having a probe car at the head thereof or a whole traffic flow including the car group, with due regard to the efficiency, safety and environment. A probe car...
6708107 Real-time ad hoc traffic alert distribution  
A traffic characterization system and method of use for executing a traffic characterization protocol over an ad hoc communications network. Conventional in-vehicle computers and conventional...
6700504 Method and system for safe emergency vehicle operation using route calculation  
A system and method are disclosed that make operation of an emergency vehicle safer. When an emergency vehicle is traveling to or from an emergency, a route for the emergency vehicle to travel is...
6696977 Automatic gate control system for freeway interchanges  
A freeway interchange traffic rerouting control system allows individual ones of the gates and signs to be operated from a workstation connected via the Internet to a web server and communications...
6693555 Automatic setting of variable speed limit  
A system and method for automatic setting of a variable speed limits permits changing road conditions provides for variable speed limits at respective portions of a road based on weather conditions...
6691015 Vehicle drive overdrive system  
An electronic subsystem for automotive vehicles for overriding the manual control of the vehicles and substituting limited automatic control in response to onboard sensors detecting external and...
6690292 Method and system for monitoring vehicular traffic using a wireless communications network  
A traffic monitoring system that provides vehicular traffic information is described. A plurality of motion sensors for detecting speed of traffic information are placed along one or more roadways....
6690291 Vehicle hazard warning system  
A road hazard warning system provides a warning to a motorist driving a vehicle of a stationary or moving hazard. A warning system includes a transmitter located near the road hazard that generates...
6686845 Driver's arousal level estimating apparatus for vehicle and method of estimating arousal level  
A driver's arousal level estimating apparatus for a vehicle includes a Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) signal processing section for obtaining respective frequency component powers by applying a...
6683538 Position dependent messaging system  
A messaging system is disclosed, delivery of messages being dependent upon the location of the recipient, the number of recipients being unlimited. The message transmitter may be fixed or mobile....
6680674 Adaptive geographic mapping in vehicle information systems  
A travel information system broadcasts a stream of traffic event information relative to a given road network and a information collecting devices carried in vehicles travelling within the road...
6675085 Method 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....
6662099 Wireless roadway monitoring system  
A wireless, in-road traffic sensor system using sensors that are small, low-cost, and rugged. The sensors may be capable of measuring the speed of passing vehicles, identifying the type of passing...
6653935 Method for evaluating objects in the path of a vehicle  
A method for evaluating objects in the path of a vehicle, in which a sensor is used to detect the distance (d zo , d zi ) and/or the speed of the target objects (Zo, Zi). In the presence of more...
6654681 Method and device for obtaining relevant traffic information and dynamic route optimizing  
The invention relates to a method for dynamically obtaining relevant traffic information and/or for dynamically optimizing a route followed by a first vehicle which belongs to a self-organizing...
6646568 System and method for automated parking  
A parking control system is disclosed. The parking control system comprises a plurality of vehicles. A portion of the plurality of vehicles occupies parking spaces in a parking lot. At least one of...
6646590 Road antenna apparatus with speed determining means  
A road antenna apparatus includes a road antenna 104 which is mounted on a post 103 and at an elevated position on a road R and via a radio wave establishes radio communication with an...
6647251 Radio receiver, in particular a vehicle radio receiver  
A radio receiver, in particular a vehicle radio receiver, is proposed, which is able to display or output acoustically, traffic news which is contained in digital signals. At least the data memory...
6640182 Method and apparatus for correcting a curve radius  
The present invention relates to traveling control for a vehicle and, in particular, to a method and apparatus, in an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system for a vehicle, for correcting the curve...
6633238 Intelligent traffic control and warning system and method  
A system and method for controlling traffic and traffic lights and selectively distributing warning messages to motorists includes a controller to determine appropriate action based on traffic...