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6297748 Interactive traffic display and trip planner  
The invention includes a traffic information system having servers that makes traffic data, images and video clips available to client devices in a common format that is independent of the format...
6298301 Traffic information servicing method  
A traffic information servicing method for providing traffic information around a specific car in an undetermined area is provided. The traffic information servicing method includes a car...
6298302 Navigation system for providing an optimal route from traffic messages  
A vehicle navigation system (100) comprises a planning module (110) for planning a route between an origin and a destination and subsequently guides the driver along the planned route. The system...
6295503 Route setting device for setting a destination route from a departure point to a destination  
A route setting device, which can provide a route setting device which realize a suitable route setting for each vehicle by using vehicle side data in order to comply with a situation where travel...
6285923 Vehicle running control apparatus  
A profile of a designated road by which a vehicle is guided to a destination is predicted by road map data. In the case where it is difficult for the own vehicle to pass through a curve of the...
6285943 Road speed control system  
A road speed control system for preventing motorists from speeding on roads. The road speed control system includes roadside transmitter/receiver members being adapted to be erected along roadsides...
6281807 Method for selecting digital traffic messages  
A method for selecting digital traffic messages in a radio receiver, with traffic messages concerning previously selected routes and corridors along the routes being selected and output.
6278935 Method and system for providing instructions about tollways with a navigation system  
A navigation system provides a user thereof with warnings or advisories about toll gates that require exact change. The warnings or advisories are provided when the navigation system calculates a...
6275552 Method and system for data communications using synchronizing signals of different data length  
A road side communication equipment is provided crossing over lanes of an expressway, so that a communication processing for toll collection is executed between the road side equipment and an...
6265989 GPS enabled speeding detector  
This invention is a GPS speeding detector including a GPS receiver, a CPU, a database of speed limits for a particular geographical region, and speaker. The unit can be integrally mounted in a car...
6266602 Road surface condition determination system for automotive vehicles and anti-skid braking system having the same  
A road surface condition determination system for an automotive vehicle comprises wheel-speed sensors, and a control unit being configured to be electrically connected to the wheel-speed sensors...
6262673 Roadway warning system  
A roadway warning system includes a visual traffic directing device that is at a first status for a first status time period and that is at a second status for a second status time period. A...
6259374 Passive pavement-mounted acoustical linguistic drive alert system and method  
Systems and methods are described for passive pavement-mounted acoustical alert of the occupants of a vehicle. A method of notifying a vehicle occupant includes providing a driving medium upon...
6259377 Process for detecting and reporting traffic situation data  
A process for detecting and reporting traffic situation data of a road system via a respective sample vehicle is provided, in which case an automatic position determination is carried out in the...
6255963 Method for transmitting traffic information and devices for implementing said method  
The redundancy of transmitted traffic information or of traffic information which is to be transmitted is optimized by a method for transmitting traffic information from a traffic information...
6252523 Method and a system for registering vehicle fees  
A method and system for registering vehicle fees by means of radio communication between stationary toll collection facilities in a toll border (1, 2) of a main zone and communication equipments in...
6252522 Billboard consumption measurement system  
A system for measuring exposure to a visual display such as a billboard. A transmitter that is proximate to the billboard broadcasts a data signal that carries information relating to the...
6253146 Network-based traffic congestion notification service  
A server platform in the PSTN performs the service of calling the subscriber if the subscriber's customary commuting route is congested. The service makes an initial call when the fastest commute...
6249232 Inter-vehicular communication method  
To provide an inter-vehicular communication method which enables a plurality of vehicles to efficiently exchange information. A plurality of vehicles are assigned identification numbers (IDs) and...
6249218 Vented remote radar detector  
A remote radar detector (10) includes a receiver unit (12) adapted to be mounted outside the vehicle passenger compartment (22) of a vehicle (20) and an alert unit (14) adapted to be mounted inside...
6243027 System correlating the route of travel of an emergency vehicle with a railroad crossing  
A system for correlating the route of travel of an emergency vehicle with a railroad crossing by, when the crossing is blocked, sensing the presence of a train and communicating between the...
6236933 Instantaneous traffic monitoring system  
A system for instantaneously monitoring traffic congestion including a plurality of monitoring electronic devices located in motor vehicles traveling on roadways in a selected region. Each...
6236337 Process for transmitting information between moving bodies and a communication device for carrying out this process  
A process for transmitting information between moving bodies, in particular vehicles (3, 4, 5, 8, 8'), wherein each of the moving bodies has a communication device (6) for receiving and sending...
6236336 Traffic information warning system with single modulated carrier  
A traffic information warning system for conveying first and second messages regarding a traffic situation from a traffic advisory site is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter adapted for...
6222461 Emergency warning system for vehicles  
An emergency warning system for buses, trucks or other vehicles. The system warns a driver of a potentially dangerous condition such as the approach of a train at a railroad crossing or the...
6222462 Method and apparatus for warning drivers as to the presence of concealed hazards  
A method and apparatus for warning drivers as to the presence of a concealed hazard. A first step involves providing a sign capable of changing from an inactive mode to a warning mode upon...
6222463 Vehicle communication network  
The present invention provides a bi-directional vehicle communication network which has the ability for record management and collection, including updating registration, insurance, inspection...
6218961 Method and system for proximity detection and location determination  
A system and method for preventing collisions between vehicles, such as railway vehicles, by exchanging data regarding track position of the vehicles. By use of an on-board track database, the...
6216085 Navigation system for a vehicle  
A navigation system (100) guiding a driver of a vehicle has a receiver (102) for the reception of traffic message. The navigation system has a filter module (104) that determines the delay caused...
6204778 Truck traffic monitoring and warning systems and vehicle ramp advisory system  
Traffic monitoring and warning systems and vehicle ramp advisory systems are provided herein. Such system includes a set of sensor arrays comprising a set of above-road electro-acoustic sensor...
6191705 Radio frequency highway management system  
Traffic management or enforcement is performed through the use of a monitor transponder in the environs of an RF highway toll collection system. When normally operating transponders communicate...
6188328 Vehicle parking device  
A parking meter device that is devoted to a separate person or vehicle comprises a housing unit 10 that has an LED 11 that in use is clearly visible from outside the vehicle. The device includes a...
6181259 Vehicle-mounted device with sleep function for use in road-to-vehicle communication system  
There is disclosed a vehicle-mounted device with a sleep function for use in a road-to-vehicle communication system. After having indicated a switching period T 1 and reception frequencies F1, F2...
6181023 DRSC car-mounted equipment and DRSC apparatus using the same  
A DSRC car-mounted equipment which automatically drives a receiver circuit only when it is necessary to suppress the consumption of an electric power. A DSRC car-mounted equipment comprises a...
6178374 Method and device for transmitting data on traffic assessment  
A process for the wireless transmission of data to a traffic sensor for assessing traffic in segments of a road network includes collecting data in a plurality of floating cars that travel in...
6169894 Apparatus, method and system for mobile broadcast of information specific to a geographic region  
An apparatus, method and system provide or broadcast information within a given geographic region that is also specific to a given geographic region, such as traffic reports, sightseeing interests,...
6169952 System for determining passability of vehicle  
A system for determining the passability of a vehicle through a section of road ahead of the vehicle is controlled based on coordinates of a plurality of nodes N N (N 1 , N 2 , N 3 , N 4 . . . )...
6169897 Mobile communications system and mobile terminal therefor with capabilities to access local information resources  
A mobile communications system which provides a mobile subscriber with local information related to the area where his/her mobile terminal is located. A link list page is compiled in a URL list...
6169495 Vehicle traffic control system  
A vehicle traffic control system that does not cause course conflicts at intersections. A present position, speed, and destination of each vehicle are collected, vectors are generated to indicate...
6166657 Imminent icing condition enunciator  
An imminent icing condition detector employs an infrared sensor with a focusing element to receive ambient infrared energy from a surface, particularly a road surface, and the output of the sensor...
6163277 System and method for speed limit enforcement  
A system for enforcing highway speed limits comprising an antenna and one or more sensors positioned on a vehicle, the antenna capable of receiving data indicative of a speed limit for a roadway,...
6161072 Automatic cruise control  
An automatic cruise control uses stored information about speeds which the vehicle used at given positions in the past to control the speed of the vehicle at a current position. In this way, the...
6161092 Presenting information using prestored speech  
Information (e.g. traffic information) is retrieved from a server. The content of the information is reviewed in order to determine which of a plurality of prestored speech files should be used to...
6154133 Exit guard system  
An exit guard system automatically detects movement of a subject along an exit path in an unauthorized direction. A first video camera is positioned for video imaging movement of a subject along...
6151550 Traffic information providing system  
To obtain a traffic information providing system which can display information of a forward section of an on-road radio transmission/reception device even if there is no oncoming vehicle. The...
6150961 Automated traffic mapping  
A system of mobile units are installed in multiple vehicles in traffic. These mobile units include both wireless communications devices and apparatus that determines the location of each vehicle....
6147624 Method and apparatus for parking management system for locating available parking space  
Available spaces in a system may identified using detectors in each of the spaces. The detectors may communicate the availability of a space after detecting whether or not an item is currently...
6141611 Mobile vehicle accident data system  
One or more video cameras are mounted on the vehicle to make continuously a visual record of the scene in a region around the vehicle. Camera images during a time interval covering the current time...
6141617 Vehicle control apparatus  
Vehicle control apparatus enables a vehicle to positively and safely pass a curve present in a forward road ahead of the vehicle, irrespective of any error in road data used by the apparatus and...
6130626 Mobile unit support system and mobile unit detection device and a system  
A mobile unit support system has a mobile unit and a plurality of sources to be detected installed along a route of movement of said mobile unit, characterized in that said mobile unit includes a...