Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication system and method
- Patent Title (中): 车对车交通队列信息通信系统及方法
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Application No.: US12194581Application Date: 2008-08-20
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Publication No.: US07973674B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: David R. Bell , Christopher S. Bygrave , Phillip Norton
- Applicant: David R. Bell , Christopher S. Bygrave , Phillip Norton
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Gibb I.P. Law Firm, LLC
- Main IPC: G08G1/00
- IPC: G08G1/00

Abstract:
Disclosed are embodiments of a vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication system, a traffic queue information communication device, and method. The system and method embodiments incorporate the use of multiple vehicles. Each vehicle is equipped with a traffic queue information communication device. Each traffic queue information communication device can be used to determine if its corresponding vehicle has entered or exited a queue in a single lane of traffic. When the vehicle is in a queue, the device can communicate with the immediately adjacent vehicles in front and behind. Specifically, it can receive data from the preceding vehicle in the queue and use the received data to determine its position in the queue as well as the estimated time it will take to travel through the queue. Revised data can then be transmitted by the device to the next vehicle in the queue for making the same determinations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100045488A1 VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE TRAFFIC QUEUE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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