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US08239123B2 System and method for exchanging positioning information between vehicles in order to estimate road traffic 有权
用于交换车辆之间的定位信息的系统和方法,以估计道路交通

System and method for exchanging positioning information between vehicles in order to estimate road traffic
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method, system and computer program embarked in a vehicle, for estimating traffic conditions based on positioning information exchanged with other vehicles using wireless communication. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: receiving positioning information repeatedly broadcast by at least one vehicle, the positioning information for each vehicle including: information related to a current location of the vehicle; and information identifying the vehicle; calculating based on at least two successive locations of a same identified vehicle, a current speed and a current direction for the vehicle; and estimating current traffic conditions based on current location, speed and direction of identified vehicles.
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