| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7609174 |
Vehicle information communication system |
October 27, 2009 |
| A vehicle information communication system is provided in which probe data or other private data relating to a host vehicle can be collected with anonymity. Basically, the host vehicle collects the probe data and sends the probe data to a carrier vehicle that disassociates the host vehic |
| 7606662 |
Traffic navigation system |
October 20, 2009 |
| A vehicle navigation system is provided with a destination input section, a travel route information section, a historical data input section and an expected travel time reporting section. The travel destination input section is provided for entering a destination point. The travel route |
| 7554435 |
Vehicle on-board unit |
June 30, 2009 |
| A vehicle on-board unit of a host vehicle is configured to communicate with other vehicle to alert the driver of a potential braking situation in a preceding vehicle. The vehicle on-board unit has an incoming message receiving section, an incoming message relevancy section and a driver |
| 7548173 |
Vehicle on-board unit |
June 16, 2009 |
| A vehicle on-board unit of a host vehicle is configured to activate its brake lights upon determining a vehicle traveling condition exists that is indicative of a potentially inadequate safety zone between the host vehicle and a following vehicle. The vehicle on-board unit has a vehicle |
| 7523000 |
Vehicle pre-collision countermeasure system |
April 21, 2009 |
| A vehicle pre-collision countermeasure system is provided has a communication component, a rear collision predicting component and an acceleration countermeasure component. The communication component conducts a direct communications with other vehicles, including broadcasting vehicl |
| 7486199 |
Forward vehicle brake warning system |
February 3, 2009 |
| A forward vehicle brake warning system includes an incoming message receiving component, an adverse driving condition obtaining component, an incoming message relevancy component, a relevancy adjustment component and a driver warning component. The incoming message receiving component |
| 7444227 |
Vehicle communication system |
October 28, 2008 |
| A vehicle communication system is provided to facilitate meeting our people in nearby or neighboring cars with similar interests, desires or wants. The vehicle communication system has a host vehicle two way communication device, a host vehicle personal data storage component and a h |
| 7439853 |
System and method for determining traffic conditions |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system and method for determining a traffic condition of a vehicle includes receiving status information of a plurality of vehicles, the status information including at least a speed of the respective vehicle. An average speed is determined according to the speed included in the st |
| 7437232 |
Vehicle and method for speed control based on position information of other vehicles |
October 14, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes detecting whether a cruise control setting of a first vehicle is active and receiving, at the first vehicle, position information of a second vehicle, the position information of the second vehicle including an ele |
| 7433773 |
Vehicle on-board unit |
October 7, 2008 |
| A vehicle on-board unit comprises a short range wireless broadcasting section, a vehicle identifier receiving section, a vehicle identifier counting section and a communication congestion determining section. The short range wireless broadcasting section is configured to broadcast a |
| 7373243 |
Method and system for providing traffic information |
May 13, 2008 |
| A method, system, and software for automatically providing traffic information to a user, includes tracking and storing travel pattern data of the user, the travel pattern data including a time at which a travel occurs. The travel pattern data is analyzed to predict a particular trav |
| 7363117 |
Method and system for communication between vehicles traveling along a similar path |
April 22, 2008 |
| A method and system of communicating with other vehicles includes determining, by a first vehicle, whether other vehicles are within short range communication range of the first vehicle. A first vehicle, filters the other vehicles within short range communication range based on wheth |
| 7005977 |
System and method for providing wireless communication between vehicles |
February 28, 2006 |
| A vehicle and a method for controlling headlight status in a first vehicle includes receiving status information from at least one vehicle other than the first vehicle located in a communication area surrounding the first vehicle, the status information including a headlight status of th |
