Volkswagen Ag

Holger Schultz

Thomas Biehle

A transportation vehicle, computer program, apparatus and method for a transportation vehicle. The method includes receiving a first piece of information and a second piece of information about the surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a first communication connection and a third piece of information and a fourth piece of information about the surroundings of the transportation vehicle via a second communication connection. The first and the third piece of information are different from one another. The second and the fourth piece of information are also different from one another. The method determines a plausibility of the first and the third piece of information by comparing the first and the third piece of information and determines a plausibility of the second and the fourth piece of information by comparing the second and the fourth piece of information and processes at least one of the first to fourth pieces of information.

Vehicle, computer program, apparatus and method for a vehicle

Methods, devices, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle including receiving information about a triggering of one or more functions of the transportation vehicle, determining a dangerous situation based on the one or more triggered functions of the transportation vehicle based on an actual activity of the driver of the transportation vehicle, and providing information about the dangerous situation to a vehicle-to-vehicle interface.

Methods, devices, and computer programs for providing information about a dangerous situation on a vehicle-to-vehicle interface

Devices, methods and computer programs for making available information about an end of a traffic jam via a vehicle-to-vehicle interface. The device for a transportation vehicle includes an apparatus to receive indicators about an end of a traffic jam. The indicators include at least one element of the group of kinetic information of the transportation vehicle or of transportation vehicles in an area surrounding the transportation vehicle and traffic jam warnings. The device also includes an apparatus to determine information about an end of a traffic jam based on the indicators. The information about the end of a traffic jam indicates that the transportation vehicle will reach the end of a traffic jam in the near future. The device also includes a vehicle-to-vehicle interface to make available information about the end of a traffic jam to one or more other transportation vehicles via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link.

Device, method and computer program for making available information about an end of a traffic jam via a vehicle-to-vehicle interface

Devices, methods, and computer programs for providing traffic jam information via a vehicle-to-vehicle interface. The device for a transportation vehicle includes a device for obtaining traffic jam indicators. The traffic jam indicators include at least one element of the group consisting of the speed of the transportation vehicle or of transportation vehicles in an area surrounding the transportation vehicle and a traffic jam warning. The device also includes a device for determining traffic jam information based on the traffic jam indicators. The traffic jam information indicates whether the transportation vehicle is located in a traffic jam. The device also includes a vehicle-to-vehicle interface to provide the traffic jam information to one or more additional transportation vehicles via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication connection.

Device, method, and computer program for providing traffic jam information via a vehicle-to-vehicle interface

A method for the communication of vehicles including receiving a first message from a first vehicle by a second vehicle via vehicle-to-vehicle communication and/or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and allocating the first message to the first vehicle based on the content of the first message by the second vehicle The method includes sending a second message from the second vehicle to the first vehicle via a separate communication channel by using information from the first message. Also disclosed is a method for vehicles to exchange data unrelated to traffic with one another.

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Falkensee, Germany

Holger Schultz