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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Applicant:
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Richard L. Elswick, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00214 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); H04B 10/1123 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A communication system and a method of identifying a target vehicle using application software on a mobile device. The method includes the steps of receiving at the mobile device a wireless signal transmitted from a transmitter at the target vehicle, wherein the wireless signal is received using an imaging detector in the mobile device; identifying that the target vehicle is a source of the wireless signal based on characteristics of the wireless signal; and in response to the identification, displaying to a user on a display of the mobile device an indication of an identity of the target vehicle.