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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Thomas Biehle, Groß Oesingen, DE;
Holger Schultz, Falkensee, DE;
Abstract
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.