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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin W Mulder, Eindhoven, NL;
Erik J Walgers, Eindhoven, NL;
Carla J Emmerink, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul D Lahaije, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340905 ; 340988 ; 340992 ; 340995 ; 701204 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for supplying traffic-related information in a vehicle receives a message concerning a traffic-related event, for instance a traffic queue. This message contains information about the location of the traffic-related event. The apparatus calculates the time and/or distance interval between the location of the event and the current position of the vehicle and gives an alarm if the time and/or distance interval is smaller than a predetermined time and/or distance interval.