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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Susanne Breitenberger, Munich, DE;
Martin Hauschild, Munich, DE;
Susanne Breitenberger, Munich, DE;
Martin Hauschild, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status detection by a motor vehicle, in particular traffic information for detecting traffic jams is provided. To provide high-quality traffic status information at an acceptable cost, it is proposed that a first step should verify whether the vehicle is currently participating in public road traffic. A second step verifies whether the vehicle has been operated otherwise for more than a predetermined period of time, and optionally in a third step the traffic status detection is interrupted.