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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Chris Bygrave, Eastleigh, GB;
Oliver Dineen, Winchester, GB;
Phillip Norton, Eastleigh, GB;
David R. Bell, Southampton, GB;
Chris Bygrave, Eastleigh, GB;
Oliver Dineen, Winchester, GB;
Phillip Norton, Eastleigh, GB;
David R. Bell, Southampton, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is a method for alerting road users to the presence of an emergency vehicle. The method for alerting road user to the presence of an emergency vehicle may include receiving a short range signal, the signal including information regarding an emergency vehicle, decoding the signal, notifying a user, and transmitting the information regarding an emergency vehicle via a short range wireless signal. Each vehicle may include a short range wireless signal transceiver which could create a daisy chain distribution mechanism to distribute the information regarding an emergency vehicle to a first vehicle than to a second vehicle quickly and efficiently.