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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Lorenzo Caminiti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Derek S. Caveney, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael E. Samples, Toledo, OH (US);
Lorenzo Caminiti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Derek S. Caveney, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael E. Samples, Toledo, OH (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method for avoiding a collision in a vehicle including the steps of: providing a transmitting vehicle, providing a receiving vehicle, creating data information in the transmitting vehicle, sending the data information to the receiving vehicle, and determining the relevancy of the data information to the receiving vehicle using a current position and heading of the receiving vehicle.