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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Paul A. Avery, San Antonio, TX (US);
Joshua J. Curtis, San Antonio, TX (US);
Reda Laurent Bouraoui, Versailles, FR;
Paul A. Avery, San Antonio, TX (US);
Joshua J. Curtis, San Antonio, TX (US);
Reda Laurent Bouraoui, Versailles, FR;
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system for using vehicle-to-vehicle cooperative communications for traffic collision avoidance. One vehicle detects a 'situation', such as a pedestrian within the crosswalk, where an 'offending object' is in or near a roadway feature, which could result in a collision. The detecting vehicle informs a second vehicle via wireless communications, of the detecting vehicle's GPS location, the GPS location of the detected object, and the GPS location of the roadway feature, i.e., a crosswalk boundary. Additional data about the “offending object” can include its speed and heading. A receiving vehicle receives this data and takes appropriate avoidance action.