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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Steve Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ronald Heft, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steve Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ronald Heft, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle information communication method is provided in which at least one of host vehicle probe data and surrounding vehicle probe data is collected in a host vehicle. After collection, the data is transmitted to a carrier vehicle. The carrier vehicle then disassociates identifying information from the data before sending the data to an external communication device.