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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Saverio Zuccotti, Orbassano, IT;
Mario Gambera, Orbassano, IT;
Saverio Zuccotti, Orbassano, IT;
Mario Gambera, Orbassano, IT;
C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni, Orbassano, IT;
Abstract
A cooperative event location system is provided having a first system in a first vehicle and a second system. The first system includes a first event detection component to detect an occurrence of an event, a first measurement component to determine a distance traveled from the event, a first processing component coupled to the event detection component and the measurement component to prepare an event message, and a first short-range communication component coupled to the processing component and configured to transmit the event message to the second system remote from the first system. The second system includes a second short-range communication component to receive the event message, a satellite navigation component to provide location information, and a processing component coupled to the second communication component and the satellite navigation component to determine in latitude and longitude coordinates a location of the event.