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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188887 | System and method for alerting drivers to road conditions System and method for warning drivers of changing road conditions is disclosed. In one embodiment road condition information is obtained for at least a portion of a route. The road condition information is analyzed to identify one or more significant features on the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174406 | Detecting and sharing road traffic condition information A method, system, and computer usable program product for detecting and sharing road traffic condition information are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A system receives a set of image inputs from a set of cameras that are stationary relative to a road and ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169339 | Traffic situation display method, traffic situation display system, in-vehicle device, and computer program There is provided a method for displaying a traffic situation in a traffic situation display system, the method comprising: transmitting image data obtained by imaging an imaging region including roads from a road-side device; receiving the transmitted image data in... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8149137 | Speed limit announcing device, method for announcing speed limit, and computer program product for the same A speed limit announcing device for a vehicle includes: an information obtaining element for obtaining information of a speed limit of a following road, wherein the vehicle is supposed to pass through an intersection and to run on the following road after the inters... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138947 | Speed limit informing device installed in on-board navigation system A device for informing to a driver a speed limit set for an own lane included in a multi-lane road is installed in a navigation system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The device includes a road surface camera for taking pictures of the speed limit painted on a roa... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134478 | Data mining in a digital map database to identify community reported driving hazards along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle. User reports of hazardous conditions along roads are obtained and analyzed to identify reports that pertain t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8120512 | Method and apparatus for detecting a path of travel or direction of travel Spaced first and second signposts transmit wireless signals containing different signpost identifications. A first path of travel passes through the transmission range of the first signpost, and a second path of travel passes through the transmission range of the se... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115652 | Method and apparatus for vehicle driving guide A method and an apparatus for vehicle driving guide with lamps are applied to a target road. The apparatus has a traffic condition detection module, multiple indication lamps and a signal control module. The traffic condition detection module obtains a traffic condi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106792 | Program and method for adaptive mobile ad-hoc wireless communication A method of controlling a wireless communication device that is installed in a moving vehicle. The method comprises receiving roadway topology information and vehicle traffic pattern information, receiving vehicle and wireless communication device performance inform... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098171 | Traffic visibility in poor viewing conditions on full windshield head-up display A method to dynamically register a graphic onto a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a substantially transparent windscreen head-up display includes monitoring driving viewing conditions of the vehicle, detecting poor viewing conditions based on the monitored driv... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098170 | Full-windshield head-up display interface for social networking A method to dynamically register a graphic identifying social networking subscribers of a social networking service having socialization attributes common to the vehicle onto a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a substantially transparent windscreen head-up displ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089373 | Sign system for roads A sign system for roads includes a back sign. The back sigh has a mount affixed to the ground that is adjacent to a road. A back sign device is affixed to the mount. The mount has a front face that is visible to oncoming traffic. The back sign device is located on a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081086 | AVI transponder with audio announcements means An automatic vehicle identification (AVI) unit includes a transponder to communicate with an interrogator regarding at least an identification of a vehicle in which the AVI unit is located, and an audio speaker to broadcast verbal announcements based on information ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8059013 | Communication apparatus An object is to provide a communication device which can transmit different information for each lane in vehicle-to-roadside communications, while allowing vehicles to perform highly accurate position location. A communication device, placed on roadside, for transmi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8044823 | Systems and method for monitoring and controlling a vehicle travel surface Methods for determining need for treating a vehicle travel surface include sensing, at a first time, a characteristic of a vehicle travel surface from a mobile sensor. Sensed characteristics include temperature, friction coefficient, material volumetric buildup, e.g... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8026831 | Weather information notification apparatus and program for the same A weather information notification apparatus mounted to a vehicle is disclosed. The weather information notification apparatus includes: an acquisition section that cyclically acquires information about weather at a point; a record section that stores the acquired i... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009061 | Data mining for traffic signals or signs along road curves and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a traffic light or stop sign located along a curved section of road. A database that represent... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009062 | Vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and distribution Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and reporting for onboard vehicle navigation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for vehicle traffic flow data acquisition a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7990284 | Providing sponsorship information alongside traffic messages A method and system for providing sponsorship information to a user of a traffic message receiver is disclosed. Sponsorship messages are sent to the traffic message receiver and include data to be stored in the memory of the receiver. The transmission of the sponsor... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986247 | Advisory system for previewing local conditions on a highway A driver advisory system for previewing the local traffic conditions on a highway is described. Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers o... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7965198 | Road-to-vehicle communication system, road-to-vehicle communication method, road-to-vehicle communication program and program recording medium Disclosed is a road-to-vehicle communication system to provide highly reliable road-to-vehicle communication services by use of a vehicle's car navigation system. The roadmap information for the car navigation system contains information to indicate if an area is a ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961114 | Weather information notification apparatus and program storage medium In a vehicular navigation system, a control circuit acquires weather information and displays (i) a map containing a present position and (ii) weather information relative to a position outside a display range of the map, among the acquired weather information. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7907063 | Speed limit enforcer A device and method for providing speed limit and other roadway and traffic information to a vehicle. A signal is transmitted from a remote source, such as a satellite, to one or more ground transmitters. The ground transmitters are located apart from each other and... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902997 | Retrieving and presenting dynamic traffic information A system, a method and computer-readable media for presenting dynamic traffic information. A user profile is stored, and advisory data based on the user profile is gathered. The advisory data may include traffic information associated with road segments identified b... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7880642 | GPS-generated traffic information Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7859429 | Weather information display device A weather information display device displays on its display device a section, for which weather information is acquired, in a display mode corresponding to the weather information. An icon indicating the weather information is displayed on the section of the weathe... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859428 | System and method for electronic road signs with in-car display capabilities The present invention is method and system for delivering road sign content information to a mobile computing device for display to the driver of a vehicle. The system consists of a wireless communication network in communication with a mobile computing device opera... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855659 | Providing sponsorship information alongside traffic messages A method and system for providing sponsorship information to a user of a traffic message receiver is disclosed. Sponsorship messages are sent to the traffic message receiver and include data to be stored in the memory of the receiver. The transmission of the sponsor... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7847708 | System for providing site-specific, real-time environmental condition information to vehicles and related methods A system for providing environmental condition information to remote users includes a computer system that obtains environmental data from a variety of sources and converts them into data that indicate presence of an environmental condition (including the strength, ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839301 | Surface condition sensing and treatment systems, and associated methods A surface condition sensing and treatment system includes a transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic radiation (EMR) toward a surface material disposed upon a vehicle travel surface. Reflected EMR is received and signals indicative of the reflected EMR are proce... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830274 | Method and device for improving traffic safety An embodiment of the present invention improves traffic safety in the field of aviation and in the field of shipping, and also in road traffic. In at least one embodiment, a method achieves this by determining at specified intervals a current position and a current ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7817064 | Road-condition informing apparatus and road-condition informing method A detecting unit that is provided at a detection position on a road detects a road condition near the detection position. A light emitting unit that is provided at the detection position emits a light. A control unit controls a light emission of the light emitting u... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800514 | Determining billboard refresh rate based on traffic flow The present invention relates to the determining of a refresh rate of a dynamic billboard. A system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a system for obtaining traffic flow information; a system for determining the refresh rate per min... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791500 | Providing sponsorship information alongside traffic messages A method and system for providing sponsorship information to a user of a traffic message receiver is disclosed. Sponsorship messages are sent to the traffic message receiver and include data to be stored in the memory of the receiver. The transmission of the sponsor... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7764192 | Traveling safety device for vehicle A traveling safety device for a vehicle of the present invention includes a storage device, a present vehicle position detecting device, a vehicle state detecting device, a curve recognizing device, a proper vehicle state setting device, a comparing device, an opera... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760112 | System and method based on short range wireless communications for notifying drivers of abnormal road traffic conditions The present invention predicts traffic conditions based on traffic information exchanged by means of short range wireless communications, between vehicles moving in an opposite direction. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: s... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755509 | Use of pattern matching to predict actual traffic conditions of a roadway segment Actual traffic conditions of a roadway segment are predicted by providing a plurality of historical roadway condition patterns of the roadway segment in a database, obtaining an electronic representation of a current roadway condition pattern of the roadway segment,... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7705749 | Alert device An alert device for a vehicle includes a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a positioning data receiver for providing vehicle location data, a microcontroller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7701360 | System and method for selective navigation tracking There is disclosed systems and methods for controlling communication of navigation positioning information from a source of said information to another device for tracking purposes. In one embodiment, a user having a communicating device that maintains a record of i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7688223 | System for assisting a driver of an industrial truck during driving System for assisting a driver of an industrial truck with the following features: transponders are arranged at predetermined points of the working area of the industrial truck, the transponders are designed so that they transmit a UHF signal upon receipt of a transm... | 03/30/2010 |
