Vehicle collision monitoring method

US8990001B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990001-B2
Application numberUS-201313952414-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 26, 2013
Priority dateJul 26, 2013
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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A vehicle collision monitoring method comprises preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading, and evaluating, using a controller, whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths. The evaluating includes segregating an area surrounding the host vehicle location into a plurality of sectors, determining which of the sectors is a remote vehicle sector including the remote vehicle location, and determining whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths based on the host vehicle location, the host vehicle heading, the remote vehicle location, the remote vehicle heading and a characteristic relating to the sector that includes the remote vehicle location.

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What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle collision monitoring method comprising: preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading; receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading; evaluating, using a controller, whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are convergi…

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What does patent US8990001B2 cover?
A vehicle collision monitoring method comprises preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading, and evaluating, using a controller, whether the h…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nissan North America Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G08G1/166. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).