Patent ID: 11948452
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of processing traffic information using blockchain technology, the method comprising:
collecting, by a first vehicle, traffic information;
updating, by the first vehicle, traffic information of a first block based on the collected traffic information, the first block comprising a header and at least one body including the traffic information;
sharing, by the first vehicle, a verification target block with at least one second vehicle present in a network in a manner using a peer-to-peer (P2P) method, wherein the verification target block is an updated first block including the updated traffic information;
verifying, by the at least one second vehicle present in the network, the shared verification target block;
sharing, by the at least one second vehicle, a second block including the updated traffic information of the verified verification target block with other vehicles present in the network in response to a determination that the verifying is successful; and
sharing, by the at least one second vehicle, the second block not including the updated traffic information of the verified verification target block with the other vehicles present in the network in response to a determination that the verifying is not successful,
wherein collecting the traffic information includes
collecting, by the first vehicle, position information with a predetermined period, and
converting, by the first vehicle, the position information collected with the predetermined period into a speed for each of at least one link with reference to a map database including map information having at least link section information.