Patent ID: 11960627
Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A system for anonymizing networked motor vehicle data, comprising:
at least one first sensor, configured to capture environmental data;
at least one second sensor, configured to capture vehicle data;
a first communication module, configured for communicating with a network server and other motor vehicles; and
a first control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to
receive group information from other vehicles via vehicle-to-vehicle communication;
determine traffic flow data on the basis of the group information received via the vehicle-to-vehicle communication;
anonymize the data set on the basis of the traffic flow data by locally concealing the information regarding the location of the data capture and/or by temporally concealing the information regarding the time of the data capture; and
transmit the anonymized data set to a network server.