Patent ID: 11948452
Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A first vehicle comprising:
a traffic information collection unit configured to collect traffic information;
a blockchain processor configured to update traffic information of a first block, the first block comprising a header and at least one body including the traffic information, wherein a verification target block is an updated first block including the updated traffic information; and
a communication unit configured to share the verification target block with at least one second vehicle present in a network in a manner using a peer-to-peer (P2P) method and to receive another verification target block from the at least one second vehicle present in the network in a manner using the P2P method,
wherein a traffic information of a first block in the at least one second vehicle is updated, and the another verification target block is an updated first block including the updated traffic information in the at least one second vehicle,
wherein the communication unit verifies the another verification target block received from the at least one second vehicle present in the network,
wherein the first vehicle shares a second block including the updated traffic information of the verified another verification target block in response to a determination that the verifying is successful,
wherein the first vehicle shares the second block not including the updated traffic information of the verified another verification target block in response to a determination that the verifying is not successful, and
wherein the traffic information collection unit includes
a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to collect position information with a predetermined period, and
a vehicle speed for each link determination unit configured to convert the position information collected with the 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.