Patent ID: 9393958
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B60W,G01M,G06K,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a vehicle on the roadway for validating information of an object on or near the roadway that is remote from the vehicle, comprising: receiving continuously at least for a duration, by a vehicle-to-X communication transceiver located in the vehicle, a first location of the object on or near the roadway indicating an absolute position of the object on or near the roadway; detecting discontinuously, by at least one individual sensor or a group of sensors located in the vehicle and coupled to the vehicle-to-X communication transceiver, a second location of the object on or near the roadway indicating a relative position of the object on or near the roadway relative to the vehicle; validating, by a processor located in the vehicle, the first location of the object on or near the roadway when: in response to the first location being validated, controlling, by the processor located in the vehicle at least one of: a warning output to the driver, or an action that intervenes with driving of the vehicle.