Patent ID: 9729636
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60L,G01C,G05D,G08G,H04L,H04W,Y02T

Claim:
1. A communication system for vehicles, said communication system comprising: a plurality of communication devices at respective geographic locations along the road; wherein said communication devices are operable to wirelessly communicate with communication systems of vehicles traveling on the road; wherein said communication devices of the road communicate lane boundary information to the vehicles traveling on the road, and wherein, when a vehicle receiving the communicated lane boundary information is moving out of a lane into an adjacent lane that is occupied by another vehicle, an alert at that vehicle is generated to alert a driver of that vehicle; and wherein said communication devices of the road communicate location information to the vehicles traveling on the road pertaining to the respective geographical locations of said communication devices, and wherein the location information is communicated at least during situations where GPS satellite reception at the vehicles is lost or interrupted.