Patent ID: 9014953
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G07C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A driving condition monitoring system for a vehicle on a roadway, comprising: sensors located on or in a vicinity of the roadway, said sensors being configured to obtain and transmit information about the roadway, travel conditions relating to the roadway and external objects on or in the vicinity of the roadway using a wireless radio frequency mechanism; at least one interrogator arranged on the vehicle that causes said sensors to transmit the obtained information and then receives the information obtained and transmitted by said sensors; and a communications device arranged on the vehicle and coupled to said at least one interrogator, said communications device being configured to transmit the information received by said at least one interrogator from said sensors to a remote location separate and apart from the vehicle and the roadway using a bi-directional communications channel between the remote location and the vehicle, wherein the information received by said at least one interrogator from said sensors is provided to an operator of the vehicle in addition to being transmitted to the remote location by said communications device; and wherein said communications device is configured to receive from the remote location, using the bi-directional communications channel between the remote location and the vehicle, information about the roadway, travel conditions relating to the roadway and external objects on or in the vicinity of the roadway obtained by the remote location from at least one other vehicle.