Patent ID: 6070123
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A process for a vehicle control and information system, where trip and traffic-relevant information are transmitted between a vehicle and a central unit by means of at least one wireless transmission system, the vehicle and the central unit each having a data processing unit, the process comprising the steps of:calculating at least one trip route in the central data processing unit or in the vehicle data processing unit;transmitting the trip information between the vehicle and the central unit over the at least one wireless transmission system;simulating the trip by the vehicle in real-time in the central data processing unit and/or in the vehicle data processing unit by having a virtual trip route, which corresponds to the actual trip route of the vehicle, running in the respective data processing unit, where the real-time simulation runs completely independently of the actual trip by the vehicle;performing a real-time simulation in the vehicle data processing unit as well as in the central data processing unit, the real-time simulations being synchronized by signals that are relayed over the at least one wireless transmission system; anddisplaying in the vehicle the vehicle position determined by the real-time simulation of the trip as well as additional traffic-relevant information.