Patent ID: 9031089
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60R,B60W,G01C,G01S,G08G,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication system comprising: a V2V transmitter configured to operate in a transmitting vehicle; wherein the V2V transmitter is configured to accept as input subject vehicle position and subject vehicle heading; wherein the V2V transmitter broadcasts V2V messages comprising: (i) the subject vehicle position; (ii) the subject vehicle heading; and (iii) subject vehicle speed; and a parking space detector configured to determine, for a parking space close to the subject vehicle, the full-versus-empty state of the parking space; wherein the V2V transmitter is further configured to comprise a motion mode and a parking lot mode wherein transmissions by the V2V transmitter occur at a first regular time interval in the motion mode and occur at a second regular time interval in the parking lot mode and the second regular time interval is longer than the first regular time interval.