Patent ID: 7630834
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: G01C,G01S,G07C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for navigating a vehicle comprising: at least one sensor situated in the vehicle, the at least one sensor configured to sense at least one datum corresponding to at least one of an instantaneous sensor value and a time-averaged sensor value, the at least one sensor electrically coupled to a vehicle bus; a gateway node situated in the vehicle, the gateway node electrically coupled to the vehicle bus, the at least one sensor configured to communicate the at least one datum to the gateway node via the vehicle bus using a network protocol; a processor, the gateway node configured to communicate the at least one datum to the processor using a wireless communication protocol; and a positioning device, the positioning device electrically coupled to the processor, the processor adapted to use at least one of a former position, an initial position, and the at least one datum to determine a current position.