Patent ID: 9008958
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B60R,B60W,G01C,G01S,G08G,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication system comprising: a V2V transceiver 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, at regular intervals, using a V2V protocol, wherein the V2V messages comprise: (i) the subject vehicle position; (ii) the subject vehicle heading; and (iii) subject vehicle speed; a wireless transmit gateway configured to transmit V2V information over at least one the wireless protocols in the Markush group: (WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular phone, cellular data) and wherein the wireless protocol used by the wireless transmit gateway is not the V2V protocol.