Device, method and computer program for making available information about an end of a traffic jam via a vehicle-to-vehicle interface

US10388152B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Biehle · Hankensbüttel, DE
• Holger Schultz · Falkensee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2019
• Expiry date: May 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/46
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, methods and computer programs for making available information about an end of a traffic jam via a vehicle-to-vehicle interface. The device for a transportation vehicle includes an apparatus to receive indicators about an end of a traffic jam. The indicators include at least one element of the group of kinetic information of the transportation vehicle or of transportation vehicles in an area surrounding the transportation vehicle and traffic jam warnings. The device also includes an apparatus to determine information about an end of a traffic jam based on the indicators. The information about the end of a traffic jam indicates that the transportation vehicle will reach the end of a traffic jam in the near future. The device also includes a vehicle-to-vehicle interface to make available information about the end of a traffic jam to one or more other transportation vehicles via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link.