Transmission of vehicle-relevant data of a vehicle via mobile communication

US8280583B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Stählin · Eschborn, DE
• Marc Menzel · Weimar, DE
• Robert Baier · West Chester, US
• Bettina Erdem · Kronberg, DE
• Thomas Willnecker · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Robert Gee · Lake Barrington, US
• Ulrich Möller · Karlsruhe, DE
• Maik Schäfer · Markdorf, DE
• Oleg Bauer · Brüggen, DE
• Markus Aunkofer · Abensberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 11, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/65
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device, method, computer program and computer readable medium allowing for vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication. An ignition key radio technology may used in addition to WLAN-based communication in a vehicle in order to communicate with other vehicles or infrastructure. The ignition key radio technology is used to send only selected data which have been altered significantly. The remaining data are not sent or kept for the WLAN communication.