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Traffic event monitoring

US8988252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Kay-Ulrich Scholl · Malsch, DE
Andreas Stiegler · Ettlingen, DE
Heiko Oehring · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 12, 2011
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/096775
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Information on a traffic event, such as a traffic accident, may be provided to a vehicle equipped with a system for performing a wireless data communication with a traffic event center. The system can determine automatically if the vehicle approaches the traffic event by receiving corresponding information in a wireless data transmission, or by a determination based on the vehicle's current position and a location of the traffic event received in a wireless data transmission. If it is determined by the system that the vehicle has approached a traffic event, the system can automatically acquire image data of the vehicle environment, and transmit the acquired image data to the traffic event center.

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