IP Library Granted Patent US 9,735,976
Granted Patent B2
US 9,735,976 · App. 14/429,318 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Method and device for vehicle communication

Inventor: Ulrich Stählin (Eschborn, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
H04L12/189H04L67/12H04W4/046
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Patent No.
US 9,735,976
App. No.
14/429,318
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method for vehicle communication, a first vehicle provides first data for communication with a server. The first data is transmitted to a server by radio using a first communication protocol. The server transmits second data to a second vehicle by radio using the first communication protocol, the second data being determined depending on the first data. Depending on the second data, third data is transmitted by the second vehicle to a third vehicle by radio using a second communication protocol.

Claims (23)

1. A method for vehicle communication, comprising:

receiving, by a server (BE), first data (DATA_ 1 ) for communicating with the server (BE), the received first data (DATA_ 1 ) having been transmitted to the server (BE) from a first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ) by radio using a first communication protocol;

determining, by the server (BE), based on the received first data (DATA_ 1 ), whether the (FZG_ 1 ) is able to transmit data to other vehicles and, if not:

transmitting, by the server (BE), second data (DATA_ 2 ) by radio using the first communication protocol to a second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) capable of transmitting data to other vehicles, the second data (DATA_ 2 ) being determined on the basis of the first data (DATA_ 1 ); and

transmitting, by the second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) third data (DATA_ 3 ) to a third vehicle (FZG_ 3 ) by radio using a second communication protocol, the third data (DATA_ 3 ) being determined on the basis of the second data (DATA_ 2 ).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second data (DATA_ 2 ) are transmitted from the server (BE) to the second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) on the basis of stored vehicle data relating to the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ).

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second data (DATA_ 2 ) are transmitted from the server (BE) to the second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) on the basis of the first data (DATA_ 1 ).

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first data (DATA_ 1 ) are provided on the basis of a traffic accident involving the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ).

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ) has an environment sensor configured to sense the environment around the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ),

it is determined, on the basis of the sensor data from the environment sensor, whether there is a hazardous area in the environment of the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ), and

the first data (DATA_ 1 ) are provided, if it is determined that there is a hazardous area in the environment of the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ).

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first data (DATA_ 1 ) include the current position of the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ).

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first data (DATA_ 1 ) have information relating to the vehicle state of the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ).

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first data (DATA_ 1 ) have information relating to the environment of the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ).

9. A method for vehicle communication, comprising:

receiving, by a second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) able to transmit data to other vehicles, second data (DATA_ 2 ) from a server BE using a first communication protocol, if it has been determined by the server (BE), on the basis of first data (DATA_ 1 ) previously provided to the server (BE) by a first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ), that the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ) is not able to transmit data to other vehicles, the second data (DATA_ 2 ) being determined on the basis of the first data (DATA_ 1 ) previously provided to the server (BE) by the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ); and

transmitting, by the second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ), third data (DATA_ 3 ) to a third vehicle (FZG_ 3 ) by radio using a second communication protocol, the third data (DATA_ 3 ) being determined on the basis of the second data (DATA_ 2 ).

10. A system for communication between vehicles, the system comprising:

a server (BE) configured to:

communicate with a first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ) having a first communication apparatus (KOM_ 1 ) by radio using a first communication protocol and to receive from the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ) first data (DATA_ 1 );

determine, based on the received first data (DATA_ 1 ), whether the first vehicle (FZG_ 1 ) is able to transmit data to other vehicles and, if not:

communicate with a second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) having a second communication apparatus (KOM_ 2 ) by radio using the first communication protocol and to transmit to the second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) second data (DATA_ 2 ) determined on the basis of the first data (DATA_ 1 ), the second vehicle (FZG_ 2 ) being configured to transmit third data (DATA_ 3 ) to a third vehicle (FZG_ 3 ) by radio using a second communication protocol, the third data (DATA_ 3 ) being determined on the basis of the second data (DATA_ 2 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2015
From: STAEHLIN, ULRICH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035411/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 216 827 · Sep 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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