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US 11,443,631 B2Granted
Enhanced onboard equipment
AssigneeDERQ Inc.
InventorsNikhil Manohar, Amer Abufadel, Georges Aoude
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Abstract
Among other things, an equipment for use on board a first ground transportation entity has (a) a receiver for information generated by a sensor of the environment of the first ground transportation entity, (b) a processor, and (c) a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to generate and send safety message information to a second ground transportation entity based on the information generated by the sensor.
Claims61
An apparatus comprising:
- an equipment on board a first ground transportation entity, the equipment having
- (a) a receiver for information generated by a sensor of an environment of the first ground transportation entity;
- (b) at least one processor;
- and
- (c) a memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- based at least on the information generated by the sensor, generating a first safety message on behalf of a second unconnected ground transportation entity that is incapable of generating or sending safety messages, the first safety message comprising kinematic information of the second unconnected ground transportation entity;
- sending the first safety message to a third ground transportation entity on behalf of the second unconnected ground transportation entity;
- based at least on the information generated by the sensor, detecting a fourth ground transportation entity in a vicinity of the first ground transportation entity;
- based on detecting the fourth ground transportation entity, generating (i) a prediction of a future change in motion of the first ground transportation entity, and (ii) a prediction of a future time at which the predicted future change in motion will occur;
- generating a second safety message, the second safety message comprising the prediction of the future change in motion and the prediction of the future time;
- and
- sending the second safety message to the third ground transportation entity or to a fifth ground transportation entity.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an equipment on board a first ground transportation entity, the equipment having
- (a) a receiver for position correction information sent from a source external to the first ground transportation entity, the position correction information representing a correction to a position of the first ground transportation entity, wherein the position correction information comprises at least one of a Radio Technical Commission for Maritime (RTCM) correction message or global navigation satellite system (GNSS) position correction information,
- (b) at least one processor, and
- (c) a memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- generating a position correction message based at least on the position correction information, the position correction message being configured to be used by a second ground transportation entity to correct a position of the second ground transportation entity;
- and
- transmitting the position correction message to the second ground transportation entity.
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A method comprising
- receiving, by equipment on board a first ground transportation entity, information generated by a sensor, mounted on the first ground transportation entity, of an environment of the first ground transportation entity;
- based at least on the information generated by the sensor, generating, by the equipment, a first safety message on behalf of a second unconnected ground transportation entity that is incapable of generating or sending safety messages, the first safety message comprising kinematic information of the second unconnected ground transportation entity;
- sending, by the equipment, the first safety message to a third ground transportation entity on behalf of the second unconnected ground transportation entity;
- based at least on the information generated by the sensor, detecting a fourth ground transportation entity in a vicinity of the first ground transportation entity;
- based on detecting the fourth ground transportation entity, generating (i) a prediction of a future change in motion of the first ground transportation entity, and (ii) a prediction of a future time at which the predicted future change in motion will occur;
- generating a second safety message, the second safety message comprising the prediction of the future change in motion and the prediction of the future time;
- and
- sending the second safety message to the third ground transportation entity or to a fifth ground transportation entity.
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A method comprising
- receiving, by equipment on board a first ground transportation entity, position correction information sent from a source external to the first ground transportation entity, the position correction information representing a correction to a position of the first ground transportation entity, wherein the position correction information comprises at least one of a Radio Technical Commission for Maritime (RTCM) correction message or global navigation satellite system (GNSS) position correction information;
- generating, by the equipment, a position correction message based at least on the position correction information, the position correction message being configured to be used by a second ground transportation entity to correct a position of the second ground transportation entity;
- and
- transmitting, by the equipment, the position correction message to the second ground transportation entity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.