System And Method For Improved Vehicle Safety Through Enhanced Situation Awareness Of A Driver Of A Vehicle

A situation awareness system of a driver of a vehicle in a multi-vehicle environment, said system comprising:

• a. at least one remote central server communicatively connected to said at least one vehicle, said server comprising:
• i. a server computer comprising a CPU, a memory, and an operating system;
• ii. at least one wireless server transceiver;
• iii. a plurality of databases within said server computer;
• and,
• iv. a plurality of applications within said server computer adapted to manage said plurality of server databases and to control said wireless server transceiver;
• b. at least one vehicle subsystem installed in a vehicle with a driver, said subsystem comprising:
• i. an vehicle computer having a CPU, a memory, and an operating system;
• ii. a plurality of sensors adapted to collect information about the state of said vehicle, to identify said driver, and to collect information about the state of said driver;
• iii. a plurality of databases within said vehicle computer;
• iv. at least one vehicle transducer to interrogate external environmental responders about the state of the environment;
• v. a wireless vehicle transceiver adapted to communicate with said at least one remote central server;
• vi. a plurality of vehicle applications within said vehicle computer adapted to manage said plurality of vehicle databases and to control said wireless vehicle transceiver;
• and,
• vii. a situation assessment application adapted to collect and analyze the collected information from said plurality of sensors, said databases of said remote central server, and said plurality of databases, and to register said analyzed information into data structures;
• wherein said situation assessment application is based on at least one situation assessment mathematical function;
• wherein said vehicle subsystem further comprises a user interface warning device which is adapted to present said data structures in a user friendly manner, and thereby to enhance the situation awareness of said driver.

A method for enhancement of situation awareness of a driver of a vehicle in a multi-vehicle environment, said method comprising:

• i. obtaining a situation awareness system comprising a vehicle subsystem and a remote central server;
• ii. identifying the driver of said vehicle;
• iii. collecting information by a plurality of sensors, said information is about the state of said vehicle and about the state of said driver, and storing said information in databases in said vehicle and said server;
• iv. synchronizing the databases in a predetermined time interval by a synchronization application, according to a predetermined radius around the vehicle, or according to a specific important and urgent event,
• v. managing said plurality of server databases and said plurality of databases and controlling said wireless server transceiver and said wireless vehicle transceiver by said server applications and said vehicle applications;
• vi. interrogating external environmental responders about the state of the environment and registering the received information from said responders in said databases;
• vii. analyzing the collected information received from said plurality of sensors, in said databases and registering the analyzed information into data structures, wherein said step of analyzing is by a situation assessment application based on at least one situation assessment mathematical function;
• viii. presenting said data structures in a user friendly manner by a user interface warning device within said vehicle subsystem, and thereby enhancing said situation awareness of said driver.