# US 2014/0195072 A1 · Inter-vehicle communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195072 A1 - Document ID: US20140195072A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/977,539 - Filed: 2011-12-29 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-29 - Inventors: David L. Graumann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195072A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/22: {Platooning, i.e. convoy of communicating vehicles} - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - G01S 5/0072: {Transmission between mobile stations, e.g. anti-collision systems} - H04B 7/26: at least one of which is mobile - B60W 2050/143: {Alarm means} - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - B60W 2420/403: Image sensing, e.g. optical camera - B60W 2554/4041: Position - B60W 2554/801: Lateral distance - B60W 2554/804: Relative longitudinal speed - B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data - B60W 2556/65: Data transmitted between vehicles - G01S 13/867: {Combination of radar systems with cameras} - G01S 2013/9316: {combined with communication equipment with other vehicles or with base stations} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for communicating between one or more vehicles, including providing communicated information to a user of the one or more vehicles. The information may be presented to the user via one or more user interfaces. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor associated with a first vehicle, data from a second vehicle; receiving, by the at least one processor, at least one sensor signal providing at least one information element; generating, by the at least one processor, a user interface signal based on the data from the second vehicle and the at least one sensor signal; and providing, by the at least one processor, the user interface signal to a user interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving data from a second vehicle comprises receiving a modulated signal output by the second vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising demodulating, by the at least one processor, the received modulated signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the data from the second vehicle includes at least one of: (i) a velocity of at least one other vehicle; (ii) a position of at least one other vehicle; (iii) an acceleration of at least one other vehicle; (iv) a deceleration of at least one other vehicle; (v) an activation of brakes in at least one other vehicle; (vi) global positioning satellite (GPS) navigation coordinates; or (vii) a distance between two other vehicles. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor signal comprises a range sensor signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one information element comprises at least one of: (i) a distance between the first vehicle and at least one other vehicle; (ii) global positioning satellite (GPS) navigation information of the first vehicle; (iii) position of the first vehicle; (iv) velocity of the first vehicle; or (v) acceleration of the first vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating a user interface signal further comprises determining, based upon an evaluation of at least one of the data or the at least one information element, information relevant to a driver of the first vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling, by the at least one processor, at least one component of the first vehicle based at least in part upon at least one of the data from the second vehicle or the at least one information element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein controlling at least one component comprises controlling at least one of: (i) brakes of the first vehicle; (ii) an engine of the first vehicle; (iii) a transmission of the first vehicle; (iv) a fuel supply of the first vehicle; (v) a throttle valve of the first vehicle; or (vi) a clutch of the first vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising generating, by the at least one processor, a signal to transmit to a third vehicle based at least in part on the data from the second vehicle and the at least one information element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein generating a signal to transmit to a third vehicle further comprises generating a signal based at least partly on a bandwidth of a channel between the first vehicle and the third vehicle. ### Claim 12 A vehicle comprising: a receiver configured to receive a modulated signal output by a second vehicle; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the receiver and configured to demodulate the modulated signal; and, a user interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to receive a user interface signal generated by the at least one processor based in part on the demodulated modulated signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle of claim 12, further comprising a sensor communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and providing a sensor signal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The vehicle of claim 13, wherein the user interface signal generated by the at least one processor is further based in part on the sensor signal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The vehicle of claim 12, wherein the receiver is an image sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is configured to demodulate the modulated signal by decoding an image generated by the image sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The vehicle of claim 12, further comprising a modulator communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to receive a communication signal from the at least one processor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the modulator is one of: (i) a tail light of the vehicle; (ii) a reverse light of the vehicle; (iii) a light-emitting diode (LED); (iv) a light emitter; (v) a radio frequency emitter; or (vi) a sonic emitter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the communication signal is generated by the at least one processor based at least partly on the demodulated signal, the sensor signal, and a bandwidth of the receiver. ### Claim 20 At least one computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors associated with a vehicle, executes a method comprising: receiving data from a second vehicle; receiving at least one sensor signal providing at least one information element; generating a user interface signal based on the data from the second vehicle and the at least one sensor signal; and providing the user interface signal to a user interface. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises controlling at least one component of the vehicle based at least partly upon at least one of the data from the second vehicle or the at least one information element. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises generating a signal to transmit to a third vehicle based at least partly on the data from the second vehicle and the at least one information element.