Method and Apparatus for Vehicle to Vehicle Communication and Information Relay
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHadi Elzein, Jeffrey Raymond Ostrowski
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to detect a primary vehicle emergency-state. The processor is also configured to determine that emergency-services communication through an on-board device is not possible. Further, the processor is configured to search for a secondary vehicle having vehicle-to-vehicle communication capabilities. The processor is additionally configured to send an emergency-services request to the secondary vehicle to establish communication with the secondary vehicle and send prioritized emergency data to the secondary vehicle.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect a primary vehicle emergency-state;
- determine that emergency-services communication through an on-board device is not possible;
- search for a secondary vehicle having vehicle-to-vehicle communication capabilities;
- send an emergency-services request to the secondary vehicle to establish communication with the secondary vehicle;
- and
- send prioritized emergency data to the secondary vehicle.
A system comprising:
- a vehicle-based processor configured to:
- receive an emergency-services request from a primary vehicle in an emergency state;
- establish vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the primary vehicle;
- receive emergency data from the primary vehicle;
- and
- send a communication requesting emergency services on behalf of the primary vehicle.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive an emergency communication from a secondary vehicle, sent on behalf of a primary vehicle;
- compare an emergency communication identifier to any previously received emergency communication identifiers to determine if the emergency communication is duplicative;
- and
- send a request to an emergency-services provider, based on a non-duplicate emergency communication, including emergency data received as part of the communication that is not duplicative of already sent emergency data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.