Method of acquiring information about another vehicle, method of providing vehicle information, and vehicle communication device

A vehicle communication device comprising:

• a receiver that is configured to receive information;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• in a state in which the one or more vehicles are located in a global positioning system (GPS) dead zone:
• receiving, through the receiver and from the one or more vehicles, (i) location information of the one or more vehicles, and (ii) situation information that corresponds to the location information, wherein the location information comprises information about a location of the one or more vehicles and the situation information comprises information about a situation of the one or more vehicles;
• filtering the situation information received from the one or more vehicles;
• and
• controlling a user interface device of the vehicle to output content based on a result of filtering the situation information.

A method of providing vehicle information by a vehicle, the method comprising:

• in a state in which the vehicle is in a global positioning system (GPS) dead zone, acquiring, by the vehicle, image data for a region near the vehicle;
• based on the image data, acquiring, by the vehicle, location information that indicates a location of the vehicle;
• acquiring, by the vehicle, situation information corresponding to the location information of the vehicle, wherein the situation information indicates a situation of the vehicle;
• and
• transmitting, from the vehicle, the location information and the situation information.