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US 7,925,423 B2Granted
System and method for traffic condition detection
AssigneeEmbarq Holdings Company, LLC
InventorsJamie C. Howarter, Richard G. Bradford
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting traffic conditions. Communications are performed wirelessly with a traffic detector. A determination is made whether a vehicle is approaching a traffic condition within safe parameters. A driver is alerted of the traffic condition in response to determining the vehicle is not approaching the traffic condition within the safe parameters.
Claims20
A method for detecting traffic conditions, the method comprising:
- communicating wirelessly with a traffic detector;
- determining safe parameters for approaching a traffic condition associated with the traffic detector, the safe parameters include driving conditions, vehicle characteristics, and a user profile associated with a driver of the vehicle;
- determining whether the vehicle is approaching the traffic condition within the safe parameters, wherein the vehicle characteristics are enabled to be determined utilizing a global positioning system and wireless triangulation;
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- alerting the driver of the traffic condition in response to determining the vehicle is not approaching the traffic condition within the safe parameters.
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A GPS-enabled wireless device for traffic condition detection comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a traffic detector, the traffic detector indicates a traffic condition;
- traffic logic configured to determine whether a vehicle in which the GPS-enabled wireless device is located is approaching the traffic condition within safe parameters, the safe parameters include driving conditions, vehicle characteristics, and a user profile associated with a driver of the vehicle;
- a user interface configured to alert a driver of the traffic condition in response to determining the vehicle is not approaching the traffic condition within the safe parameters.
A GPS device comprising:
- a processor for executing a set of instructions configured to respond to traffic conditions;
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- a memory for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are configured to communicate wirelessly with one or more traffic detectors regarding the traffic conditions, receive global positioning information, determine whether a vehicle is approaching a traffic condition within safe parameters in response to the global positioning information, wherein the safe parameters include driving conditions, vehicle characteristics, and a user profile associated with a driver of the vehicle, and alerts the driver of the traffic condition in response to determining the vehicle is not approaching the traffic condition within the safe parameters.
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