Vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication system and method

A vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication device, said device being installed on a specific vehicle and comprising:

• a speed monitor determining when said specific vehicle enters a queue in a single lane of traffic and further determining when said specific vehicle exits said queue;
• a communication apparatus receiving a first signal from a directly preceding vehicle, said directly preceding vehicle being in front of and adjacent to said specific vehicle in said queue in said single lane of traffic and said first signal comprising a first set of traffic queue data comprising at least a position of said directly preceding vehicle in said queue and an average speed of said queue;
• a processor determining, based on said first set of traffic queue data, a second set of traffic queue data comprising at least a position of said specific vehicle in said queue and a revised average speed of said queue, said communication apparatus further transmitting a second signal to a directly following vehicle, said second signal comprising said second set of traffic queue data and said directly following vehicle being behind and adjacent to said specific vehicle in said single lane of traffic;
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• a signal monitor monitoring receipt of said first signal by said communication apparatus and determining when said communication apparatus stops receiving said first signal in order to determine when said specific vehicle reaches a starting position of said queue.

A vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication method, said method comprising:

• receiving, by a traffic queue information communication device installed on a specific vehicle, a first signal from a directly preceding vehicle, said directly preceding vehicle being in front of and adjacent to said specific vehicle in a single lane of traffic and said first signal comprising a first set of traffic queue data comprising at least a position of said directly preceding vehicle in a queue and an average speed of said queue;
• determining, by said traffic queue information communication device, a second set of traffic queue data, based on said first set of traffic queue data, said second set of traffic queue data comprising at least a position of said specific vehicle in said queue and a revised average speed of said queue;
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• transmitting, by said traffic queue information communication device, a second signal to a directly following vehicle, said second signal comprising said second set of traffic queue data and said directly following vehicle being behind and adjacent to said specific vehicle in said single lane of traffic.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code causing a computer to perform a method for vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication, said method comprising:

• receiving, by a traffic queue information device of a specific vehicle, a first signal from a directly preceding vehicle, said directly preceding vehicle being in front of and adjacent to said specific vehicle in a single lane of traffic and said first signal comprising a first set of traffic queue data comprising at least a position of said directly preceding vehicle in a queue and an average speed of said queue;
• determining, by said traffic queue information device, a second set of traffic queue data, based on said first set of traffic queue data, said second set of traffic queue data comprising at least a position of said specific vehicle in said queue and a revised average speed of said queue;
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• transmitting, by said traffic queue information device, a second signal to a directly following vehicle, said second signal comprising said second set of traffic queue data and said directly following vehicle being behind and adjacent to said specific vehicle in said single lane of traffic.