| 摘要 |
A system for sharing and processing traffic information includes a number of traffic information computer systems within individual vehicles or devices and a virtual traffic information server on a mobile network. The traffic information computer systems are each connected through a peer-to-peer radio, cellular, Wi-Fi, or other similar types of communications network, and which each operate with a database for displaying road maps, with a database storing average speed data for directions of travel along roadways, and with a location sensor used to determine the location and average speed of the vehicle or device, which are transmitted to other vehicles. The virtual server returns average speed data for road segments, which is displayed on the road maps. The system includes sharing average speed data calculated as well average speed data received from the plurality of vehicles to other vehicles, thereby enhancing the real-time communication of traffic data. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium and residing in a user device, said instructions performing the steps of:
receiving, via a receiver, information regarding traffic data from a plurality of third-party users, wherein said receiver is of or associated with a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles; storing, via a data storage database, said information regarding traffic data from said plurality of third-party users; storing, via a traffic database, information regarding average speed data for road segments traveled by said plurality of third-party users; displaying, via a display device, a subset of said information regarding said average speed data for road segments traveled, wherein said subset of said information is displayed on computer-generated roadmaps; displaying, via said display screen, a first indication on a road segment, wherein said first indication is an indicator of average speed traveled by said first vehicle in any direction of travel of road; determining, via a location determining module, a location and direction of said first vehicle of said plurality of vehicles; calculating periodically, via a processor, an average speed of movement, wherein said calculation is performed at least for a predetermined time or predetermined distance traveled; and transmitting, via a transmitter, said average speed of movement to at least one of other vehicles of said plurality of vehicles or a server, and transmitting said average speed data received from said plurality of vehicles to said other vehicles or said server, wherein said transmission is sent over a communications network that connects to each of said vehicles of said plurality of vehicles and said server, wherein said computer program product displays said indication if said average speed data for road segments is displayed, and wherein said computer program product displays an orientation of said first vehicle. |
