Global Patent Index - EP 1022704 A1

EP 1022704 A1 20000726 - A traffic information system for a vehicle

Title (en)

A traffic information system for a vehicle

Title (de)

Verkehrsinformationssystem für Fahrzeuge

Title (fr)

Système d'informations routier pour véhicules

Publication

EP 1022704 A1 20000726 (EN)

Application

EP 00300396 A 20000120

Priority

GB 9901295 A 19990122

Abstract (en)

A traffic information system for a vehicle 10 is disclosed in which the vehicle 10 receives traffic information broadcasts from RDS-TMC and filters this information so that traffic information relevant to the position of the vehicle 10 is made available to a user. The controller 16 is arranged to determine the identity of a local transmitter A, B from an identity code included in its signals and then to determine the vehicle location using a look-up table in a memory 18 which relates the identity codes to the location of the transmitters A, B. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G08G 1/09

IPC 8 full level

G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G08G 1/093 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1022704 A1 20000726; GB 2346244 A 20000802; GB 9901295 D0 19990310

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00300396 A 20000120; GB 9901295 A 19990122