Apparatus for handling a traffic message

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EP 0 921 510 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/29

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(21)	Application number: 98122052.8

(22)	Date of filing: 20.11.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G08G 1/09

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

02.12.1997 EP 97203773

(71)	Applicant: Mannesmann VDO Aktiengesellschaft
	60388 Frankfurt am Main (DE)

(72)	Inventor:
	Geurts, Joris Hubert Joseph VDO Car Com. Ned. B.V. 5600 JB Eindhoven (NL)

(74)	Representative: Schoonheijm, Harry Barend
	VDO Car Communication Nederland B.V., Patent Department, Glaslaan 1 5600 JB Eindhoven 5600 JB Eindhoven (NL)

(54)	Apparatus for handling a traffic message

(57) A geographical region (100) is divided into a number of areas (110-124) according to a pre-defined standard. The apparatus (300) filters received traffic messages and only those that relate to a particular one (120) of the defined areas are passed on for processing. According to the invention, an area of interest (126) is specified by expanding the particular defined area (120) into at least one direction (130).

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