Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-vehicle work zone communication
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Application No.: US15724661Application Date: 2017-10-04
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Publication No.: US10375524B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Chen-Fu Liao , Max Donath , Nichole Morris , John Hourdos , Stephen Zitzow-Childs , Janet Creaser , Christopher Edwards
- Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Theodore M. Magee
- Main IPC: H04W4/80
- IPC: H04W4/80 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W4/90 ; H04W4/021 ; H04W4/44

Abstract:
A method includes a mobile device traveling in a vehicle scanning for Bluetooth devices. When the mobile device detects a Bluetooth device, it then determines that the Bluetooth device is a work zone tag. The mobile device then issues a warning that indicates that the vehicle is near a work zone based on the work zone tag.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180103350A1 IN-VEHICLE WORK ZONE COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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