Intelligent
Vehicle Technologies, LLC
Intelligent
Vehicle Technologies, LLC
Ad hoc - - Improvised and often impromptu - - "The emergency braking warnings were provided in-vehicle to all the motorists on an ad hoc basis."
ASAP - - As Soon As (electronically) Possible
ASCII - - American Standard Code for Information Interchange - This is the
defacto world-wide standard for the code numbers used by computers to represent
all the upper and lower-case Latin letters, numbers, punctuation, etc. There are
128 standard ASCII codes each of which can be represented by a 7 digit binary
number: 0000000 through 1111111.
ASP - - Application Service Provider - An organization that runs one or more
applications on their own servers and provides (usually for a fee) access to
others. Common examples of services provided this way include web-based software
such as Calendar systems, Human Resources tools (timesheets, benefits, etc.),
and various applications to help groups collaborate on projects.
Acceleration - - For best results, acceleration may be experienced in a Lamborghini.
Adaptive Brake lights - - An invention and method and system developed for brake
lights, where the brake lights of the vehicle flash (independently or simultaneously)
in proportion to the severity of deceleration of the vehicle - this action is in
order to help prevent rear-end and frontal vehicle collisions and pileups.
Algorithms - - A step-by-step (often proprietary) problem-solving procedure, especially an
established, recursive computational procedure for solving a problem in a finite
number of steps.
Autonomous - - Independent, not controlled by others - -
"the autonomous emergency warning system installed in the vehicle all of
its own generated and sent an in-vehicle early warning signal to other motorists when
the driver slammed on
the brakes."
Bandwidth - - How much stuff you can send through a connection is usually
measured in bits-per-second (bps) A full page of English text is about 16,000
bits, and a fast modem can move about 57,000 bits in one second.
Baud - - In common usage the baud rate of a modem is how many bits it can send
or receive per second. Technically, baud is the number of times per second that
the carrier signal shifts value - for example a 1200 bit-per-second modem
actually runs at 300 baud, but it moves 4 bits per baud (4 x 300= 1200 bits per
second).
Binary - - Information consisting entirely of ones and zeros. Also, commonly
used to refer to files that are not simply text files, e.g. images.
Bit - - Binary DigIT - a single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a
1 or a zero. The smallest unit of computerized data. Bandwidth is usually
measured in bits-per-second.
Brake lights - - Brake lights are defined as any vehicle rear mounted indicator
used to announce the intention of a motorist to slow down or stop (see adaptive
brake lights).
Broadband - - Generally refers to connections to the Internet with much greater
bandwidth than you can get with a modem. There is no specific definition of the
speed of a "broadband" connection but in general any Internet
connection using DSL or a via Cable-TV may be considered a broadband connection.
Byte - - A set of Bits that represent a single character - usually there are 8
Bits in a Byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made.
Can - - Success comes in Cans - - "we Can do that!" - - Can't is not part of IVT glossary.
Cookie - - A piece of information sent by a Web Server to a Web Browser that the
Browser software is expected to save and to send back to the Server whenever the
browser makes additional requests from the Server. Depending on the type of
Cookie used, and the Browsers' settings, the Browser may accept or not accept
the Cookie, and may save the Cookie for either a short time or a long time.
Collective Intelligence - - Road tag specific lane radio frequency identification communication information (see IBS below) uniformly gathered via intelligent vehicle beacon and self-recorded by a vehicle computer traveling on the road ahead for example, so that target transmission emergency warnings (E.g., icy conditions, hard braking, crashes, tire blowouts), and other critical warning information can be precisely delivered specifically to the target trailing vehicles following in a traffic lane facing potential danger of collision."
Deceleration - - A decrease in velocity.
Download - - Transferring data (usually a file) from a remote computer to the
computer you are using.
US DOD, DOT IVT JOINT PROGRAM
DSRC - - Dedicated Short Range Communications - radio frequency spectrum set
aside by the FCC and dedicated primarily for use in vehicle safety applications
- - DSRC offers a world of audio, video, and other digital lifestyle information
upload/download remote capabilities utilising a modified 802.11a technology for
mobile vehicle ivmesh™ networks - - DSRC is designed for diversified applications, and is not limited
only to the push of buttons. For example, emergency first responders,
ambulances and fire trucks can cause traffic lights down the road to change in their favor, and
traffic congestion can be transmitted to automobile navigation systems for
alternate recourse. DSRC transmission allows vehicles to remotely sense that they are about to
crash and early warnings are
transmitted so the safety systems can begin to audibly alert and prepare the
driver - - it can pre-tighten the seatbelts and even prepare pre-deployment of
the next-generation airbags just before impact. A standard for wireless payment allows
parking lots and fast-food drive-ins to offer the same convenience as the
automated highway toll systems offer the New Jersey E-ZPass system.
E-Authentication - - A gateway which provides access to numerous Credential
Providers.
EMG - - Electromagnetic Golf - a term employed by IVT to define the invention of
the Self-Recording golf ball, golf ball cup, and reading device - US Patent
#6,884,180 B2
Emergency - - A serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and
demands immediate action - "The emergency stoppage on the highway affected
all vehicles in the immediate vicinity of the danger, but a real-time in-vehicle
warning was received by all affected motorists and a potential accident was averted."
Events - - Events = Things which we have little or no control over. Response = Our choice of how to handle an event.
Outcome = The result of your response to an event. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE OUTCOME, CHANGE THE RESPONSE ! !
EWSV - - Emergency Warning System for Vehicles - US Patent # 6,714,127.
FCC - - Federal Communications Commission - The FCC's definition of DSRC is
as follows - The use of radio techniques to transfer data over short distances
between roadside and mobile radio units, between mobile units, and between
mobile and portable units to perform operations related to the improvement of
traffic flow, traffic safety, and other intelligent transportation service
applications in a variety of public and commercial environments. DSRC systems
may also transmit status and instructional messages related to the units
involved. The FCC does not rule out some type of commercial, or for profit, DSRC
services in the band.
FET - - Field Effect Transistor - A transistor in which the output current is
controlled by a variable electric field.
Future - - A word used back in the 60's to help define the advances of
technology in the year 2005
Glossary - - A list of often difficult or specialized words with their definitions, often placed at the back of a book.
GPS - - Global Positioning System - GPS is a multi-use, space-based radionavigation system owned by the United States Government, and operated by the Department of Defense, to meet National and homeland security, civil, commercial, and scientific needs.
Hub - - A device about the size of a laptop used to allow multiple computers to communicate - hubs are unsophisticated pieces of equipment that essentially tie all the (cat-5) cables together, and typically they are 10 or 100 mbit (million bits).
IDAS - - Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment Analysis System
IDEAS - - Intelligent Driver Electronic Assistance Systems
IEEE - - A professional group with the vision to advance global prosperity by
fostering technological innovation, enabling members and their careers by promoting
community world-wide. The mission of IEEE is to promote the engineering process
of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro-controlled
systems, information technologies, and applied sciences for the benefit of humanity
and the profession.
IIHS - - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - - - See the Volkswagen
Jetta in action with footage of the Insurance Institute's crash tests and praise
from its former president, Brian O'Neill.
ivMesh™ - - Intelligent Vehicle Mesh Communications –
1. A Self-orientating open network structure of intelligent beacon systems developed by IVT for application in development of intelligent vehicles, with target intent to accord (blend, or mesh) warning information with surrounding vehicles in vicinity (intra-vehicle) and infrastructure.
2. ivMesh particularly developed for international harmonisation and standardisation of vehicle-to-vehicle – infrastructure-to-vehicle – and vehicle-to-infrastructure real-time Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) intelligent systems.
3. To aid in global commonality of intelligent vehicle communication, standards, and methods. Due to
customised solution in electronic application, ivMesh is designed to blend (operate) with the European World Class ISO system. See US Patent #6,714,127B2
Example: You make plans and travel from Germany to the United States for an extended period of time and wish to transport along your Mercedes Benz for the trip - - with
ivMesh in the vehicle, all systems are compatible everywhere and ready to go, so you would enjoy your visit in the United States as if you were at home in Germany. Compatibility of systems World Class Standard makes possible all the same benefits of a common warning system at home or abroad, so visitors do not have to learn the basics of travel in foreign countries – that’s
ivMesh!
Think Intelligent Vehicle Technologies
Worldwide! The year is 2010, a statesman and his family travels from London to Miami and brings along the Bentley for vacation - - all the coordinated world class benefits of intelligent roads, highways, and byways in Great Britain are also enjoyed just across the pond! Imported vehicles of all types and models speak the same language anywhere in the world! - - Custom Service Officials process vehicles crossing international lines in real-time (on-land, or straight off the boat) with all vehicle information instantly processed, authenticated, and documented by system computer! One World, One Language, (electronically speaking that is).
ivMesh is designed with the future of intelligent autonomous vehicles in mind:
The year is 2020, people from all over the world travel to Daytona 500 International Speedway to see the first
semi-autonomous high-performance NASCAR World Cup Series competition - - The custom designed race-track provides maximum safety benefits and comfort for the people while the sponsors promise fierce competition and a supercharged entertainment display of artificial intelligence robotic performance spectacle fanfare reaching
well beyond human imagination and expectation – a splendid time is guaranteed for all indeed, and the competitors deliver by pushing fantastic track speeds previously unattainable - - vehicles autonomously overtaking other vehicles has never been more exciting to watch! To the delight of the spectators, at 497kph a vehicle actually
lifts off, departs the racetrack and takes flight for several seconds as the autonomous vehicle flight control systems kick-in to safely re-land the vehicle and continue
on to win the race… more to come…
IVBSS - - Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems
IVTI - - Intelligent Vehicle Technologies Intelligence - employing the Superior
powers of the mind and application of higher standards in electromechanical
computerised systems design for safety applications.
IP - - Intellectual Property - a product of the intellect that has commercial
value, including copyrighted property such as literary or artistic works, and
ideational property, such as patents, appellations of origin, business methods,
and industrial processes.
IT - - General term referring to the entire field of Information Technology -
anything from computer hardware to programming to network management. Most
medium and large size companies have IT Departments.
Informatics - - Information sciences
IBS - - Intelligent Beacon System - Intelligent Vehicle Technologies, LLC - Intelligent Beacon Systems for in-vehicle and infrastructure applications - - Beacon warning information system for vehicles provides precision (targeted to the specific travel lane transmission, including magnetic orientation angular range desired window) notification of road signs such as maximum and minimum speed limit, curve ahead, crossing, uneven pavement, merge, deer crossing, slow down, resume normal speed, etc, etc. - - In-vehicle beacon and remote beacon emergency warning information is transmitted via radio frequency signal alerts provided to the approaching, following, and drivers of surrounding vehicles traveling in the same general direction, or heading (magnetic orientation), and within short range communication radio frequency coverage area - - Target intent of the system is to provide for convenient in-vehicle visual and aural early warning alerts and information notification to the driver of any on or off road motorist encountered potential hazard, danger, or warning information. The patented Intelligent Beacon system is equipped with extended capabilities including deciphering distinct emergency warning signals from remote beacons installed at or near construction zones, hospital sites, firehouses, accident sites, police stations, motorized and non-motorized carriers - - everywhere - - scenario specific identification beacon signals provide advanced in-vehicle warning notice to the drivers of a potentially hazardous condition ahead, or just common situations motorists normally encounter and are in need of additional awareness or advanced notice. Beacon system program access flexibility allows for the self-contained beacon units to be accessed remotely via radio frequency handheld console transmitter module, laptop, and/or cellular remote transmission programming to provide for updated, modification of refreshed data (as needed) including transmitter identification code, range, and desired transmission orientation variables for information alert transmission to the surrounding vehicles on a given travel route.
ITS - - Intelligent Transportation Systems - The U.S. Department of
Transportation's (USDOT) ITS program is based on the fundamental principle of
intelligent vehicles and intelligent infrastructure and the creation of an
intelligent transportation system through integration with and between these two
components. The Federal ITS program supports the overall advancement of ITS
through investments in major initiatives, exploratory studies and a crosscutting
core program. Increasingly, the Federal investments will be directed at targets
of opportunity – major initiatives – that have the potential for significant
payoff in improving safety, mobility and productivity. These targets of
opportunity will include both the infrastructure and vehicles, and to the
greatest extent possible will focus on the integration between vehicles and
infrastructure, between modes of transportation and between jurisdictions. USDOT
will use exploratory studies to examine other as yet unexamined or unsolved
opportunities for applying ITS technologies to significant transportation
problems.
ITSA - - Intelligent Transportation Society of America - a not-for-profit
organization established in 1991 to coordinate the development and deployment of
ITS in the United States. ITS America also has alliances with ITS organizations
in other countries, most notably in Europe and Asia.
IVT - - Intelligent Vehicle technologies, LLC - A cutting edge high-technology
company with the target focus on licensing inexpensive vehicle safety solutions
to OEM's worldwide.
Illumination - "Let your light so shine before the
people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in
heaven."
Invention - - A new device, method, or process developed from study, hard work, and
experimentation.
Java - - Java is a network-friendly programming language invented by Sun
Microsystems.
LAN - - Local Area Network - Typically defined as the complete network at a
single physical site.
Licensing - - Through non-exclusive IVT product licensing you may inexpensively couple Intelligent Vehicle Technologies IP with your vehicle's product line and accessories as your application requires - - by use of our programmable, customized computerized application solutions with accelerometer/microprocessor/compass software algorithms coupled with intelligent radio transmission beacon systems. IVT offers the only one-of-a-kind emergency warning customizable solution in the world! State-of-the-art applied technology that can be independently delivered or aftermarket connected with your operating system - - to help you also succeed in the V2V, V2I, & I2V vehicle telematics arena.
Machine - - An electromechanical computer, device, or vehicle, such as a car
or truck. "Machine to Machine (M2M) emergency warning signals were transmitted from
one vehicle to another, and the potential risk for multi-vehicle accident was
effectively averted."
Mission Critical - - Any service or piece of equipment that, if down or missing,
affects your ability to conduct business.
MNNV - - Mobile Network Neighborhood of Vehicles - "The emergency warning system for vehicles transmitted alerts to all potentially affected vehicles traveling in the vicinity of a mobile network neighborhood of vehicles."
Meeting - - 
Mercedes Benz - - "One of the finest motorcars mankind has ever invented and
built."
MEMS - - Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems employed in IVT devices.
Microprocessor - - An integrated circuit that contains the entire central
processing unit of a computer on a single chip.
MultiHopping - - ivMH™ - - ivMulti-hopping - "Cars equipped with DSRC can communicate directly with
one another, also making it possible to transmit braking signals back over
several vehicles, giving drivers early warning that they might soon have to
brake. In this information network, each vehicle can take on the role of a
sender, receiver or router. It allows a chain of information to be passed on,
like a relay race. With the aid of this process, known as multi-hopping,
information can be spread further to cover a substantial distance." But why
bother to multihop, when you can have all your IVT emergency telematic warning
danger signals delivered to all potentially affected vehicles simultaneously and
instantaneously. With IVT there is no delay whatsoever, I.e., true real-time
telematics delivered!
NASA - - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great
scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has
been adapted for many non aerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a
leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in
aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general. Perhaps
more importantly, NASA exploration of space has taught us to view Earth,
ourselves, and the universe in a new way. While the tremendous technical and
scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve
previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that
Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos.
NJ - - New Jersey, The State of Technology, come see for yourself!
Organization - - An organized structure for arranging or classifying - "They changed the arrangement of the topics so that the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that they meshed up." Also, the state of having all your stuff together!
Outcome - - Equals the result of your response to an event. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE OUTCOME, CHANGE THE RESPONSE ! !
Patent - - A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a
product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or
offers a new technical solution to a problem.
Patent Protection - - Patent protection means that the invention cannot be
commercially made, used, distributed or sold without the patent owner's consent.
These patent rights are usually enforced in a court, which, in most systems,
holds the authority to stop patent infringement (see
patent holders get help)
Patent Rights - - A patent owner has the right to decide who may - or may not -
use the patented invention for the period in which the invention is protected.
The patent owner may give permission to, or license, other parties to use the
invention on mutually agreed terms. The owner may also sell the right to the
invention to someone else, who will then become the new owner of the patent.
Once a patent expires, the protection ends, and an invention enters the public
domain, that is, the owner no longer holds exclusive rights to the invention,
which becomes available to commercial exploitation by others.
Personal Property - - Property of any kind except real property (in certain instances). It may be tangible, having physical existence, or intangible, having no physical existence, such as copyrights, patents, or intellectual property.
Privacy - - a change in privacy considerations will increase public safety on
our roads and highways. The true privacy question to ask is, how private may I
(one) remain in a public world. Witness an accident on the road and you will
change your mind about privacy (unless you rob a bank or killed someone), so
public privacy
does not really matter! And the benefits outweigh the consequences (if you think
there are any).
Real-time - - Of or relating to emergency warning computerized systems that
update information at the same rate as they receive data, enabling them to
direct or control a process such as an instantaneous autonomous warning
notification in a machine.
"The emergency warning system for vehicles electronic compass module provided instantaneous direction travel
cognizance as the system transmitted intelligent warning
signals in real-time to surrounding vehicles traveling in the local area of
vehicles equipped (with EWSV) to receive said warning signals of danger.
RCS - - Radio Communications Software™ - An intelligent radio communications system algorithm developed by IVT for intelligent mobile network telematic communications - also see EWSV.
Safety - - The state of being safe - freedom from danger, risk, or injury. A device designed to prevent accidents. "At IVT Safety is number one and our top priority!"
Safety First - - EVENTS, RESPONSE, AND OUTCOME - - An Emergency warning is something which we have little or no control over - Response is our choice of how to handle an emergency warning when suddenly presented to us - The Outcome is the end result of our response (our deeds) to an emergency. If the Outcome IS unacceptable, we must learn to change the response. It is very simple indeed, HEED THE EMERGENCY WARNING SIGNALS FIRST, AND THEN RESPOND ACCORDINGLY - - SAFETY FIRST!!
Self-organizing - - Automatically organizing its own functions or operations - - the use of an emergency warning system for vehicles as a machine or instrument.
Self-recording - - Automatically recording its own functions or operations - - the use of a machine or instrument - - a self-recording golf ball.
Sensors - - Electronic and electromagnetic devices - usually silicon micromachined components operating in conjunction with a computer controlled device to provide precision repeatability functions such as in artificial intelligence systems validation reconstruction as in robotics performance. "The autonomous electromechanical system sensor warnings generated by the EWSV can be received within 100 meters of the transmitters, and are also utilized for safety and commercial communications between vehicles or between a vehicle and a sensor along the road."
SERDP - - The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program is the Department of Defense's (DoD) environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in full partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. To address the highest priority issues confronting the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines,
SERDP focuses on cross-service requirements and pursues high-risk/high-payoff solutions to the Department’s most intractable environmental problems. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies support the long-term sustainability of DoD’s training and testing ranges as well as significantly reduce current and future environmental liabilities.
SBWSV - - Severe Braking Warning System for Vehicles - US Patent #6,249,219.
SICK Eye - - an intelligent electronic robotic computerised vision system that superficially takes a monocular scenario outlook view of the road ahead - - Get the Picture?
SIE Solutions - - www.sie-solutions.com
- Simple Intelligent Electronics Solutions - Taking Device Algorythm Optimization
(DAO) to a higher
level.
Simultaneous - - Happening, existing, or done at the same time - "People
(drivers) saw the
brake lights flashing simultaneously and that quickly alerted all the motorists of severe
braking emergency condition ahead."
Software - - The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the
functioning of the hardware and direct its operation.
Spontaneous - - Self-generated - - emergency warnings can be created between the vehicles as the need arises and with the application of the EWSV they can organize and orientate themselves without the help of any external infrastructure.
TTC - - Target Transmission Capable - An Intelligent target transmission capable beacon system developed by Intelligent Vehicle Technologies, LLC - Beacon target transmission warning information signal data are provided infrastructure to vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle for exclusive precision remote communications to the specific one vehicle traveling in a given lane on the highway for example - - or a string of vehicles in a travel lane, or multiple vehicles traveling in all affected lanes. All lanes are beacon tagged and as the vehicle travels down the road the ground beacon maintains communication with the vehicle for that particular lane so it is therefore possible for example, for law enforcement to direct and provide for specific in-vehicle aural and/or visual information to a target vehicle traveling in a given lane (or multiple lanes as desired). Vehicles traveling in the vicinity of an accident scenario, for example, are all constantly queried by the in-vehicle police intelligent beacon system computer which repeatedly updates and processes the dynamic passing vehicle data received, identifying and classifying all passing vehicles in real-time - - for example, an aural visual command instruction is sent to all the in-vehicle emergency warning beacon system computers as a reminder that no rubbernecking for example, or viewing of the accident is permitted and the vehicles are instructed to safely maintain the area's normal speed limit.
"We were traveling on the center lane(CODE-ID-LN-2-W80-MM37.77-beacon001877649) on route 80 westbound when the police officer (in his vehicle) directed me (via Intelligent in-vehicle Beacon) to pull over to the right shoulder - - information displayed on the dashboard indicated an expired registration of the vehicle - - How did this work? Through the application of Intelligent Vehicle Technologies, LLC patented beacon system (in-vehicle beacon receiver transmitter, and the low power transmitters installed throughout the surface of the road (similar to light reflector tags currently mounted on the surface of the road infrastructure) in conjunction with the vehicle in close proximity to the intelligent beacon radio frequency identification tag detect the vehicle's position, serial number, make, model, colour, unit identification, and orientation (identification, serial number and attributes of the vehicle are stored in the in-vehicle EWSV permanent memory portion of the system) - information is constantly updated and self-recorded by the vehicles microcomputer so as to maintain real-time on-command intra-vehicle communication operations on the spot anywhere - - No in-vehicle beacon information system, no operation of a motor vehicle.
Time - - A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future - - IVT employs true real-time sensor computing systems because in an emergency situation time is of the essence, precious, and must not be wasted.
Telematics - - 1. The convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles, such as the invention of the emergency warning system for vehicles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cell phones, wireless safety communications and automatic driving assistance systems all are covered under the telematics umbrella. 2. The science of Telecommunications and Informatics applied in wireless technologies and computational systems.
Telematics Update - - www.telematicsupdate.com
"Wireless intelligence for the auto industry."
Upload - - Transferring data such as a file from the computer you are
using to another computer.
USDOT - - United States Department of Transportation supports a crosscutting
core program – architecture, standards, learning, evaluation, technical
assistance, etc. – that fosters the widespread deployment of ITS.
USPTO - - The United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Vehicle-to-vehicle communications (V2V) - - For best results a compass must be employed for continuous, unimpeded, precision orientation cognizance and position sensing in the vehicle because it is of crucial importance to the success of vehicle-to-vehicle, infrastructure to vehicle, and vehicle to infrastructure true real-time emergency communications.
Disadvantages of solely utilizing the Global Positioning System for vehicle orientation include vehicles randomly shielded from GPS signal in tunnels, underpasses, trees, tall buildings, satellite system malfunction or electromagnetic interference and other obstacles. Precious time would be lost when you most need it - for real-time communication emergency circumstances!
The Global Positioning Satellites may be shutdown without notice (see Onstar disclaimer at end of page in their link) during national emergency situations. Emergency Warning Systems installed in the vehicles must continue to operate without service interruption therefore a compass must be utilised (See US Patent #6,714,127).
Will it be European or North American GPS? GPS and Galileo is good for mapping and other digital lifestyle and telematic microwave DSRC applications and infrared, but when it comes to emergencies, only 100% reliable systems shall be employed! Take a close look at a robotic vehicle and what has been employed to sense instantaneous autonomous direction cognizance (after downloading the mapping via satellite)
"Stanley’s sensors included five LIDARS for low-speed obstacle detection, a GPS receiver and compass for position sensing, a monocular vision system, a 6 Degrees of Freedom inertia measurement unit and finally a wheel speed measurement unit."
Velocity - - velocity equals distance over time (v=d/t) - Blinking brake light
warnings travel at the speed of light in air, and equally fast do the radio
frequency signal alerts delivered to all vehicles from IVT's emergency warning
system for vehicles.
Vicinity - - The state of being near in space or relationship - vicinity is
defined as two or more vehicles in close proximity - as in a nearby,
surrounding, or adjoining region - such as a mobile network neighborhood of
vehicles traveling in the same direction and vicinity of each other and other
intelligent beacons that may be directed to specific travel lanes (to help
identify the vehicle and maintain remote communications should the need arise).,
ect. See EWSV
VPN - - Virtual Private Network - A newer, less expensive form of LAN/WAN
connection that uses the internet instead of a dedicated circuit. Data is
encrypted for security. Changing to a VPN can save thousands of dollars
per year in connection fees.
VW - - See (Stanley)
WAN - - Wide Area Network - A group of Local Area Networks connected together
over some distance - typically connected with T1, Frame-Relay, VPN, or
Point-to-Point Wireless connections.
WIPO - - World Intellectual Property Organization - a member organisation formed to help people understand and respect the patented intellectual property of others throughout the world. Most civilized nations respect originality of intellectual property in the country of origin - worldwide.
WHO - - World Health Organization
