| US 7,518,530 B2 | ||
| Method and system for broadcasting audio and visual display messages to a vehicle | ||
| Tsuneo Ohno, Haga-machi (Japan); and Masayuki Habaguchi, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/185,517. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/589290, filed on Jul. 19, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0028323 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—902 [340/425.5; 340/539.1; 340/825.69; 340/825.72; 340/988; 701/29; 701/33] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method for targeted transmission of audio and visual broadcast messages to motor vehicle operators and the selective
playback of the broadcast messages, the method comprising:
generating a message for transmitting to at least one specified vehicle, the message comprising data for visual display and
for audible output, and at least one control code configured to define message portions, the message portions comprising a
visual portion for visual display and an audible portion for audible output; and
transmitting the message directed to the at least one specified vehicle via a wireless medium.
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