Inter-vehicle wireless communication and warning system

Claim 2

An inter-vehicle wireless communication and warning system for a host vehicle within a wireless communication network comprising: a first variable antenna receiving a vehicle discovery signal; a variable amplifier electrically coupled to said first variable antenna and modifying said vehicle discovery signal; a smart transmission antenna focusing and transmitting a pattern signal to at least another vehicle in the wireless communication network; a smart antenna amplifier electrically coupled to said smart antenna and modifying said pattern signal; and a main controller electrically coupled to said variable amplifier, said smart antenna amplifier, and a vehicle network, said controller generating said pattern signal in response to said vehicle discovery signal and a vehicle network signal.

Claim 3

A system as in claim 1 wherein said main controller utilizes ad hoc communication techniques.

Claim 4

A system as in claim 1 wherein said controller comprises: a wireless network communication device electrically coupled to said variable amplifier and said network controller and storing one or more vehicle proximity parameters relative to the host vehicle and generating a vehicle proximity signal in response to said vehicle discovery signal; a network controller generating a pattern scheduling signal and a pattern signal in response to a vehicle network signal and a vehicle proximity signal; and a smart antenna controller electrically coupled to said wireless network communication device and said network controller and generating a smart antenna control signal in response to said vehicle proximity signal and said pattern scheduling signal.

Claim 5

A system as in claim 1 wherein said variable amplifier is an omni-directional amplifier or a smart antenna amplifier.

Claim 6

A system as in claim 1 wherein said first variable antenna is an omni-directional antenna or a smart antenna.

Claim 7

A system as in claim 1 wherein said smart transmission antenna comprises said first variable antenna.

Claim 8

A system as in claim 1 further comprising: a vehicle direction prediction device predicting changes in road curvature and generating a prediction signal; said main controller generating said pattern signal in response to said prediction signal.

Claim 9

A system as in claim 1 further comprising a global positioning system electrically coupled to a second variable antenna and said main controller, said global positioning system generating a global positioning signal and said main controller generating said pattern signal in response to said global positioning signal.

Claim 10

A system as in claim 7 wherein said global positioning signal comprises information related to at least one of: a global positioning system clock, vehicle proximity information relative to the host vehicle, vehicle velocity information relative to the host vehicle, and vehicle mapping data.

Claim 11

A system as in claim 7 wherein said global position system generates a global clock signal and said main controller generates said pattern scheduling signal and said pattern signal in response to said global clock signal.

Claim 12

A system as in claim 7 wherein said smart transmission antenna comprises said second variable antenna.

Claim 13

A system as in claim 7 wherein said main controller generates a mapping signal in response to said global positioning signal and determines at least one vehicle proximity parameter relative to the host vehicle in response to said mapping signal and generates a vehicle mapping proximity signal.

Claim 14

A system as in claim 12 wherein said main controller generates said pattern signal in response to said vehicle mapping proximity signal.

Claim 15

A system as in claim 1 wherein said main controller alternates between patterns to implement communication functions.

Claim 16

An inter-vehicle wireless communication and warning system for a host vehicle within a wireless communication network comprising: a smart transmission antenna receiving a vehicle discovery signal; a first antenna amplifier electrically coupled to said smart transmission antenna and modifying said vehicle discovery signal; a wireless network communication device electrically coupled to said first antenna amplifier and said network controller and storing one or more vehicle proximity parameters relative to the host vehicle and generating a vehicle proximity signal in response to said vehicle discovery signal; a global positioning system electrically coupled to said smart transmission antenna and generating a global positioning signal; a network controller electrically coupled to a vehicle network and said global positioning system and generating a pattern scheduling signal and a pattern signal in response to a vehicle network signal, said vehicle proximity signal, and said global positioning signal; a smart antenna controller electrically coupled to said wireless network communication device, said network controller, and said global positioning system and generating a smart antenna control signal in response to said vehicle proximity signal, said pattern scheduling signal, and said global positioning signal; and a smart antenna amplifier electrically coupled to said smart antenna controller and modifying said pattern signal; said smart transmission antenna focusing and transmitting said pattern signal to one or more vehicles in the wireless communication network.

Claim 17

An inter-vehicle wireless communication and warning system for a host vehicle within a wireless communication network comprising: a smart transmission antenna receiving a vehicle discovery signal; a first antenna amplifier electrically coupled to said smart transmission antenna and modifying said vehicle discovery signal; a wireless network communication device electrically coupled to said first antenna amplifier and said network controller and storing one or more vehicle proximity parameters relative to the host vehicle and generating a vehicle proximity signal in response to said vehicle discovery signal; a global positioning system electrically coupled to said smart transmission antenna and generating a global positioning signal; a network controller electrically coupled to a vehicle network and said global positioning system and generating a pattern scheduling signal and a pattern signal in response to a vehicle network signal, said vehicle proximity signal, and said global positioning signal; a smart antenna controller electrically coupled to said wireless network communication device, said network controller, and said global positioning system and generating a smart antenna control signal in response to said vehicle proximity signal, said pattern scheduling signal, and said global positioning signal; and a smart antenna amplifier electrically coupled to said smart antenna controller and modifying said pattern signal; said smart transmission antenna focusing and transmitting said pattern signal to one or more vehicles in the wireless communication network.

Claim 18

A system as in claim 15 wherein said global position system generates a global clock signal and said network controller generates said pattern scheduling signal and said pattern signal in response to said global clock signal.

Claim 21

A method as in claim 17 further comprising: generating a global positioning signal; and generating said pattern signal in response to said global positioning signal.

Claim 22

A method as in claim 18 further comprising: generating a mapping signal in response to said global positioning signal; determining one or more vehicle proximity parameters relative to the host vehicle in response to said mapping signal and generating a vehicle mapping proximity signal; and generating said pattern signal in response to said vehicle mapping proximity signal.

Claim 23

A method as in claim 17 further comprising: generating a global clock signal; and generating said pattern scheduling signal and said pattern signal in response to said global clock signal.