EP1224648B1 - Systeme de localisation pour voitures de course - Google Patents

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EP1224648B1
EP1224648B1 EP00969549A EP00969549A EP1224648B1 EP 1224648 B1 EP1224648 B1 EP 1224648B1 EP 00969549 A EP00969549 A EP 00969549A EP 00969549 A EP00969549 A EP 00969549A EP 1224648 B1 EP1224648 B1 EP 1224648B1
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  • the present invention relates to a location system for racing vehicles, in particular for use in a Formula 1 race.
  • US 5,731,788 discloses a system and method for position control and management of racing sailing ship positions and speeds that strategically place GPS receivers and transmitters on a buoy and committee boat that mark the start of the sailing race, as well as radio and GPS receivers included on the sailing ship.
  • GPS and radio transmitter units are attached to a race start buoy and a committee boat, and another GPS and radio transmitter / receiver unit receives GPS signals from positioning satellites and radio signals from the race start buoy and the committee boat.
  • the information received from the racing sailing ship is processed to determine the relative and absolute positions and speeds, as well as the estimated time of arrival when the current sailing ship course intersects with the race start line for display in a user-friendly race management.
  • a vehicle racing monitoring system is known, for example, from US Pat. No. 3,714,649. which is a fully automatic system for monitoring car races or the like.
  • Each vehicle carries a transponder that detects its own passage through a position event, for example crossing the start-finish line, driving into or exiting the boxing area, etc. and sends a signal to a receiver at the edge of the lane transmitted in addition to the position event in time-division multiplexing with the transponders of all other vehicles.
  • a main transmitter sends a time-divisible synchronization signal to all vehicle transponders, and each transponder is designed such that it sends a position event signal only during a predetermined period of the synchronization signal.
  • the receivers on the edge of the road feed a central control unit, which is also synchronized with the main transmitter and posts the appearance of the position events of each vehicle in real time.
  • a clock and a computer are provided so that the race rank, the lap speeds, etc. can be determined from the booked data.
  • the system for detecting the occurrence of a position event is based on the principle. that an inductance carried on the vehicle crosses a variable magnetic field, the polarity orientation of which defines the position of the respective event.
  • a race hazard condition warning system which includes a transmitter which is operated by a marshal or other race official and a sufficient number of receiver units so that each racing vehicle has a receiver unit.
  • the transmitter sends a coded signal that can be received anywhere along the racetrack according to a state of a red, yellow or green flag.
  • the receiver units each self-contained and having a built-in power supply, receive and decode the signal and then turn on green, yellow or red lamps.
  • the system provides racers with an essentially immediate warning of a dangerous condition on the racetrack.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a location system for racing vehicles, which offers an expanded functionality, simplified operation and increased security compared to the prior art. Further advantages of the invention are explained in more detail below.
  • the invention consists of a vehicle information device which is accommodated in a racing vehicle and which comprises a locating device for obtaining and outputting location data by means of which the position of the racing vehicle can be determined, and a transmitter which transmits the location data to a Headquarters transmitted.
  • a vehicle information device which is accommodated in a racing vehicle and which comprises a locating device for obtaining and outputting location data by means of which the position of the racing vehicle can be determined, and a transmitter which transmits the location data to a Headquarters transmitted.
  • a vehicle information device which is accommodated in a racing vehicle and which comprises a locating device for obtaining and outputting location data by means of which the position of the racing vehicle can be determined, and a transmitter which transmits the location data to a Headquarters transmitted.
  • the transmitter can also be used to transmit further data to the control center.
  • a large number of such vehicle information devices are operated in combination with a calculation device which calculates the position of the respective racing vehicles on a racetrack from the transmitted location data on the basis of stored racetrack data.
  • the virtual mapping of the course of the racetrack in the form of racetrack data enables the respective positions of the racing vehicles to be determined on the basis of the transmitted location data, without having to set up position-determining devices at all essential points on the racetrack. Leaving the racetrack or stopping a vehicle can also be determined and precisely located without additional effort.
  • the route data can be reused if it is stored appropriately and in a specialist manner; However, they can also be partially or completely updated if the route changes due to appropriate measures. It is also possible to transfer the route data to another location system.
  • the location data can be obtained in a variety of ways in the vehicle.
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • the respective racing vehicles can also be equipped with different location devices for obtaining the location data.
  • direction finders it is necessary to complete the location system with at least three direction finders on the race track, the respective positions of which are exactly known. The position of the latter can then be determined by appropriate distance measurements between the DF transmitters and the respective DF receiver.
  • the transmitter provided in the vehicle information device can also be used to transmit vehicle operating characteristic data, for example the vehicle speed, the engine speed or similar data.
  • vehicle operating characteristic data for example the vehicle speed, the engine speed or similar data.
  • Such data are obtained by means of appropriate sensors or from the vehicle electronics and, for example, quickly indicate that the vehicle is lying down or in any other danger situation.
  • the data can be transmitted in whole or in part encrypted in a manner known per se. Also with regard to these preferred features of the invention, it is not necessary that the respective vehicle information devices or racing vehicles are equipped in the same way.
  • the location system preferably comprises a center which has the above-mentioned calculation device, a memory for storing the route data of the racetrack and one or more receivers for receiving the location or operating characteristic data transmitted by the respective vehicle information devices.
  • Those system components can. which do not necessarily have to be spatially separated from one another, are each designed as individual components, partially grouped or as an integrated overall unit.
  • control center comprises a transmitter that can be used to broadcast safety data
  • one or more racing vehicles involved in the location system have appropriate receivers and display devices in order to receive the safety data and to display them accordingly.
  • a corresponding warning analogous to the green, yellow and red flags common in Formula 1 could be broadcast to the other racing vehicles involved in the locating system and signaled there.
  • the receivers mounted in the racing vehicles can also be provided with an identifier which allows the control center to selectively address the respective receivers.
  • an identifier which allows the control center to selectively address the respective receivers.
  • Green light could be signaled for those vehicles that will only reach the danger zone after a long time
  • red light is signaled for racing vehicles that will shortly pass the danger zone.
  • yellow light is signaled for the remaining racing vehicles.
  • Other technical differentiation methods for example time or frequency division multiplex operation, can also be used here in order to allow a selective response of the various racing vehicles.
  • the route monitoring posts that usually occur at racing events can also be involved in the location system by one or more of them also with receivers and display devices that receive the broadcast security data and display them accordingly.
  • the use of an identifier or the like. a selective response of the respective route monitoring posts are made possible.
  • the security data can be transmitted encrypted in whole or in part in a specialist manner.
  • the location system preferably comprises a display device which, via the route data and the calculated vehicle positions, enables a visual display of the current positions of selected racing vehicles on the racetrack.
  • This task can possibly be taken over by the calculation device, so that no additional hardware is necessary for the display device.
  • the calculation device could process the position information obtained together with the route data into a video signal which is transmitted to the television stations broadcasting the race.
  • the display device can also include one or more large screens or video screens that present such a visual display of selected vehicle positions to the audience present on site.
  • the display device can comprise a data processing device which, among other things, enables a visual display of the current positions of selected racing vehicles on the racetrack on data processing devices which are networked with the data processing device for data transmission, for example via a fixed network or a radio link.
  • a virtual transmission of racing events on the Internet could be realized.
  • Other race data recorded by the positioning system according to the invention for example the The respective rank or the current speed of selected racing vehicles could be called up or displayed via such a data processing device integrated in the location system and corresponding networking on the representative data processing devices.
  • the data processing device is integrated in the location system in such a way that the relevant race data contained in the location system can be processed or processed by the data processing device for feeding into a data network by means of a specialist motor in such a way that a desired audio and / or visual representation of the racing event or the desired racing data on the respective representative data processing device is possible.
  • the respective representations of a large number of representative data processing devices can be different.
  • a mobile phone functioning as a data processing device could only represent the respective rank and lead of selected racing vehicles, while a computer networked with the data processing device via the Internet presents a virtual representation of the racing event, for example the current positions of any selected racing vehicles on the racetrack, on the screen.
  • the desired type of presentation or the information to be presented is preferably selected by interactive input between the user of the presenting data processing device and the data processing device.
  • all or selected components of the location system are preferably designed redundantly in order to ensure the functionality of the location system even in the event of a failure of one or more components.
  • this applies to the security-relevant components, for example the calculation device, of the location system.
  • the location system according to the invention can be implemented in the sense of a second embodiment in that the respective vehicle information devices have only one transmitter instead of the location device and the transmitter for transmitting direction-finding signals.
  • the system By at least three comprised by the system, Locally separate direction finder receivers can thus be obtained outside the vehicle and transmitted to the control center, where they are processed by the calculation device as described above. Since the direction finder can be connected to the center via cables, for example, the need for a receiver at the center may be eliminated. All other features of the invention are the same as in the first embodiment.
  • this second embodiment is only applied to selected racing vehicles, or that the two embodiments of the invention coexist among the race participants.
  • FIG. 1 shows the mapping of a racetrack 2 by route data according to an advantageous exemplary embodiment of a positioning system 1 according to the invention. It shows a plurality of racing vehicles 3A, 3B, 3C and 3X that are located on a racetrack 2 and are involved in the locating system.
  • the racetrack 2 is stored in the location system 1 in the form of route data such that a comparison of the route data with location data obtained from the respective racing vehicles 3 is possible.
  • This comparison takes place in a calculation device 9, for example a digital EDP system, of the location system 1.
  • the route data are stored in a storage device of the calculation device 9, preferably in a motorized manner. It is also possible to store the route data in a storage device (10) connected to the calculation device 9 or to store the route data in a data storage device which is correspondingly read by a reading device instead of the storage device (10).
  • the racetrack 2 is represented by ordered sequences of corner points 11, which are measured in a fixed coordinate system 12 and which function as route data.
  • a connection of the corner points 11 in sequence by straight line pieces thus defines an inner or outer boundary of the route 2.
  • both individual route sections and the predetermined direction of travel can be defined or recognized.
  • route mapping known to those skilled in the art are also applicable.
  • the racing vehicles 3 are located using the coordinate system 12.
  • the location data of the respective racing vehicles 3 can also be determined on the basis of other coordinate systems. This case could occur, for example, if some racing vehicles are located using GPS receivers, while the location data of other racing vehicles 3D are determined using direction finders of a locally established direction finding system 23.
  • the racing vehicles 3 are moving counter-clockwise on the racetrack 2. If it is nevertheless assumed that the racing vehicle 3X represents a vehicle that has been left behind, the racing vehicle 3A is located shortly before the danger point. The racing vehicle 3B still has a safety distance from the immediate danger zone, while according to the illustration there is no immediate danger for the vehicles 3C. A breakdown of a racing vehicle 3 can be recognized by the fact that its position essentially no longer changes. The respective individual degree of danger for the remaining vehicles 3A, 3B, 3C can be determined by ascertaining the affected section of the route and the respective positions of the remaining racing vehicles 3A, 3B, 3C involved in the positioning system 1.
  • Figures 2A and 2B show several features of a location system 1 according to an advantageous embodiment according to the first or second embodiment of the invention. Shown are a racetrack 2 on which there are several racing vehicles 3 involved in the location system 1, and two GPS satellites 24. Along the racetrack 2 there are several track monitoring stations 22, a grandstand 20 and a large video screen 21, the former and the latter being part of the exemplary locating system 1 are.
  • the location system 1 also has a control center 7, a transmitter-receiver system 8 and a calculation device 9.
  • the positioning system 1 has three direction finders 23 instead of the GPS satellites.
  • the racing vehicle 3D has a GPS receiver as a locating device 5, which receives radio signals from GPS satellites 24. From these signals, the GPS receiver or another suitable location device in the racing vehicle 3 obtains location data from which the current position of the racing vehicle 3 can be determined. The location data obtained are transmitted via a transmitter 6 in the racing vehicle 3 to a control center 7 which has a receiving device 8 assigned to the transmitter 6. Accordingly, the respective transmitters 6 of the racing vehicles 3 and the control center 7 of the preferred exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 2A form a star-shaped network. Together, the locating device 5 and the transmitter 6 in the racing vehicle 3 form a vehicle information device 4.
  • the position of the vehicle 3D is determined via a DF transmitter 6B mounted in the vehicle 3D, the at least three DF receivers 23 located near the racetrack 2 and the computing device 9 included in the control center 7.
  • the direction finder transmitter 6B emits direction finding signals, which are received by the direction finder transmitters, processed and forwarded as location data to the control center 7, where they are used in the calculation device 9 for determining the position of the vehicle 3D.
  • the location data can be transmitted from the direction finder 23 to the control center 7 in a manner known per se, for example by cable.
  • the receiver 8 serves to receive vehicle operating characteristic data or redundant location data from a data transmitter 6A housed in the vehicle, which is preferably used to check the position or the operating state of the racing vehicle 3D be used.
  • each racing vehicle 3 involved in the locating system 1 has a vehicle information device 4.
  • these can each be designed according to different working principles.
  • the steps described above for obtaining location data and for calculating the position of a racing vehicle 3 are also carried out mutatis mutandis for the respective vehicles.
  • the position of the racing vehicle 3 on the racetrack 2 is calculated from the location data on the basis of the route data stored in the memory 10 in a calculation device 9, which comprises a memory 10 and is assigned to the control center 7.
  • the position calculated in this way provides information about the rank of the racing vehicle 3 among the racing vehicles 3 involved in the location system 1 and also about whether the racing vehicle 3 has stopped, has become dangerously slow or has left the racetrack 2.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B indicate, for example, that the vehicle 3X involved in the location system has stopped. From the position information obtained in the calculation device 9, such a stop is preferably determined in the control center 7 by the calculation device 9 or a device correspondingly connected to the calculation device 9. A corresponding message is then broadcast to the racing vehicles 3 and / or to the route monitoring stations 22 via the transmitter-receiver system 8. For security reasons, the data are preferably sent in encrypted form by the transceiver system 8. Since the position of the defunct racing vehicle 3X is known, it is possible, using an identifier or other technical distinctive means, to send a targeted message to the route monitoring station 22X closest to the racing vehicle 3X.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B show a video screen 21 belonging to the location system, which enables a visual display of the respective current vehicle positions of selected racing vehicles 3 on the racetrack 2.
  • the large video screen 21 is fed by signals which are generated in the calculation device 9 or another display device, taking into account the positions calculated in the calculation device 9 and the route data stored as described above. Such or similar signals can also be fed to television stations or other transmission services, for example to an Internet provider, for transmission.
  • the representation need not be limited to a representation of the vehicle positions, but can also include information about the respective vehicles 3 or other racing or advertising information.
  • the position information relating to the racing vehicles 3 involved obtained by the positioning system 1 according to the invention can also be used for this purpose.
  • the image of the camera that best targets a selected racing vehicle 3 could be displayed automatically.
  • a number of other, also applicable modifications of this principle are easily recognizable to the person skilled in the art.
  • FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C show different exemplary embodiments of the two embodiments of a racing vehicle 3 equipped according to the invention.
  • the vehicles 3 have an antenna 30 and a vehicle information device 4, each of which is installed in or on the motor vehicle Vehicle are mounted. The latter is indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 3B.
  • FIG. 3A shows a racing vehicle with a minimally equipped vehicle information device 4 according to the first embodiment of the invention, the vehicle information device 4 comprising only the essential components. Accordingly, the vehicle information device 4 has only one locating device 5 and one transmitter 6.
  • a GPS receiver 5 functions as a locating device 5 and a data transmitter 6A fulfills the role of the transmitter 6.
  • GPS radio signals are transmitted from a GPS satellite 24 to the GPS receiver, where it processes location data become.
  • the location data are processed accordingly in the data transmitter 6A and sent to the antenna 30, from where they are radioed to a receiver 8 of the control center 7.
  • the distribution of tasks among the components 5, 6 encompassed by the vehicle information device 4 can possibly also be designed differently.
  • other locating devices 5 and transmitters 6 can also be used according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3B shows a racing vehicle with a minimally equipped vehicle information device 4 according to the second embodiment of the invention, the vehicle information device 4 comprising only the essential components. Accordingly, the vehicle information device 4 has only one direction finder transmitter 6B, which transmits direction finding signals via antenna 30 to corresponding direction finder receivers 23, from where they are used as described above.
  • the respective vehicle information devices 4 of the vehicles 3 involved in the location system can additionally be connected to or even include one or more further devices 33-39, the vehicle operating characteristic data or redundant location data directly or via the vehicle information device 4 transmit to the transmitter 6 in order to send these operating data or location data to the control center 7.
  • a vehicle 3 equipped with many different additional devices is shown in FIG. 3C.
  • these further devices 33-39 can be different in the respective vehicles 3.
  • the type of additional equipment of the respective racing vehicle 3 depends, among other things, both on the weight of the devices 33-39 and on their cost and space requirements.
  • the racing vehicle 3 of the exemplary embodiment depicted in FIG. 3C corresponds to both the first and the second embodiment of the invention, since the depicted vehicle information device 4 has both a direction finder 6 and a locating device 5 and a transmitter 6. A redundant location of the vehicle is thus possible using the location system according to the invention.
  • the vehicle information device 4 shown optionally uses a GPS receiver 5 as the locating device 5.
  • the GPS receiver 5 receives GPS signals 40 from GPS satellites 23 via the antenna 30 or a separate antenna and obtains GPS locating data therefrom which is sent to the data transmitter 6 to be forwarded to the control center 7.
  • the GPS data obtained in this way are known to be error-prone, according to the invention no correction is absolutely necessary since the error affects all vehicles 3 involved in the location system in the same way.
  • a GPS receiver can be installed in the control center 7, the GPS data of which is compared with the fixed, known position of the control center 7 in order to determine a correction vector for the GPS data obtained from the vehicles 3.
  • the vehicle information device 4 shown also has, among other things, a direction finder transmitter 6, which transmits direction finding signals via antenna 30 or a separate antenna to direction finder 23 set up near the racetrack 2. There, as described above. location data obtained from the DF signals for use in the control center 7. The role of the direction finder transmitter 6 is possibly taken over by the data transmitter 6 or the two transmitters 6 are implemented as an integral unit.
  • the racing vehicle 3 shown comprises, as additional equipment, an engine rotation sensor 33, a transmission sensor 34, a ground motion sensor 35, a gyro sensor 36, an induction loop sensor 37, a wheel rotation sensor 38 and a position receiver 39 piezoelectric element and provides location data based on the acceleration measurements.
  • the motor rotation sensor 33 and the wheel rotation sensor 38 conventionally measure the rotational speed of the motor or one of the wheels and deliver corresponding data, preferably in the form of pulse information or other digital data.
  • the ground motion sensor 35 uses infrared, ultrasound or radar signals to determine the speed of the vehicle 3 and to output it in a corresponding data form.
  • the gearbox sensor 34 determines the output speed on the gearbox and also reports this in data form.
  • Position transmitters with a small aperture can also be set up along the racetrack, which emit location signals 49 in a respectively localized area.
  • the location signals 49 are received via the antenna 30 or a separate antenna by the position receiver 39, which processes the location signals 49 into location data and forwards them to the data transmitter 6 for transmission to the control center 7.
  • the data of the respective sensors or devices 33-38 are forwarded as data signals 43-48 to the data transmitter 6 for transmission to the control center 7.
  • selected data signals 43-48 may not be forwarded to data transmitter 6 until after processing in vehicle information device 4.
  • the data are preferably transmitted in encrypted form by the transmitter 6.
  • the vehicle information device 4 shown also comprises a data receiver 31, which receives security or data signals 42, preferably from the control center 7, via the antenna 30 or a separate antenna.
  • the signals 42 are processed accordingly in the data receiver 31 or in the vehicle information device 4, in order to possibly implement a warning or other display as discussed at the beginning via a display device, for example in the form of cockpit indicator lamps 32 on the dashboard.
  • the respective components of the vehicle information device 4 or sensors 33-38 are fastened at a suitable point on board the vehicle 3 and are connected or networked to one another or to the transmitter 6 in a manner that maintains the functionality sought after by a specialist motor. It is known to the person skilled in the art that the distribution of tasks described among the components included in the location system according to the invention can also be designed differently, if necessary.
  • the data obtained from the physical sensors 33-38 are also compared to determine whether there is a relationship between the determined values that is meaningful for the proper movement of the vehicle 3 in mutual interaction. If, for example, the output speed of the transmission is disproportionately higher than the wheel speed, a differential defect can be diagnosed immediately or if the number of wheel wires is disproportionately higher than the measured speed of travel above the ground, the wheels can be diagnosed immediately.
  • the acceleration sensor 36 and, if applicable, the GPS receiver 5 a deviation from the permissible range of movement tolerance can not only be deduced from this with absout values. but also verify with redundant additional information.
  • the correct or incorrect movement of the vehicle 3 on the racetrack 2 in the direction of travel can be checked with a high degree of certainty.
  • the data obtained by the described or other technical sensors or devices can be used in the control center 7 to determine whether the engine has stopped, the position, the speed or the like. Determine characteristics of a racing vehicle 3 involved in the location system.

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  1. Système de localisation (1) pour des véhicules de compétition (3) sur une piste ou itinéraire de compétition (2), comprenant :
    une pluralité de véhicules de compétition (3), chacun des véhicules de compétition (3) présentant un dispositif d'information sur le véhicule (4), comprenant :
    un dispositif de localisation (5) pour l'obtention et l'édition de données de localisation, par l'intermédiaire desquelles la position du véhicule (3), à chaque moment pendant la compétition et à chaque -point de la piste ou itinéraire de compétition, peut être déterminée, et
    un émetteur (6), qui transmet les données de localisation; et
    une centrale (7), qui dispose
    d'au moins un récepteur (8), destiné à la réception des données de localisation transmises,
    d'un dispositif de mémorisation (10) pour mémoriser des données d'itinéraire (11) de la piste de compétition, et
    d'un dispositif de calcul (9) qui, à partir des données de localisation reçues, des véhicules de compétition (3) respectifs, et à l'aide des données d'itinéraire (11) mémorisées, calcule la position du véhicule de compétition (3) sur la piste de compétition (2).
  2. Système de localisation (1) pour des véhicules de compétition (3) sur une piste ou itinéraire de compétition (2), comprenant :
    une première pluralité de véhicules de compétition (3), chacun des véhicules de compétition (3) présentant un dispositif d'information sur le véhicule (4), comprenant un émetteur (6) émettant des signaux de relèvement;
    au moins trois récepteurs de relèvement (23), qui, à l'aide des signaux de relèvement émis, obtiennent et retransmettent des données de localisation, par l'intermédiaire desquelles la position du véhicule (3) respectif, à chaque moment pendant la compétition et à chaque point de la piste ou itinéraire de compétition, peut être déterminée;
    avec une centrale (7), qui dispose
    d'un dispositif de mémorisation (10) pour mémoriser des données de piste ou d'itinéraire (11) de la piste ou itinéraire de compétition (2), et
    d'un dispositif de calcul (9), qui, à partir des données de localisation retransmises, des véhicules de compétition (3) respectifs, et à l'aide des données de piste ou itinéraire (11) mémorisées, calcule la position des véhicules de compétition (3) sur la piste ou itinéraire de compétition (2).
  3. Système de localisation (1) selon la revendication 2, comprenant :
    une deuxième pluralité de véhicules de compétition (3), chacun des véhicules de compétition (3) de la deuxième pluralité présentant un dispositif d'information sur le véhicule (4), comprenant :
    un dispositif de localisation (5) pour l'obtention et l'édition de données de localisation, par l'intermédiaire desquels la position du véhicule (3) peut être déterminée, et
    un émetteur (6), qui transmet les données de localisation, où
    la centrale (7) dispose d'au moins un récepteur (8) pour la réception des données de localisation transmises, et
    le dispositif de calcul (9), à partir des données de localisation reçues des véhicules de compétition (3) respectifs, et à l'aide des données de piste ou itinéraire (11) mémorisées, calcule la position des véhicules de compétition (3) appartenant à la deuxième pluralité, sur la piste ou itinéraire de compétition (2).
  4. Système de localisation (1) selon la revendication 3, la première et la deuxième pluralité de véhicules de compétition (3) coïncidant de façon partielle ou complète.
  5. Système de localisation selon l'une des revendications 1, 3 ou 4, le dispositif de localisation (5) obtenant les données de localisation, par l'intermédiaire d'un récepteur à données de localisation assisté par satellite, et/ou par l'intermédiaire d'un récepteur de relèvement et/ou d'un capteur gyroscopique.
  6. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, sachant qu'au moins l'un des véhicules de compétition (3) dispose d'au moins un dispositif (33 à 38) pour l'obtention des caractéristiques de fonctionnement du véhicule et/ou des données de localisation, qui sont transmises à la centrale (7) par l'intermédiaire du dispositif d'information sur le véhicule (4).
  7. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les données caractéristiques de localisation ou de fonctionnement sont codées, globalement ou partiellement, lors de la transmission.
  8. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, où
       l.a centrale (7) comprend un émetteur (8) qui émet des données de sécurité, et
       au moins l'un des véhicules de compétition (3) comprend :
    un récepteur, recevant les données de sécurité depuis la centrale (7), et
    un dispositif d'affichage, affichant le cas échéant un avertissement à l'aide des données de sécurité.
  9. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, avec des postes de surveillance d'itinéraire (2), où au moins un poste de surveillance d'itinéraire (22) dispose
       d'un récepteur, qui capte les données de sécurité venant de la centrale, et
       d'un dispositif d'affichage affichant, le cas échéant, un avertissement à l'aide des données de sécurité.
  10. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, où, dans le cas où un véhicule (3X) est stationnaire, par la centrale (7) sont émises des données de sécurité, permettant un affichage d'un avertissement dans les véhicules (3A, 3B, 3C) ou dans les postes de surveillance d'itinéraire (22X), se trouvant dans les limites d'une portée géographique déterminée.
  11. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications 8 à 10, les données de sécurité étant déterminées à l'aide de la position calculée, ou bien des caractéristiques de fonctionnement d'au moins l'un des véhicules de compétition (3).
  12. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, avec un dispositif de représentation (9, 21), permettant, par l'intermédiaire des données d'itinéraire (11) et des positions de véhicule, d'obtenir un affichage visuel de la position actuelle d'un ou plusieurs véhicules de compétition (3) sur l'itinéraire de compétition (2).
  13. Système de localisation (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, avec un dispositif de traitement des données, effectuant une préparation de données de compétition, sélectionnées et contenues dans le système de localisation et les introduisant dans un réseau, de manière à permettre une représentation de ces données de compétition, sur des dispositifs de traitement de données permettant une représentation, mis en réseau avec le dispositif de traitement de données, par l'intermédiaire du réseau.
  14. Système de localisation (1) selon la revendication 13, le dispositif de traitement des données et les dispositifs de traitement de données à fonction de représentation étant mise en réseau par l'intermédiaire de l'internet.
  15. Système de localisation (1) selon la revendication (13 ou 14), le dispositif de traitement des données permettant une sélection, de préférence interactive, des données de compétition, chaque fois à présenter, et du type de représentation spécifique de la représentation, de la part de l'utilisateur, des dispositifs de traitement de données à fonction de présentation respective, et effectuant le traitement, de manière correspondante.
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