US Patent 10163276 Apparatus and method of transmitting messages between vehicles

An apparatus for transmitting messages between vehicles includes a sensor configured to sense at least one of location information of a vehicle, location information of vehicles neighboring the vehicle, or vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, an input device configured to receive a first message from a user aboard the vehicle, a processor configured to generate a map based on the at least one of the location information of the vehicle, the location information of the neighboring vehicles, and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, or configured to transform the first message into a transmission message, an output device configured to output the map and the first message, and a communicator configured to transmit the transmission message to a target vehicle, and receive a second message from the neighboring vehicles comprising the target vehicle.