| CPC G05D 1/0038 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G06K 7/1404 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 17/00 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A method for communicating information between a vehicle and a remote terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
providing at least one image frame representing at least a portion of the vehicle and/or the vehicle's surrounding by an imaging device arranged in or on the vehicle and configured to capture sensory data used for generating the at least one image frame, wherein an original encoded pattern representing predetermined information to be transmitted to the remote terminal, generated by a light emitting device in or on the vehicle placed in a field of view of the imaging device, is visible on the at least one image frame;
transmitting the at least one image frame from the vehicle to the remote terminal, wherein the transmitted at least one image frame comprises a transmitted encoded pattern based on the original encoded pattern;
reading, at the remote terminal, a received encoded pattern based on the transmitted encoded pattern visible on the at least one image frame;
decoding the predetermined information from the received encoded pattern read at the remote terminal; and
transmitting driving instructions for the vehicle from the remote terminal to the vehicle together with the decoded predetermined information and/or the received encoded pattern.
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