Cooperative autonomous driving for traffic congestion avoidance
US10636297B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2556/65
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for traffic congestion avoidance may use cooperative autonomous driving based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication to resolve deadlock conditions. The method may include automatically detecting, by a given autonomous vehicle, that the given vehicle is deadlocked, initiating, by the given vehicle, formation of a coordination group including the given vehicle, a front vehicle traveling in the same driving lane as the given vehicle, and an assistant autonomous vehicle traveling in a lane adjacent to the lane in which the given vehicle and the front vehicle are traveling, and sending, by the given vehicle using vehicle-to-vehicle communication, a cooperative driving task request to initiate actions by the autonomous vehicles in the coordination group to resolve the deadlock condition. The actions may include modifying a driving plan of an autonomous vehicle in the coordination group and initiating a speed negotiation with an autonomous vehicle in the coordination group.
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