System and method for providing inter-vehicle communications amongst autonomous vehicles
US10672200B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cloud server maintains a neighboring vehicle data structure storing vehicle information of vehicles coupled to the cloud server over a network. The server receives a first request from a first of the vehicles, including a first vehicle identifier (ID) and current vehicle metadata of the first vehicle. In response to the first request, the server traverses the neighboring vehicle data structure to update a first node corresponding to the first vehicle based on the first vehicle ID and the current vehicle information of the first vehicle. The server transmits to the first vehicle over the network a list of one or more vehicle IDs identifying one or more vehicles that are within a predetermined geographic proximity of the first autonomous vehicles to allow the first vehicle to directly communicate with any vehicle in the list via a wireless local area network.
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