Method, system, module and software for intelligently governing a multi-way stop intersection

US12260748B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten HEHN · Wolfsburg, DE
• Joerg Plechinger · Munich, DE
• Daniel Pfaller · Wettstetten, DE
• Markus Mueller · Heilbronn, DE
• John Walpuck · Bloomfield, US
• Jovan Milivoje Zagajac · Ann Arbor, US
• Hendrik-Joern Guenther · Peine, DE
• Kevin Lieberman · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/166
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Movement of vehicles through an intersection relative to one another is actively coordinated. The coordination includes sharing data among the vehicles using Vehicle-to-Everything messaging technology. The shared data is used to sequence the movement of the vehicles through the intersection.