System and method for providing inter-vehicle communications amongst autonomous vehicles
US9947145B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In one embodiment, a vehicle identifier (ID) and vehicle information of a first autonomous vehicle is transmitted to a cloud server over a network, where the cloud server is communicatively coupled to a plurality of autonomous vehicles. A list of one or more vehicle identifiers (IDs) are received from the cloud server. The vehicle IDs identify one or more autonomous vehicles are within a predetermined geographic proximity of the first autonomous vehicle. The first autonomous vehicle communicates with a second autonomous vehicle that is selected from the list of one or more autonomous vehicles via a wireless local area network to exchange an operational status of the first autonomous vehicle with the second autonomous vehicle.
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