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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 25, 2015
Applicants:

Özye{hacek Over (G)}in Universitesi, Istanbul, TR;

Kadir Has Universitesi, Istanbul, TR;

Inventors:

Murat Uysal, Istanbul, TR;

Serhat Erküçük, Istanbul, TR;

Ömer Narmanlio{umlaut over (g)}lu, Istanbul, TR;

Assignees:

OZYEGIN UNIVERSITESI, Istanbul, TR;

KADIR HAS UNIVERSITESI, Istanbul, TR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60Q 1/00 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/1125 (2013.01); H04B 10/1129 (2013.01); H04B 10/1149 (2013.01); H04L 51/20 (2013.01); B60W 2550/302 (2013.01); B60W 2550/304 (2013.01); B60W 2550/306 (2013.01); B60W 2550/308 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for communication between vehicles within a platoon of vehicles. In one embodiment, each vehicle is equipped with forward and backward directed optical emitters and receivers in operable communication with a controller. In an initialization phase, each vehicle determines its position within the platoon and the identification of all vehicles of the platoon. In a data transmission phase, each vehicle takes part in a token-based data transmission.


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