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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jiang Du, Beaverton, OR (US);
Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Uitca, MI (US);
Wende Zhang, Troy, MI (US);
Xi Ju, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2013.01); G08G 1/017 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is taught for collaborative vehicle to all (V2X) communications to improve autonomous driving vehicle performance in a heterogeneous capability environment by sharing capabilities among different vehicles. In particular, the system and method are operative to facilitate path planning contention resolution among a plurality of road uses within a road segment by facilitating the election and transition of a segment leader to arbitrate conflicts.