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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2017
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Roy Goudy, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Neal Probert, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeremy Chambers, Casco, MI (US);
Andrew Christensen, South Lyon, MI (US);
Heather Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for use in traversing a vehicle transportation network may include receiving, from a remote vehicle, via a wireless electronic communication link, a remote vehicle message, the remote vehicle message including remote vehicle information, determining a relative position code indicating geospatial location of the remote vehicle relative to the host vehicle based the remote vehicle information, determining a remote vehicle dynamic state code based on the remote vehicle information, determining a host vehicle dynamic state code; identifying a vehicle control action based on the relative position code, the remote vehicle dynamic state code, and the host vehicle dynamic state code, and traversing a portion of the vehicle transportation network in accordance with the vehicle control action, such that traversing the portion of the vehicle transportation network includes performing passing lane collision avoidance.