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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Teodor Buburuzan, Braunschweig, DE;
Monique Engel, Braunschweig, DE;
Bernd Rech, Bokensdorf, DE;
Stefan Gläser, Braunschweig, DE;
Bernd Lehmann, Wolfsburg, DE;
Sandra Kleinau, Rötgesbüttel, DE;
Hendrik-Jörn Günther, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
Methods and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems for determining a gap in traffic between two transportation vehicles for a lane change of a transportation vehicle. The method includes identifying the gap in traffic based on a first detection operation and based on a second detection operation. The first detection operation is based on at least one vehicle-to-vehicle status message of at least one other transportation vehicle. The second detection operation is based on an on-board sensor system of the transportation vehicle.