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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:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Brady, Newry, GB;

Jelle Sels, Dublin, IE;

William Rafferty, Dublin, IE;

Diarmaid O'Cualain, Galway, IE;

Keyssy Guerra Perez, Dublin, IE;

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2020.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/162 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2754/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

Herein is disclosed a slack distribution system comprising one or more sensors, configured to deliver sensor data to one or more processors in a first vehicle; a wireless communication circuit, configured to wirelessly transmit to a second vehicle; one or more processors, configured to determine from at least the sensor data, during first vehicle deceleration, a slack distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and when the slack distance is less than a predetermined threshold, to cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit to the second vehicle a slack request message, wherein the slack request message is a request to change the slack distance.


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