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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan, Monroe, MI (US);
Oliver Lei, Windsor, CA;
Joseph C. Jira, Canton, MI (US);
Frank Thomas Brown, Ferndale, MI (US);
Alan Hejl, Ferndale, MI (US);
Amy Robertson, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic traffic lane management. Example methods may include receiving traffic information associated with vehicles travelling on a portion of a multilane road; designating at least one lane of the multilane road as a managed lane based on the traffic information; transmitting, via a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications protocol, a message to the vehicles, the message indicative of the designation of the lane as the managed lane; and receiving a confirmation message from a vehicle, the confirmation message indicative of the vehicle's acceptance of travelling on the managed lane.