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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jovan Milivoje Zagajac, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Erik Kiledal, Hillsdale, MI (US);
John Walpuck, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Thomas E. Apczynski, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller. The controller is programmed to broadcast state information for the vehicle and receive state information from other vehicles; identify a contested roadway area for the vehicle and another of the vehicles based on expected future paths of the vehicle and the other vehicle calculated per the state information; and update a ledger with an indication of which of the vehicle or the other vehicle is agreed to proceed through the contested roadway area.