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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Shingo Sugimoto, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vehicles, systems and methods for establishing a mesh network among a plurality of vehicles are described herein. An electronic control unit configured to determine a current position and a future position of a vehicle, determine a current position and a future position of another vehicle, generate a mesh network including the vehicle and the another vehicle based on: (i) a comparison of the current position of the vehicle and the current position of the another vehicle; and (ii) a comparison of the future position of the vehicle and the future position of the another vehicle.