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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:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2022
Applicants:

David E. Newman, Palos Verdes, CA (US);

R. Kemp Massengill, Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Inventors:

David E. Newman, Palos Verdes, CA (US);

R. Kemp Massengill, Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2009.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/25 (2010.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/056 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/137 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2013.01); G01S 5/0063 (2013.01); G01S 19/256 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G08G 1/017 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/056 (2013.01); G08G 1/091 (2013.01); G08G 1/137 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); G08G 1/162 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02);
Abstract

Autonomous vehicles may communicate with each other in 5G or 6G to avoid hazards, mitigate collisions, and facilitate the flow of traffic. However, for cooperative action, each vehicle must determine the wireless address of other vehicles in proximity, so that they can communicate directly with each other. It is not sufficient to know the wireless address alone; the wireless address must be associated with an actual vehicle in view. Methods disclosed herein enable vehicles to exchange messages that specify the distances and angles of other vehicles in view. Then, each vehicle compares the other vehicle's measurements with its own, along with each vehicle's wireless address. Using an AI-based map-merging algorithm, one or more vehicles can produce a full traffic map from the fragmentary local maps of each vehicle's viewpoint.


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