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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Soroush Jalali, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Hossein Nourkhiz Mahjoub, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Yasir Khudhair Al-Nadawi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/167 (2013.01); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096783 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for cooperative ramp merger are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a swarm module, position module, identification module, constraint module, and cooperative module. The swarm module causes a host vehicle to join cooperating vehicles of proximate vehicles to assist the merging vehicle. A position module identifies relative positions of the host vehicle and the proximate vehicles. An identification module selects a role for the host vehicle based on the relative positions of the host vehicle and the cooperating vehicles and identifies a duplicate role. A constraint module calculates a merge location area based on the relative positions of the host vehicle and the proximate vehicles and the ramp location and a duplicate sequence based on the duplicate role. A cooperative module determines a cooperative action for the host vehicle based on the role of the host vehicle, the merge location area, and the duplicate role.


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