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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Seyhan Ucar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chang-Heng Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Onur Altintas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving right-of-way determinations at an intersection. In one embodiment, a method includes acquire, in a lead vehicle that is a cloud leader of a micro-cloud, observations about the intersection for a set of vehicles including at least one remote vehicle. The set of vehicles are approaching the intersection. The remote vehicle and the lead vehicle are members of the micro-cloud. The method includes deriving an assignment of right-of-ways indicating an order about how the set of vehicles may proceed through the intersection. The method includes providing the assignment to at least the remote vehicle to control right-of-way at the intersection.