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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Sergei S. Avedisov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Mountain View, CA (US);
Onur Altintas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a cooperative maneuver for an ego vehicle is provided. The method includes determining a maneuver of the ego vehicle based on traffic information in a target lane, selecting one or more cooperative vehicles to be involved in the maneuver, determining whether the maneuver of the ego vehicle and actions of the one or more cooperative vehicles trigger congestion in the target lane based on simulation of the maneuver and the actions, instructing the ego vehicle to perform the maneuver in response to determining that the maneuver of the ego vehicle and actions of the one or more cooperative vehicles do not trigger congestion, and adjusting a number of cooperative vehicles to be involved in the maneuver in response to determining that the maneuver of the ego vehicle and actions of the one or more cooperative vehicles trigger congestion.