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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Dawei Chen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Qi Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Rohit Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kyungtae Han, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods for selecting an edge node include a processor operable to send a request of bidding to edge nodes regarding performing a task for an inquiry vehicle, receive one or more bids from one or more bidding edge nodes of the edge nodes, wherein each bid includes a resource allocation offer and a price, calculate a preference value based on a weighted sum of preference factors for each bidding edge node, wherein the preference factors are determined based on the resource allocation offer, and the weight assigned to each preference factor is determined based on the task, select a performing edge node based on the preference values and the prices, and operate the inquiry vehicle based on a result of the task performed by the performing edge node.