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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2023
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Syed Amaar Ahmad, Canton, MI (US);

Jayanthi Rao, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 28/0226 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
Abstract

A first connected message is received, by a controller of a host vehicle, from a remote vehicle via a transceiver of the host vehicle. The first connected message indicates a first object along a roadway detected by the remote vehicle. Presence of a second object along the roadway is identified using sensors of the host vehicle. A probability function is utilized to determine a result indicative of whether to send a second connected message indicating the second object. The second connected message is sent responsive to the result indicating to send the second connected message. The second connected message is suppressed responsive to the result indicating not to send the second connected message.


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