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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Fang Lu, Billerica, MA (US);
Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);
Tushar Agrawal, West Fargo, ND (US);
Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an approach to autonomous vehicle traffic management, one or more computer processors retrieve an identification associated with a first autonomous vehicle. One or more computer processors retrieve a distance rule corresponding to the first autonomous vehicle from a smart contract, wherein the distance rule is a rule for a minimum distance that other autonomous vehicles must maintain with respect to the first autonomous vehicle. One or more computer processors determine a context of the first autonomous vehicle. Based on the context of the first autonomous vehicle, one or more computer processors determine whether a first exception to the distance rule is required. One or more computer processors generate the first exception to the distance rule. One or more computer processors communicate the distance rule and the first exception to the distance rule to one or more additional autonomous vehicles traveling in proximity to the first autonomous vehicle.