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Patent No.:

US 12686407 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2024

Controlling autonomous vehicles based on edge servers' resources

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Shoichiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Kenichi Takasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Mari Abe Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Sanehiro Furuichi, Tokyo, JP;

Tomonori Sugiura, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Michael O'Keefe

Primary Examiner:

Toya Pettiegrew

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); H04L 67/101 (2022.01); H04L 67/1021 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/1021 (2013.01); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for reducing loads of edge servers in an autonomous mobility environment. The load of an edge server, which controls autonomous vehicles located within the edge server's coverage area, is estimated. In response to the estimated load of the edge server exceeding a threshold value, an action to reduce the load of the edge server is implemented by controlling one or more of the autonomous vehicles to operate in a certain manner so as to reduce the load of the edge server. Examples of controlling the autonomous vehicles to operate in a certain manner so as to reduce the load of the edge server include modifying a movement of the autonomous vehicle, modifying a frequency of sending vehicle data, offloading calculations to be performed in the autonomous vehicle that were previously being performed in the edge server, restricting lane changes, etc.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Watanabe, Shoichiro. (2026). Controlling autonomous vehicles based on edge servers' resources (U.S. Patent No. 12686407). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12686407

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