Method for spectrally efficient determination of collective environmental information for cooperative and/or autonomous driving
First Claim
1. A method for acquiring collective surroundings information comprising:
- transmitting an enquiry by a reporting vehicle equipped with a communication module to detect that a vehicle is not equipped with a communication module based on absence of a response from the unequipped vehicle;
transmitting a report about the unequipped vehicle to further equipped vehicles; and
transmitting a confirmation message by the further equipped vehicles to the reporting vehicle causing the further equipped vehicles to refrain from transmitting a separate report about the unequipped vehicle.
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Abstract
A method for the acquisition of collective surroundings information for cooperative and/or autonomous driving. The method includes a vehicle equipped with an on-board unit and surroundings observation apparatus which produces a report about a detected vehicle not equipped with an on-board unit and transmits the report to the further vehicles which are moving or are located in the respective area. The further vehicles which receive the report transmit back a confirmation message to the reporting vehicle and confirm that the further vehicles are happy with the report. The further vehicles then refrain from transmitting a separate report about the unequipped vehicle.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for acquiring collective surroundings information comprising:
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transmitting an enquiry by a reporting vehicle equipped with a communication module to detect that a vehicle is not equipped with a communication module based on absence of a response from the unequipped vehicle; transmitting a report about the unequipped vehicle to further equipped vehicles; and
transmitting a confirmation message by the further equipped vehicles to the reporting vehicle causing the further equipped vehicles to refrain from transmitting a separate report about the unequipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for acquiring collective surroundings information for use in a reporting vehicle comprising:
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a communication module in the reporting vehicle configured to transmit a report to further equipped vehicles located in a designated area; a surroundings observation means configured to detect a vehicle not equipped with a communication module in the designated area by transmitting an enquiry by the reporting vehicle to detect the unequipped vehicle based on absence of a response from the unequipped vehicle; a computing means configured to produce a report about the unequipped vehicle; the communication module further configured to transmit the report to the further equipped vehicles; and the communication module further configured to receive a confirmation message from the further equipped vehicles and to wait for the confirmation messages from the further equipped vehicles that the report was received thereby causing the further equipped vehicles to refrain from transmitting a separate report about the unequipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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