Method and system for communication between vehicles traveling along a similar path
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1. A method of automatically communicating with other vehicles, comprising:
- determining, by a first vehicle, whether other vehicles are within short range communication range of the first vehicle;
filtering, by the first vehicle, of the other vehicles within short range communication range based on whether the other vehicles are traveling along a same or similar travel path; and
establishing communication with one or more of the other vehicles based on the filtering in the filtering step.
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Abstract
A method and system of communicating with other vehicles includes determining, by a first vehicle, whether other vehicles are within short range communication range of the first vehicle. A first vehicle, filters the other vehicles within short range communication range based on whether the other vehicles are traveling along a same or similar path, and establishes communication with one or more of the other vehicles based on the filtering.
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1. A method of automatically communicating with other vehicles, comprising:
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determining, by a first vehicle, whether other vehicles are within short range communication range of the first vehicle;
filtering, by the first vehicle, of the other vehicles within short range communication range based on whether the other vehicles are traveling along a same or similar travel path; and
establishing communication with one or more of the other vehicles based on the filtering in the filtering step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for a first vehicle to automatically communicate with other vehicles, comprising:
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a short range communication unit for the first vehicle to communicate with other vehicles which are within range of the short range communication unit associated with the first vehicle;
a positioning determination system for determining a position of the first vehicle; and
a control unit for filtering, by the first vehicle, of the other vehicles based on a distance of the other vehicles and whether the other vehicles are traveling along a same or similar travel path, wherein the short range communication unit establishes communication with one or more of the other vehicles filtered by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for a first vehicle to automatically communicate with other vehicles, comprising:
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short range communication means for the first vehicle to communicate with other vehicles which are within range of the short range communication means associated with the first vehicle;
means for determining a position of the first vehicle; and
a control means for filtering, by the first vehicle, of the other vehicles based on a distance of the other vehicles and whether the other vehicles are traveling along a same or similar travel path, wherein the short range communication means establishes communication with one or more of the other vehicles filtered by the control means.
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27. A system for a first vehicle to communicate with other vehicles comprising:
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short range communication means for the first vehicle to communicate with other vehicles which are within range of short range communication means associated with the first vehicle;
means for manually inputting a vehicle ID of second vehicle with which the first vehicle desires to communicate, wherein the short range communication means establishes communication with the second vehicle based on the vehicle ID inputted in the first vehicle.
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