Methods and Systems for Vehicle Radar Coordination and Interference Reduction
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect an environment of the vehicle based on a comparison between electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitted by the sensor and a reflection of the EM radiation from one or more objects in the environment of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to (i) receive data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in the environment of the vehicle that includes at least one sensor, (ii) determine a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle and the sensor of the vehicle based on the data, and (iii) responsively initiate an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle.
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Abstract
A method is provided that includes a vehicle receiving data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in an environment of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a sensor configured to detect the environment of the vehicle. The at least one other vehicle may include at least one sensor. The method also includes determining a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle the sensor of the vehicle. The method also includes initiating an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle responsive to the determination.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect an environment of the vehicle based on a comparison between electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitted by the sensor and a reflection of the EM radiation from one or more objects in the environment of the vehicle; and a controller configured to (i) receive data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in the environment of the vehicle that includes at least one sensor, (ii) determine a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle and the sensor of the vehicle based on the data, and (iii) responsively initiate an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a vehicle that includes a sensor configured to detect an environment of the vehicle based on a comparison between electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitted by the sensor and a reflection of the EM radiation from one or more objects in the environment of the vehicle, data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in the environment of the vehicle that includes at least one sensor; determining, based on the data, a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle and the sensor of the vehicle; and based on the likelihood being greater than a threshold likelihood, initiating an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device that includes one or more processors, data from a plurality of vehicles indicative of configuration parameters of sensors in the plurality of vehicles, wherein the data is also indicative of locations of the plurality of vehicles, and wherein a given sensor of a given vehicle is configured to detect an environment of the given vehicle based on a comparison between electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitted by the given sensor and a reflection of the EM radiation from one or more objects in the environment of the given vehicle; determining, based on the data, that the given vehicle is within a threshold distance to at least one other vehicle; responsively determining, based on the configuration parameters, a likelihood of interference between at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle and the given sensor of the given vehicle; and providing, based on the likelihood being greater than a threshold likelihood, a request to the given vehicle to adjust given configuration parameters of the given sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the given sensor of the given vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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