SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE GROUP COMMUNICATION VIA DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION

• US 20170213461A1
• Filed: 01/21/2016
• Published: 07/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Murray, Allen R., Lei, Oliver
• Application Number:
  US15/003,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20170213461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Systems and methods for vehicle group communication via dedicated short range communication (DSRC) network are discloses. An example disclosed vehicle includes a DSRC controller configured to communicate with a DSRC network. The example vehicle also includes a processor enabled to execute instructions that cause the vehicle to (a) join a group communication session hosted by the DSRC network, (b) send status messages to other vehicles connected to the group communication session, and (c) inform a driver of traffic information based on the status messages received from the other vehicles.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a DSRC controller configured to communicate with a DSRC network; and

a processor enabled to execute instructions that cause the vehicle to;

join a group communication session hosted by the DSRC network;

send status messages to other vehicles connected to the group communication session;

update traffic information based on the status messages received from the other vehicles.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the vehicle to:

send chat messages to the other vehicles connected to the group communication session; and

communicate the chat messages received from the other vehicles.

3. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the chat messages include at least one of text, an image, a video, or music.

4. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein to communicate the chat messages received from the other vehicles, the instructions cause the vehicle to display the chat messages on a screen of an infotainment head unit.

5. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the status messages include driving properties of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein the driving properties include at least one of a speed of the vehicle, a location of the vehicle, a travel time of the vehicle, or an image captured by the vehicle.

7. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein to join the group communication session hosted by the DSRC network, the instructions cause the vehicle to send a session identifier to the DSRC network.

8. A method of vehicle group communication, the method comprising:

joining a group communication session hosted by the DSRC network;

sending status messages to other vehicles connected to the group communication session;

updating traffic information based on the status messages received from the other vehicles.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further includes:

sending chat messages to the other vehicles connected to the group communication session; and

communicating the chat messages received from the other vehicles.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the chat messages include at least one of text, an image, a video, or music.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein communicating the chat messages received from the other vehicles further includes displaying the chat messages on a screen of an infotainment head unit.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the status messages include driving properties of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the driving properties include at least one of a speed of the vehicle, a location of the vehicle, a travel time of the vehicle, a video, or an image captured by the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein joining the group communication session hosted by the DSRC network further includes sending a session identifier to the DSRC network.

15. A computer readable medium comprising instruction that, when executed, cause a vehicle to:

join a group communication session hosted by the DSRC network;

send status messages to other vehicles connected to the group communication session;

update traffic information based on the status messages received from the other vehicles.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instruction that, when executed, cause the vehicle to:

send chat messages to the other vehicles connected to the group communication session; and

communicating the chat messages received from the other vehicles.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the chat messages include at least one of text, an image, a video, or music.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the status messages include driving properties of the vehicle.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the driving properties include at least one of a speed of the vehicle, a location of the vehicle, a travel time of the vehicle, a video, or an image captured by the vehicle.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein to join the group communication session hosted by the DSRC network, the instructions cause the vehicle to send a session identifier to the DSRC network.