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Vehicle collision monitoring method

  • US 8,990,001 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2013
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle collision monitoring method comprising:

  • preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading;

    receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading;

    evaluating, using a controller, whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths includingsegregating an area surrounding the host vehicle location into a plurality of sectors;

    determining which of the sectors is a remote vehicle sector including the remote vehicle location, including determining a linear direction between the host vehicle and the remote vehicle at a moment in time, determining an angle between a predetermined direction and the linear direction at the moment in time, and determining the remote vehicle sector based on the angle; and

    determining whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths based on the host vehicle location, the host vehicle heading, the remote vehicle location, the remote vehicle heading and a characteristic relating to the sector that includes the remote vehicle location.

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