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Method and apparatus for automobile accident reduction using localized dynamic swarming

  • US 9,187,118 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2011
  • Issued: 11/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • using a first computer processor on a first vehicle to cause a first communication signal to be transmitted from the first vehicle to a second computer processor on a second vehicle;

    monitoring a velocity and a distance from a first vehicle of one or more vehicles within a first distance of the first vehicle with a first computer processor on the first vehicle, while not monitoring any vehicles outside of the first distance of the first vehicle;

    monitoring a velocity and a distance from a second vehicle of one or more vehicles within a second distance of a second vehicle with a second computer processor on the second vehicle, while not monitoring any vehicles outside of the second distance of the second vehicle;

    wherein at least one of the one or more vehicles within the second distance of the second vehicle is outside of the first distance of the first vehicle;

    wherein the first communication signal provides a first instruction to the second vehicle to move in a first manner; and

    further comprising using the second computer processor on the second vehicle to cause the second vehicle to move in the first manner in response to the first instruction;

    and in response to the first instruction, causing the second vehicle to instruct the at least one of the one or more vehicles within the second distance of the second vehicle but outside of the first distance of the first vehicle to move in the first manner.

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