Message occlusion detection system and method in a vehicle-to-vehicle communication network
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1. A method for providing information to a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving, at a host vehicle via a wireless electronic communication link, messages that each include remote vehicle information for a respective one of the one or more remote vehicles;
identifying host vehicle information for the host vehicle;
determining that a potential message occlusion exists in response to receiving a transmission from a first remote vehicle from the one or more remote vehicles that indicates that a vehicle size of the first remote vehicle is greater than a threshold size and a distance of the first vehicle from the host vehicle is less than a message occlusion threshold distance, wherein the potential message occlusion is indicative of an object that blocks line-of-sight dependent transmissions from reaching the host vehicle via the wireless electronic communication link; and
in response to determining that a potential message occlusion exists, causing a message occlusion alert to be output.
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Abstract
A method for providing information to a driver of a vehicle includes receiving, at a host vehicle via a wireless electronic communication link, messages that each include remote vehicle information for a respective one of the one or more remote vehicles; identifying host vehicle information for the host vehicle; determining that a potential message occlusion exists based at least in part on the remote vehicle information for the one or more remote vehicles and the host vehicle information; and in response to determining that a potential message occlusion exists, causing a message occlusion alert to be output.
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1. A method for providing information to a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving, at a host vehicle via a wireless electronic communication link, messages that each include remote vehicle information for a respective one of the one or more remote vehicles; identifying host vehicle information for the host vehicle; determining that a potential message occlusion exists in response to receiving a transmission from a first remote vehicle from the one or more remote vehicles that indicates that a vehicle size of the first remote vehicle is greater than a threshold size and a distance of the first vehicle from the host vehicle is less than a message occlusion threshold distance, wherein the potential message occlusion is indicative of an object that blocks line-of-sight dependent transmissions from reaching the host vehicle via the wireless electronic communication link; and in response to determining that a potential message occlusion exists, causing a message occlusion alert to be output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle, comprising:
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a wireless electronic communication device; one or more sensors; an output system including at least one of an audio output device or a visual output device; and an information system operable to execute instructions that cause the information system to; receive, at a host vehicle via a wireless electronic communication link, messages that each include remote vehicle information for a respective one of the one or more remote vehicles, identify host vehicle information for the host vehicle, determine that a potential message occlusion exists in response to receiving a transmission from a first remote vehicle from the one or more remote vehicles that indicates that a vehicle size of the first remote vehicle is greater than a threshold size and a distance of the first vehicle from the host vehicle is less than a message occlusion threshold distance, wherein the potential message occlusion is indicative of an object that blocks line-of-sight dependent transmissions from reaching the host vehicle via the wireless electronic communication link, and in response to determining that a potential message occlusion exists, cause a message occlusion alert to be output using the output system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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