Vehicle ad hoc network (VANET)

• US 9,826,368 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2016
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Milne, James R., Carlsson, Gregory Peter, Zustak, Frederick J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T
• Application Number:
  US15/149,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20160255478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 3409322, 340933, 340905, 340945, 340988
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/133 within the vehicle ; Indicators inside the vehicles or at stops
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/1584 Full Mesh, e.g. knockout
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Mesh node modules are associated with vehicles and companion nodes can dynamically form a mesh network which uploads location information of the nodes and in some cases additional information, e.g., road condition or proximity to objects.

Claims

1. A Device, comprising:

at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to;

present on a display a user interface (UI), the UI indicating a location of the device on which the UI is presented, along with locations of plural vehicles in a wireless network that includes a vehicle in which the UI is presented, the locations of the other vehicles being received through the wireless network;

upload the wireless network at least one vehicle parameter representing at least one parameter of the vehicle;

wherein vehicle parameters of vehicles in the wireless network are uploaded to at least one network server such that plural wireless networks among vehicles are dynamically formed to track in real-time vehicle parameters and provide traffic information to aid in collision avoidance and/or rerouting around traffic areas.

2. The device of claim 1, comprising the at least one processor, wherein the UI presents arrows whose magnitudes and directions are defined by headings and speeds of respective vehicles as reported via the wireless network.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI presents an alpha-numeric indication of a speed of a vehicle other than the vehicle in which the UI is presented.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI includes an alpha-numeric indication of a type of a vehicle reporting via the wireless network.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI presents icons unique to vehicle types based on type information reported by the vehicles through the wireless network.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the UI presents an alpha numeric indication of a vehicle having a speed satisfying a threshold.

7. A method comprising:

presenting on a display a user interface (UI), the UI indicating a location of a vehicle in which the UI is presented, along with locations of plural vehicles in a wireless network that includes a vehicle in which the UI is presented, the locations of the other vehicles being received through the wireless network;

upload to the wireless network at least one vehicle parameter representing at least one parameter of the vehicle;

wherein vehicle parameters of vehicles in the wireless network are uploaded to at least one network server such that plural wireless networks among vehicles are dynamically formed to track in real-time vehicle parameters and provide traffic information to aid in collision avoidance and/or rerouting around traffic areas.