Collective determination among autonomous vehicles
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving sensor data indicating an object at a first vehicle belonging to a group of vehicles communicating with each other;
determining the object to reach a first conclusion based on the sensor data;
selecting second vehicles of the group of vehicles based on computational resources available in the second vehicles, each vehicle of the group of vehicles having different computational resources;
transmitting the sensor data to the selected second vehicles in the group of vehicles, the second vehicles determining the object to reach respective second conclusions based on the sensor data;
receiving the second conclusions from respective second vehicles; and
determining the object based on the first and second conclusions,wherein each of the first vehicle and the second vehicles uses a different algorithm to determine the first conclusion and the second conclusions, respectively,wherein the selected second vehicles are selected based on having more computation resources than other vehicles in the group of vehicles.
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for collectively determining an object by a group of vehicles. The method can include receiving sensor data indicating an object at a first vehicle of the group of vehicles communicating with each other, determining the object to reach a first conclusion based on the sensor data at the first vehicle, transmitting the sensor data and the first conclusion to second vehicles of the group of vehicles from the first vehicle, determining the object to reach a second conclusion at each second vehicle based on the sensor data, transmitting second conclusions from the respective second vehicles to the other second vehicles and the first vehicle, and determining the object based on the first and second conclusions at the first vehicle or the second vehicles.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving sensor data indicating an object at a first vehicle belonging to a group of vehicles communicating with each other; determining the object to reach a first conclusion based on the sensor data; selecting second vehicles of the group of vehicles based on computational resources available in the second vehicles, each vehicle of the group of vehicles having different computational resources; transmitting the sensor data to the selected second vehicles in the group of vehicles, the second vehicles determining the object to reach respective second conclusions based on the sensor data; receiving the second conclusions from respective second vehicles; and determining the object based on the first and second conclusions, wherein each of the first vehicle and the second vehicles uses a different algorithm to determine the first conclusion and the second conclusions, respectively, wherein the selected second vehicles are selected based on having more computation resources than other vehicles in the group of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a second vehicle, sensor data indicating an object and a first conclusion of determining the object based on the sensor data from a first vehicle, the first and second vehicles belonging to a group of vehicles communicating with each other, each vehicle in the group of vehicles having different computational resources, the second vehicle being selected for receipt of the sensor data based on computational resources of the second vehicle; determining the object to reach a second conclusion based on the received sensor data; and transmitting the second conclusion from the second vehicle to ones of the group of vehicles, wherein the first conclusion and the second conclusion are determined using different algorithms, and wherein the second vehicle is selected based on having more computation resources than other vehicles in the group of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving sensor data indicating an object at a first vehicle of a group of vehicles communicating with each other; determining the object to reach a first conclusion based on the sensor data at the first vehicle; selecting second vehicles of the group of vehicles based on computational resources available in the second vehicles, each vehicle in the group of vehicles having different computational resources; transmitting the sensor data and the first conclusion to the selected second vehicles of the group of vehicles from the first vehicle; determining the object to reach a second conclusion at each second vehicle based on the sensor data; transmitting second conclusions from the respective second vehicles to the other second vehicles and the first vehicle; and determining the object based on the first and second conclusions at the first vehicle or the second vehicles, wherein the first conclusion and the second conclusions are determined using different algorithms, and wherein the selected second vehicles are selected based on having more computation resources than other vehicles in the group of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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