US 11,877,217 B2
Message processing for wireless messages based on value of information
Sergei Avedisov, Mountain View, CA (US); Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US); Onur Altintas, Mountain View, CA (US); and Takayuki Shimizu, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,739.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248196 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/46 (2018.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 4/46 (2018.02) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/05 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method executed by a processor of an ego vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by the processor of the ego vehicle, a location of an object of interest in a roadway environment that includes the ego vehicle and a set of remote connected vehicles, wherein the remote connected vehicles included in the set are equipped with forward-facing sensors;
segmenting the roadway environment into a plurality of segments;
assigning a priority score to a first segment within the plurality of segments based on (1) whether the forward-facing sensors of the remote connected vehicles present in the first segment are capable of measuring the object of interest and (2) proximity of the remote connected vehicles in the first segment to the object of interest; and
repeating the assignment step for each segment within the plurality of segments, wherein the assignment step is configured so higher priority scores are assigned to individual segments if the remote connected vehicles present in the individual segments have forward-facing sensors that are capable of measuring the object of interest and the remote connected vehicles present in the individual segments are closer to the object of interest.