US 12,267,209 B2
Vehicular micro cloud for a future road hazard prediction
Seyhan Ucar, Mountain View, CA (US); Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US); and Onur Altintas, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP); and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,616.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039784 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 12/70 (2013.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/0816 (2013.01) [G08G 1/012 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method executed by a processor of an ego vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving vehicular micro cloud data describing sensor measurements of a roadway environment and a rule set;
determining, by the processor, that a remote device is within wireless communication range of the ego vehicle and that a roadway environment that includes the ego vehicle and the remote device is hazardless;
causing the ego vehicle and the remote device to form a vehicular micro cloud that includes the ego vehicle and the remote device;
predicting by the processor, based on the sensor measurements and the rule set, that a future road hazard will occur in the roadway environment; and
executing a remedial action plan that obviates the future road hazard,
wherein at least two transmissions of vehicular micro cloud data are received and the rule set is received in a first transmission and the sensor measurements are received in a second transmission, and the first transmission including the rule set is received from a remote vehicle that is a predicted cause of the future road hazard.