US 12,275,414 B2
Dynamic and selective pairing between proximate vehicles
Ichiro Aoki, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Shmuel Silverman, Novato, CA (US); and Steven Elliot Stupp, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to AyDeeKay LLC, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by AyDeeKay LLC, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,053.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,578, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095194 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 40/105 (2012.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01)
CPC B60W 40/105 (2013.01) [H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); B60W 2552/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated circuit for use in a first vehicle, comprising:
an interface circuit configured to communicate with a second integrated circuit in a second vehicle; and
a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to:
determine that the second vehicle has better situational awareness for a portion of a road or an environment proximate to the road than the first vehicle, wherein the second vehicle is proximate to the first vehicle;
dynamically establish, with the second integrated circuit, a communication pairing with the second vehicle;
wherein the interface circuit is further configured to dynamically create and discontinue the communication pairing, based at least in part on a predefined distance corresponding to a speed of the first vehicle, a speed of the second vehicle, or both;
perform measurements in the environment;
coordinate, via the communication pairing, the measurements with second measurements performed by the second integrated circuit;
alternate, based at least in part on a duty cycle, transmissions of measurement signals by the integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit; and
create, by jointly performing additional measurements, a larger baseline and a synthetic aperture.