US 12,112,641 B2
Multi-vehicle collaboration with group visualization
Thomas Jefferson Sandridge, Tampa, FL (US); Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US); Tushar Agrawal, West Fargo, ND (US); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,079.
Prior Publication US 2023/0260404 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC G08G 1/22 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/176 (2024.01); B60K 2360/177 (2024.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
linking, over a network, two or more vehicles into a group of vehicles, wherein each of the two or more vehicles are at least partially automated, each of the vehicles includes a plurality of sensors, and each of the vehicles are performing a common task;
receiving, generating, for each vehicle, a 360 degree view from each vehicle of the two or more vehicles, wherein each 360 view is based on data from the plurality of sensors;
aggregating the 360 degree view for each vehicle into a group view, that includes each vehicle of the two or more vehicles;
sending, to each vehicle, the group view, wherein the group view is configured to be displayed on an augmented reality (AR) device in each vehicle, wherein the group view includes a relative location for each vehicle in the group of vehicles; and
monitoring a set of rules applied to the group of vehicles, wherein the rules provide instructions to each vehicle how to operate within the group, wherein the set of rules is configured to complete the common task.