Method for associating a transmitter with a detected object in car-to-car communication and motor vehicle
AssigneesAudi AG, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSebastian Engel, Michael Botsch, Hendrik Rössler
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Abstract
In a method for associating a transmitter which transmits at least one communication information in a car-to-car communication with an object in a receiving motor vehicle, wherein the object is described by environmental data from at least one environmental sensor, wherein the association occurs based on comparing environmental data from at least one environmental sensor of the motor vehicle having the transmitter with corresponding environmental data of the receiving motor vehicle.
Claims5
A method for unambiguously identifying in car-to-car communication an object having a transmitter located therein and being associated with at least one remote vehicle in relation to a host vehicle, comprising:
- detecting with an environmental sensor of the host vehicle, the at least one remote vehicle and determining based on first environmental data from the environmental sensor of the host vehicle at least one of a first relative distance and a first relative speed between the host vehicle and the object,
- transmitting, with the transmitter located in the object, in the car-to-car communication to the host vehicle at least one communication information containing second environmental data comprising a second relative distance and a second relative speed between the host vehicle and the object obtained with an environmental sensor of the object and describing the object to the host vehicle, said first and said second environmental data excluding a use of Global Positioning System (GPS) data,
- comparing in a controller of the host vehicle the first environmental data with the second environmental data, and
- ascertaining an unambiguous identification when at least one of the first relative distance and the first relative speed corresponds to a negative value of the corresponding second relative distance or the second relative speed among the at least one remote vehicle based on the comparison.
A host vehicle, comprising:
- a receiving device configured to receive at least one communication information transmitted in a car-to-car communication by a transmitter located in at least one remote vehicle and containing environmental data describing an object associated with the at least one remote vehicle, the host vehicle further comprising at least one environmental sensor configured to detect the at least one remote vehicle and determine based on first environmental data from the at least one environmental sensor of the host vehicle at least one of a first relative distance and a first relative speed between the host vehicle and the object, and
- a controller in the host vehicle configured to:
- receive from the transmitter located in the at least one remote vehicle in the car-to-car communication at least one communication information containing second environmental data comprising a second relative distance and a second relative speed between the host vehicle and the object obtained with an environmental sensor of the at least one remote vehicle and describing the object to the host vehicle, said first and said second environmental data excluding a use of Global Positioning System (GPS) data,
- compare the first environmental data with the second environmental data, and
- ascertain an unambiguous identification when at least one of the first relative distance and the first relative speed corresponds to a negative value of the corresponding second relative distance or the second relative speed among the at least one remote vehicle based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.