Cooperative parking space search by a vehicular micro cloud
OwnerTakamasa Higuchi, Seyhan Ucar +1inventors
InventorsTakamasa Higuchi, Seyhan Ucar, Onur Altintas
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Abstract
The disclosure includes embodiments for cooperative parking space search by a vehicular micro cloud. In some embodiments, a method includes determining that an ego vehicle is traveling in search of an available parking space. In some embodiments, the method includes forming a vehicular micro cloud responsive to the determination that the ego vehicle is traveling in search of the available parking space.
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A computer program product for a vehicular micro cloud that includes a set of connected vehicles that are operable to provide cooperative searching for an available parking space to the set of connected vehicles, wherein the computer program product comprises a non-transitory memory storing computer-executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
- determine that an ego vehicle is traveling in search of the available parking space;
- form the vehicular micro cloud responsive to the determination that the ego vehicle is traveling in search of the available parking space, wherein forming the vehicular micro cloud includes transmitting a first vehicle-to-everything message (V2X message) to a remote vehicle with instructions to join the vehicular micro cloud;
- causing a sensor to record sensor data describing information about a candidate parking space;
- determine, based on the sensor data, occupancy data describing whether the candidate parking space is the available parking space;
- and
- transmit a second V2X message to the set of connected vehicles describing that the candidate parking space is the available parking space.
A method comprising:
- determining that an ego vehicle is traveling in search of an available parking space;
- and
- forming a vehicular micro cloud responsive to the determination that the ego vehicle is traveling in search of the available parking space, wherein forming the vehicular micro cloud includes transmitting a first vehicle-to-everything message (V2X message) to a remote vehicle with instructions to join the vehicular micro cloud.
A system comprising:
- an ego vehicle including a processor executing computer-executable code that is operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to:
- determine that the ego vehicle is traveling in search of an available parking space;
- and
- form a vehicular micro cloud responsive to the determination that the ego vehicle is traveling in search of the available parking space, wherein forming the vehicular micro cloud includes transmitting a first vehicle-to-everything message (V2X message) to a remote vehicle with instructions to join the vehicular micro cloud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.