Collaborative vehicle headlight directing

A method of collaboratively directing headlights among vehicles traveling as a platoon, comprising:

• transmitting, by a first vehicle processor of a first vehicle traveling in the platoon, a collaborative lighting plan to a second vehicle traveling in the platoon, wherein the collaborative lighting plan directs the second vehicle to direct one or more headlights of the second vehicle in a direction other than a direction of travel of the platoon;
• directing, by the first vehicle processor, one or more headlights of the first vehicle in accordance with the collaborative lighting plan;
• receiving, from the second vehicle, location information of the second vehicle for determining a position of the second vehicle within the platoon;
• determining, by the first vehicle processor, the collaborative lighting plan based at least in part on the received location information;
• determining from the received location information whether the second vehicle is positioned in one of a plurality of perimeter positions of the platoon;
• and
• including in the collaborative lighting plan direction for the second vehicle to dim or turn off one or more headlights of the second vehicle in response to determining that the second vehicle is not positioned in one of the plurality of perimeter positions of the platoon.

A vehicle, comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• one or more directable headlights;
• and
• a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and the one or more directable headlights, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to:
• direct one or more headlights of the vehicle in accordance with a collaborative lighting plan while traveling in a platoon;
• determine whether the vehicle can comply with the collaborative lighting plan;
• transmit to another vehicle a request to change the collaborative lighting plan in response to determining that the vehicle cannot comply with the collaborative lighting plan;
• and
• receive from the other vehicle an update to the collaborative lighting plan.

A collaborative headlight directing system for use in a vehicle, comprising:

• a processor configured to communicate via a wireless transceiver of the vehicle and send directing commands to one or more directable headlights of the vehicle, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to:
• direct one or more headlights of the vehicle in accordance with a collaborative lighting plan while traveling in a platoon;
• determine whether the vehicle can comply with the collaborative lighting plan;
• transmit to another vehicle a request to change the collaborative lighting plan in response to determining that the vehicle cannot comply with the collaborative lighting plan;
• and
• receive from the other vehicle an update to the collaborative lighting plan.