Methods and systems for tracking non-connected vehicles

A controller for tracking a non-connected vehicle, the controller programmed to:

• obtain one or more features of the non-connected vehicle;
• assign an ID to the non-connected vehicle, the ID including information about the one or more features of the non-connected vehicle;
• predict one or more locations of the non-connected vehicle at a second time in response to the non-connected vehicle being out of a field of view of a connected vehicle at a first location at a first time, predicting the one or more locations being based on the first location, traffic information, and a difference in time between the first time and the second time;
• identify a vehicle at a second location at the second time, the second location corresponding to one of the predicted one or more locations;
• and
• determine whether the identified vehicle at the second location corresponds to the non-connected vehicle based on a comparison of one or more features of the identified vehicle and the ID.

A system for tracking a non-connected vehicle, the system comprising:

• a first connected vehicle;
• a second connected vehicle;
• and
• a server communicatively coupled to the first connected vehicle and the second connected vehicle and configured to:
• obtain one or more features of the non-connected vehicle from the first connected vehicle;
• assign an ID to the non-connected vehicle, the ID including information about the one or more features of the non-connected vehicle;
• predict one or more locations of the non-connected vehicle at a second time in response to the non-connected vehicle being out of a field of view of a connected vehicle at a first location at a first time, predicting the one or more locations being based on the first location, traffic information, and a difference in time between the first time and the second time;
• receive one or more features of a vehicle at a second location from the second connected vehicle at the second time, the second location corresponding to one of the predicted one or more locations;
• and
• determine whether the vehicle at the second location corresponds to the non-connected vehicle based on a comparison of the one or more features of the vehicle at the second location and the ID.