US 2015/0032362 A1 · VEHICLE COLLISION MONITORING METHOD

Abstract

A vehicle collision monitoring method comprises preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading, and evaluating, using a controller, whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths. The evaluating includes segregating an area surrounding the host vehicle location into a plurality of sectors, determining which of the sectors is a remote vehicle sector including the remote vehicle location, and determining whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths based on the host vehicle location, the host vehicle heading, the remote vehicle location, the remote vehicle heading and a characteristic relating to the sector that includes the remote vehicle location.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle collision monitoring method comprising:

preparing a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading;
receiving a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading;
evaluating, using a controller, whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths including
segregating an area surrounding the host vehicle location into a plurality of sectors;
determining which of the sectors is a remote vehicle sector including the remote vehicle location;
and
determining whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths based on the host vehicle location, the host vehicle heading, the remote vehicle location, the remote vehicle heading and a characteristic relating to the sector that includes the remote vehicle location.

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A vehicle collision monitoring system comprising:

a communication component configured to receive a remote vehicle message including information pertaining to a remote vehicle including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle heading;
and
a controller configured to prepare a host vehicle message including information pertaining to a host vehicle including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, and to perform an evaluation operation to evaluate whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths by segregating an area surrounding the host vehicle location into a plurality of sectors, determining which of the sectors is a remote vehicle sector including the remote vehicle location, and determining whether the host vehicle heading and the remote vehicle heading are converging paths based on the host vehicle location, the host vehicle heading, the remote vehicle location, the remote vehicle heading and a characteristic relating to the sector that includes the remote vehicle location.

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