Method for spectrally efficient determination of collective environmental information for cooperative and/or autonomous driving
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRoman ALIEIEV, Thorsten HEHN
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Abstract
A method for the acquisition of collective surroundings information for cooperative and/or autonomous driving. The method includes a vehicle equipped with an on-board unit and surroundings observation apparatus which produces a report about a detected vehicle not equipped with an on-board unit and transmits the report to the further vehicles which are moving or are located in the respective area. The further vehicles which receive the report transmit back a confirmation message to the reporting vehicle and confirm that the further vehicles are happy with the report. The further vehicles then refrain from transmitting a separate report about the unequipped vehicle.
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A method for acquiring collective surroundings information in which a vehicle equipped with a communication module and surroundings observation means produces a report about a detected vehicle not equipped with a communication module and transmits said report to the further vehicles which are moving or are located in the respective area and/or to a central server, wherein the further vehicles which receive the report transmit back a confirmation message to the reporting vehicle with which the further vehicles indicate that the further vehicles are happy with the report about the unequipped vehicle, and the further vehicles then themselves refrain from transmitting a separate report about the unequipped vehicle.
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