# US 2021/0241628 A1 · Management apparatus, management method, and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241628 A1 - Document ID: US20210241628A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/164,955 - Filed: 2021-02-02 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Masaru Otaka; Ryusuke Tamanaha; Yusuke Oi; Takahiro Iijima; Naoko Imai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241628A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/22: {Platooning, i.e. convoy of communicating vehicles} - H04W 4/08: User group management - H04W 4/46: for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] - H04W 60/04: using triggered events - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G08G 1/096791: {where the origin of the information is another vehicle} - G08G 1/162: {event-triggered} - H04W 4/027: {using movement velocity, acceleration information} - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A management apparatus for managing a communication group composed of a plurality of vehicles that each include a communication apparatus is provided. The management apparatus obtains vehicle information related to two or more vehicles included in one communication group, and based on the vehicle information related to the two or more vehicles, reorganizes each of the two or more vehicles into one of two or more communication groups. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A management apparatus for managing a communication group composed of a plurality of vehicles that each include a communication apparatus, the management apparatus comprising: a memory for storing computer readable code; and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: obtain vehicle information related to two or more vehicles included in one communication group; and based on the vehicle information related to the two or more vehicles, reorganize each of the two or more vehicles into one of two or more communication groups. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the two or more vehicles are two or more first vehicles, and the processor is further configured to: obtain vehicle information related to a second vehicle that is not included in the one communication group; and based further on the vehicle information related to the second vehicle, organize the second vehicle into one of the two or more communication groups. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein before the second vehicle is organized into one of the two or more communication groups, the second vehicle is included in a communication group different from the one communication group. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to reorganize the two or more vehicles when a speed of at least one of the two or more vehicles has become equal to or lower than a threshold. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to reorganize the two or more vehicles when at least one of the two or more vehicles has changed lanes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to reorganize the two or more vehicles when at least one of the two or more vehicles has arrived at a branch in a road. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes information related to courses of vehicles. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes information of lanes in which vehicles are located. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes information related to speeds of vehicles. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes information related to radio wave bands used by communication apparatuses included in vehicles. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine an upper limit of the number of vehicles included in a communication group based on at least one of information related to communication apparatuses included in vehicles, information related to speeds of vehicles, and information related to positions of vehicles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a root node of a communication group based on communication capacities of communication apparatuses of vehicles. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a root node of a communication group based on a length of a parallel traveling distance of vehicles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A vehicle comprising the management apparatus according to claim 1. ### Claim 15 A method of managing a communication group composed of a plurality of vehicles that each include a communication apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining vehicle information related to two or more vehicles included in one communication group; and based on the vehicle information related to the two or more vehicles, reorganizing each of the two or more vehicles into one of two or more communication groups. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A non-transitory storage medium for storing a computer program for causing one or more processors to perform the method according to claim 15.