US 11,704,007 B2
Computer-assisted or autonomous driving vehicles social network
Fatema Adenwala, Hillsboro, OR (US); Ankitha Chandran, Portland, OR (US); Nageen Himayat, Fremont, CA (US); Florence Pon, Folsom, CA (US); and Divya Vijayaraghavan, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,672.
Application 17/315,672 is a continuation of application No. 16/141,219, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,036,370.
Prior Publication US 2021/0303137 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 3/04842 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
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1. A computing device in an ego vehicle, the computing device comprising:
communication circuitry to:
transmit a join request in a first vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message to another vehicle, wherein the join request is for joining a vehicle platoon with the other vehicle,
receive a join response in a second V2X message from the other vehicle, and
receive a platoon control message in a third V2X message from the other vehicle after receipt of the join response, wherein the platoon control message includes platoon data for controlling the ego vehicle for platooning; and
processor circuitry communicatively coupled with the communication circuitry, the processor circuitry to:
automatically generate the join request to join the vehicle platoon when a set of predefined conditions for joining or forming a platoon have been met, and
control operation of the ego vehicle to travel in the vehicle platoon after receipt of the join response and based on the platoon data.