Systems and methods for network node communication using dynamically configurable interaction modes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11146918-B2
Application number	US-201916436857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2019
Priority date	Jun 10, 2019
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for network node communication using dynamically configurable interaction modes. Example methods may include identify a first triggering event associated with an agent, the agent comprising a vehicle or a user; determine a first mode for the agent based on the first triggering event; exchange a first communication with other agents over a network, wherein the first communication is based on the first mode and comprises a first action to be taken by the other agents; determine a second mode for the agent based on a second triggering event; and exchange a second communication with the other agents over the network, wherein the second communication is based on the second mode and comprises a second action to be taken by the other agents, and wherein the second mode and the first mode are of different types.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
at least one memory device that stores computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
identify a first triggering event associated with a first vehicle;
determine a first interaction mode for the first vehicle based on the first triggering event;
send, from the first vehicle, a first communication to a second vehicle and a third vehicle, the first communication including the first interaction mode of the first vehicle;
receive, from the second vehicle, a second communication indicating that the second vehicle is in a second interaction mode;
receive, from the third vehicle, a third communication indicating that the third vehicle is in the second interaction mode;
filter, by the first vehicle, a fourth communication from a fourth vehicle based on an indication in the fourth communication that the fourth vehicle is in an interaction mode other than the second interaction mode;
determine that an amount of time the second vehicle has been in the second interaction mode is greater than an amount of time the third vehicle has been in the second interaction mode; and
send, by the first vehicle, an indication for the second vehicle to change to the first interaction mode or a fourth interaction mode based on the determination that the amount of time the second vehicle has been in the second interaction mode is greater than the amount of time the third vehicle has been in the second interaction mode.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise computer-executable instructions to:
determine a fifth interaction mode for the first vehicle based on the first triggering event; and
exchange a fifth communication with one or more other vehicles, wherein the fifth communication includes the fifth interaction mode of the first vehicle.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions to identify the first triggering event comprise computer-executable instructions to determine a manual input or a voice input by a user.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first communication is sent at a first frequency, the first frequency based on the first interaction mode of the first vehicle.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions to exchange the first communication comprise computer-executable instructions to relay, using an infrastructural component, the first communication to the second vehicle and the third vehicle.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first communication and second communication involve using a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) or a cellular V2X (C-V2X) protocol.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise computer-executable instructions to:
determine that a distance between the second vehicle and first vehicle is smaller than a distance between the third vehicle and the first vehicle, wherein sending, by the first vehicle, the indication for the second vehicle to change to a fourth interaction mode based on the determination that the distance between the second vehicle and first vehicle is smaller than the distance between the third vehicle and the first vehicle.

8. A system, comprising:
at least one memory device that stores computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
identify a first triggering event associated with a first vehicle;
determine a first interaction mode for the first vehicle based on the first triggering event;
send, from the first vehicle, a first communication to a second vehicle and a third vehicle, the first communication including the first interaction mode of the first vehicle;
receive, from the second vehicle, a second communication indicating that the second vehicle is in a second interaction mode;
receive, from the third vehicle, a third communication indicating that the third vehicle is in the second interaction mode;
filter, by the first vehicle, a fourth communication from a fourth vehicle based on an indication in the fourth communication that the fourth vehicle is in an interaction mode other than the second interaction mode;
determine that an amount of time the second vehicle has been in the second interaction mode is greater than an amount of time the third vehicle has been in the second interaction mode; and
send, by the first vehicle, an indication for the second vehicle to change to the first interaction mode or a fourth interaction mode based on the determination that the amount of time the second vehicle has been in the second interaction mode is greater than the amount of time the third vehicle has been in the second interaction mode.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first communication and second communication involve using a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) or a cellular V2X (C-V2X) protocol.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions to identify the first triggering event comprise computer-executable instructions to determine a manual input or a voice input by a user.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first communication is sent at a first frequency, the first frequency based on the first interaction mode of the first vehicle.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions to exchange the first communication comprise computer-executable instructions to perform at least one of:
relaying, using an infrastructural component, the first communication to the second vehicle and the third vehicle.

13. A method, comprising:
sending, from a first vehicle occupying a parking space, a first communication to a second vehicle and a third vehicle, the first communication including an indication that the first vehicle is vacating the parking space;
receiving, from the second vehicle, a second communication indicating that the second vehicle is searching for a parking space;
receiving, from the third vehicle, a third communication indicating that the third vehicle is also searching for a parking space;
filtering, by the first vehicle, a fourth communication from a fourth vehicle based on an indication in the fourth communication that the fourth vehicle is not searching for a parking space;
determining that an amount of time the second vehicle has been searching for a parking space is greater than an amount of time the third vehicle has been searching for a parking space; and
sending, by the first vehicle, an indication for the second vehicle to occupy the parking space instead of the third vehicle based on the determination that the amount of time the second vehicle has been searching for a parking space is greater than an amount of time the third vehicle has been searching for a parking space.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining a manual input or a voice input by a user.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein exchanging the first communication further comprises:
relaying, using an infrastructural component, the first communication to the second vehicle and the third vehicle.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Rao Jayanthi
• Zagajac Jovan
• Walpuck John
• Ibrahim Samer
• Ahmad Syed Amaar

Classifications

• H04W4/40 Primary

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• G08G1/141

  with means giving the indication of available parking spaces · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/46

  for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] · CPC title