Sensor data sharing management

1. A vehicle sensor-data sharing device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

receive sensor information representing sensor data output from the one or more sensors of a first vehicle;

determine a reliability indicator indicating the reliability of the received sensor information;

determine from the received sensor information a criticality indicator indicating the criticality of the received sensor information for the first vehicle;

select a data sharing level based on the criticality indicator and the reliability indicator; and

generate a message comprising observation information or a request for observation information, wherein the observation information corresponds to sensor information according to the data sharing level.

2. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the criticality indicator is a predicted likelihood of collision of the first vehicle.

3. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to predict a likelihood of collision of the first vehicle using the received sensor data, and wherein the predicted likelihood of collision corresponds to the criticality indicator.

4. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the reliability indicator is determined from one or more predetermined values.

5. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the reliability indicator by comparing observation information corresponding to sensor data from a first sensor with observation information corresponding to sensor data from a second sensor.

6. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the data sharing level corresponds to at least one of a quantity of sensor data to be shared or a level of sensor data pre-processing.

7. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the data sharing level is proportional to the criticality indicator.

8. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the data sharing level is inversely proportional to the reliability indicator.

9. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a data preprocessing factor corresponding to a level of sensor data preprocessing, and wherein the observation information or the request for observation information corresponds to the data preprocessing factor.

10. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors determine the data preprocessing factor based at least on the criticality indicator and the reliability indicator.

11. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the observation information comprises sensor data from a second vehicle and the first vehicle.

12. The vehicle sensor-data sharing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are communicatively connected to a transmitter, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit the message.

13. A vehicle sensor-data sharing method, comprising:

receiving sensor information representing sensor data output from the one or more sensors of a first vehicle;

determining a reliability indicator indicating the reliability of the received sensor information;

determining from the received sensor information a criticality indicator indicating the criticality of the received sensor information for the first vehicle;

selecting a data sharing level based on the criticality indicator and the reliability indicator; and

generating a message comprising observation information or a request for observation information, wherein the observation information corresponds to sensor information according to the data sharing level.

14. The vehicle sensor-data sharing method of claim 13 , wherein the criticality indicator is a predicted likelihood of collision of the first vehicle.

15. The vehicle sensor-data sharing method of claim 13 , further comprising predicting a likelihood of collision of the first vehicle using the received sensor data, and wherein the predicted likelihood of collision corresponds to the criticality indicator.

16. The vehicle sensor-data sharing method of claim 13 , wherein the reliability indicator is determined from one or more predetermined values.

17. The vehicle sensor-data sharing method of claim 13 , wherein the reliability indicator is determined based on a comparison of observation information corresponding to sensor data from a first sensor with observation information corresponding to sensor data from a second sensor.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to cause one or more processors to perform the method of:

receiving sensor information representing sensor data output from the one or more sensors of a first vehicle;

determining a reliability indicator indicating the reliability of the received sensor information;

determining from the received sensor information a criticality indicator indicating the criticality of the received sensor information for the first vehicle;

selecting a data sharing level based on the criticality indicator and the reliability indicator; and

generating a message comprising observation information or a request for observation information, wherein the observation information corresponds to sensor information according to the data sharing level.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the non-transient computer readable medium is further configured to cause one or more processors to predict a likelihood of collision of the first vehicle using the received sensor data, and wherein the predicted likelihood of collision corresponds to the criticality indicator.

20. A sensor-data sharing device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

receive sensor information representing sensor data output from the one or more sensors of a first device;

determine a reliability indicator indicating the reliability of the received sensor information;

determine from the received sensor information a criticality indicator indicating the criticality of the received sensor information for the first device;

select a data sharing level based on the criticality indicator and the reliability indicator; and

generate a message comprising observation information or a request for observation information, wherein the observation information corresponds to sensor information according to the data sharing level.

21. The sensor-data sharing device of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine from the received sensor information an environmental factor, corresponding to a vicinity of the sensor-data sharing device;

determine an operational quality of the sensor-data sharing device, wherein the operational quality corresponds to a manner operation of the of the data-sharing device; and

generate a message comprising a request for a second sensor-data sharing device to operate according to the operational quality.

22. The sensor-data sharing device of claim 21 , wherein the environmental factor corresponds to at least one of a roadway density, a traffic density, a roadway condition, a weather condition, or at visibility.

23. The sensor-data sharing device of claim 21 , wherein the operational quality corresponds to at least one of a maximum velocity, a minimum velocity, a minimum distance between vehicles, or a maximum maneuver risk.

24. The sensor-data sharing device of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine from the received sensor information an environmental factor, corresponding to a vicinity of the sensor-data sharing device;

receive a request for the sensor-data sharing device to operate according to an operational quality, wherein the operational quality corresponds to a manner operation of the of the data-sharing device; and

accept or reject the request to operated according to the operational quality based on the environmental factor.

25. The sensor-data sharing device of claim 20 , wherein the sensor-data sharing device is at least one of a smartphone, an infrastructure equipment device, a Road Side Unit (RSU), or a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) entity.