METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING THE VALUE OF VEHICULAR DATA USING V2X COMMUNICATIONS
Methods and apparatus that enhance self-vehicle data using other V2X data to provide relevant data for different use-cases. The apparatus may include a V2X communication unit configured to receive V2X data from another vehicle, a combined data processor configured to process the self-vehicle data and the V2X data into combined data and to extract relevant data from the combined data, the relevant data relevant to the use-case, and a cloud communication unit configured to transmit the relevant data to a cloud. Optionally, the apparatus may also include false-negative, false-positive and accident logs for logging the relevant data before transmitting the relevant data to the cloud.
1 . In a self-vehicle generating self-vehicle data related to a use-case, an apparatus, comprising:
a) a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication unit configured to receive V2X data from another vehicle;
b) a combined data processor configured to process the self-vehicle data and the V2X data into combined data and to extract relevant data from the combined data, the relevant data relevant to the use-case; and
c) a cloud communication unit configured to transmit the relevant data to a cloud.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to create a relevant data log for logging the relevant data before transmitting the relevant data to the cloud.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the use-case includes an accident.
4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the relevant data log includes an accident log.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the use-case includes self-vehicle sensor mismatch.
6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the relevant data log includes a false-negative log and a false-positive log.
7 . In a self-vehicle generating self-vehicle data, a method, comprising:
a) receiving V2X data from another vehicle;
b) combining the self-vehicle data with the V2X data to obtain combined data;
c) extracting relevant data from the combined data, the relevant data relevant to a use-case; and
d) transmitting the relevant data to a cloud.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising storing the relevant data in a log in the self-vehicle before the transmission to the cloud.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the use-case includes an accident.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the use-case includes an accident.
11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the storing the relevant data in a log includes creating an accident log that stores objects detected by self-vehicle sensors and other vehicle sensors and combining duplicate objects to prevent duplicate and confusing reporting of a same object.
12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the use-case includes a self-vehicle sensor mismatch.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the use-case includes a self-vehicle sensor mismatch.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the storing the relevant data in a log includes creating
a false-negative log and a false positive log for storing sensor mismatch data.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the sensor mismatch is identified if an object is detected by the self-vehicle but not by the another vehicle or vice-versa.
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the sensor mismatch is identified if the another vehicle is not observed, contradicting a position of the another vehicle as transmitted in the V2X data.