Inter-vehicle warnings
A host vehicle includes: motor(s), sensors, processor(s) configured to: (a) iterate a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof; (b) associate a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle; (c) determine whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot; (d) if so, transmit a message to the second vehicle including a message activation time.
1. A vehicle comprising:
motor(s), sensors, processor(s) configured to:
iterate a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associate a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
responsive to a future position of the first vehicle occupying the blindspot,
transmit a message to the second vehicle;
adjust a dimension of the blindspot based on a future property of the first vehicle.
2. A host vehicle comprising:
motor(s), sensors, processor(s) configured to:
iterate a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associate a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determine whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmit a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
adjust a dimension of the blindspot based on a future property of the first and second vehicle.
3. A host vehicle comprising:
motor(s), sensors, processor(s) configured to:
iterate a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associate a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determine whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmit a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time,
wherein the blindspot is associated with a third iterated future position of the second vehicle;
adjust a dimension of the blindspot based on a future property of the first vehicle at a second iterated future position of the first vehicle.
4. A host vehicle comprising:
motor(s), sensors, processor(s) configured to:
iterate a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associate a first blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determine whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the first blindspot;
if so, transmit a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
associate a second, different blindspot with the iterated future position of the second vehicle.
5. The host vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the processor(s) are configured to: adjust a dimension of the first blindspot, but not the second blindspot, based on a future property of the first vehicle.
6. A host vehicle comprising:
motor(s), sensors, processor(s) configured to:
iterate a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associate a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determine whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmit a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
generate the predicted occupation time based on a future time when the first vehicle is predicted to occupy the blindspot.
7. The host vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the processor(s) are configured to: generate the predicted occupation time based on the future time by subtracting a predetermined amount from the future time.
8. The host vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the processor(s) are configured to:
calculate the subtracted predetermined amount based on a future property of the first vehicle.
9. The host vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the future property of the first vehicle is a predicted speed of the first vehicle during an iteration preceding the iteration where the first vehicle occupies the blindspot.
10. A method of controlling a host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising motor(s), sensors, processor(s), the method comprising, via the processor(s):
iterating a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associating a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determining whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmitting a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
adjusting a dimension of the blindspot based on a future property of the first vehicle.
11. A method of controlling a host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising motor(s), sensors, processor(s), the method comprising, via the processor(s):
iterating a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associating a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determining whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmitting a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
adjusting a dimension of the blindspot based on a future property of the first and a future property of the second vehicle.
12. A method of controlling a host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising motor(s), sensors, processor(s), the method comprising, via the processor(s):
iterating a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associating a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determining whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmitting a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time, wherein the blindspot is associated with a third iterated future position of the second vehicle;
adjusting a dimension of the blindspot based on a future property of the first vehicle at a second iterated future position of the first vehicle.
13. A method of controlling a host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising motor(s), sensors, processor(s), the method comprising, via the processor(s):
iterating a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associating a first blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determining whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the first blindspot;
if so, transmitting a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
associating a second, different blindspot with the iterated future position of the second vehicle.
14. The method of claim 13 , comprising adjusting a dimension of the first blindspot, but not the second blindspot, based on a future property of the first vehicle.
15. A method of controlling a host vehicle, the host vehicle comprising motor(s), sensors, processor(s), the method comprising, via the processor(s):
iterating a series of future properties, comprising future positions, of nearby first and second vehicles based on determined current properties thereof;
associating a blindspot with an iterated future position of the second vehicle;
determining whether a future position of the first vehicle occupies the blindspot;
if so, transmitting a message to the second vehicle including a predicted occupation time;
generating the predicted occupation time based on a future time when the first vehicle is predicted to occupy the blindspot.
16. The method of claim 15 , comprising generating the predicted occupation time based on the future time by subtracting a predetermined amount from the future time.
17. The method of claim 16 , comprising calculating the subtracted predetermined amount based on a future property of the first vehicle.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the future property of the first vehicle is a predicted speed of the first vehicle during an iteration preceding the iteration where the first vehicle occupies the blindspot.