IP Library Granted Patent US 11,983,005
Granted Patent B2
US 11,983,005 · App. 17/012,532 · Granted May 14, 2024

Spinning out vehicular micro clouds

Inventors: Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA); Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA); Chang-Heng Wang (Mountain View, CA); Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA)
G05D1/0022G05D1/0027G06F9/5072H04W4/46G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,983,005
App. No.
17/012,532
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure includes embodiments for spinning out members of a first vehicular micro cloud to form a second vehicular micro cloud. According to some embodiments, a method includes forming a first vehicular micro cloud including a set of members. The method includes exiting the first vehicular micro cloud by a subset of the members of the first vehicular micro cloud. The method incudes identifying a reason to form a second vehicular micro cloud by the subset. The method includes executing steps, by a processor and a wireless radio, to form the second vehicular micro cloud by the subset based on the identification of the reason so that, by the formation of the second vehicular micro cloud, the spinning out of the subset of the members of the first vehicular micro cloud is achieved. The processor and the wireless radio are elements of a hub of the second vehicular micro cloud.

Claims (35)

1. A method comprising:

forming a first vehicular micro cloud including a set of members;

exiting the first vehicular micro cloud by a subset of the members of the first vehicular micro cloud;

identifying a reason to form a second vehicular micro cloud by the subset; and

executing steps to form the second vehicular micro cloud by the subset based on the identification of the reason, wherein the first vehicular micro cloud and the second vehicular micro cloud requires all their members to share their unused computing resources with the other members of that same vehicular micro cloud.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the second vehicular micro cloud sharing computational resources with the members of the first vehicular micro cloud after the second vehicular micro cloud is formed.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the second vehicular micro cloud sharing digital data with the members of the first vehicular micro cloud after the second vehicular micro cloud is formed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicular micro cloud is stationary.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicular micro cloud is dynamic.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second vehicular micro cloud is stationary.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second vehicular micro cloud is dynamic.

8. A computer program product comprising computer code that is operable, when executed by an onboard vehicle computer, to cause the onboard vehicle computer to execute steps including:

forming a first vehicular micro cloud including a set of members;

exiting the first vehicular micro cloud by a subset of the members of the first vehicular micro cloud;

identifying a reason to form a second vehicular micro cloud by the subset; and

executing steps to form the second vehicular micro cloud by the subset responsive to the identification of the reason, wherein the first vehicular micro cloud and the second vehicular micro cloud requires all their members to share their unused computing resources with the other members of that same vehicular micro cloud.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising additional computer code that is operable, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer, to cause the onboard vehicle computer to execute steps including the second vehicular micro cloud sharing computational resources with the members of the first vehicular micro cloud after the second vehicular micro cloud is formed.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising additional computer code that is operable, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer, to cause the onboard vehicle computer to execute steps including the second vehicular micro cloud sharing digital data with the members of the first vehicular micro cloud after the second vehicular micro cloud is formed.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first vehicular micro cloud is stationary.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first vehicular micro cloud is dynamic.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the second vehicular micro cloud is stationary.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the second vehicular micro cloud is dynamic.

15. A system comprising:

a processor;

a communication unit;

a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled to the processor and the communication unit, which are communicatively coupled to one another, wherein the non-transitory memory stores executable code that is operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to:

form a first vehicular micro cloud including a set of members;

execute steps to cause a subset of the members of the first vehicular micro cloud to exit the first vehicular micro cloud;

identify a reason to form a second vehicular micro cloud by the subset; and

execute steps, by the processor and a communication unit, to form the second vehicular micro cloud by the subset based on the identification of the reason, wherein the first vehicular micro cloud and the second vehicular micro cloud requires all their members to share their unused computing resources with the other members of that same vehicular micro cloud.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the second vehicular micro cloud sharing computational resources with the members of the first vehicular micro cloud after the second vehicular micro cloud is formed.

17. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the second vehicular micro cloud sharing digital data with the members of the first vehicular micro cloud after the second vehicular micro cloud is formed.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first vehicular micro cloud is stationary.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first vehicular micro cloud is dynamic.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the second vehicular micro cloud is dynamic.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069782/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: ALTINTAS, ONUR; HIGUCHI, TAKAMASA; UCAR, SEYHAN; WANG, CHANG-HENG
To: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 053698/0242 →
Continuity (1)
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