Patent ID: 11927677
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for distributed vehicle navigation processing for a vehicle, comprising:
by the vehicle:
obtaining reference data from one or a combination of an imaging system, an antenna system, and/or a radar system of the vehicle;
in response to obtaining the reference data, determining whether a signal strength of a GNSS signal received by the vehicle is below a threshold;
in response to determining the signal strength of the GNSS signal is below the threshold, selecting one of a plurality of connected computing entities communicatively connected to the vehicle as a supplemental locating entity to which a navigation supplementation request message including the reference data is to be transmitted, the plurality of connected computing entities including comprising an edge node and a cloud node; and
transmitting the navigation supplementation request message including the reference data to the selected supplemental locating entity defined by the edge node or the cloud node;

by the edge node or the cloud node:
in response to receiving the navigation supplementation request message from the vehicle, performing a position resolution process to determine a position of the vehicle by one or more functions; and
transmitting a resolved position message including the determined position of the vehicle to the vehicle; and

by the vehicle:
in response to receiving the resolved position message, performing a navigation control process based on the determined position.