Patent ID: 11878719
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for performing road resource conflict resolution, comprising:
receiving, via a transceiver of a vehicle, one or more maneuver sharing intent messages to the vehicle from one or more other vehicles, each including data with respect to a sender of the respective maneuver sharing intent messages, wherein samples per unit time and a time horizon of an intended trajectory of the sender vary according to type of roadway being traversed by the sender;
identifying, according to the one or more maneuver sharing intent messages, a road resource that is contested between the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles, the road resource including a portion of a roadway to be traversed by the vehicle and also the one or more other vehicles;
performing a conflict resolution procedure to determine whether the vehicle gains access to the road resource, wherein the conflict resolution procedure is independently performed by each of the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles;
granting one of the vehicle or the one or more other vehicles access to the road resource based on the conflict resolution procedure;
directing the vehicle to utilize the road resource responsive to the conflict resolution procedure deeming the vehicle to have access to the road resource; and
directing the vehicle not to utilize the road resource responsive to the conflict resolution procedure deeming another vehicle to have access to the road resource.