Patent ID: 9720072
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01S

Claim:
1. A vehicle comprising: a sensor that detects an environment of the vehicle based on a comparison between electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitted by the sensor and a reflection of the EM radiation from one or more objects in the environment of the vehicle; and a controller that (i) receives data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in the environment of the vehicle, the at least one other vehicle including at least one sensor that transmits given EM radiation and detects reflections of the given EM radiation, (ii) determines a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle and the sensor of the vehicle based on the data, and (iii) responsively initiates an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle.