Patent ID: 8810431
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle merge control system comprising: a host communication system in a host vehicle for exchanging vehicle position and kinematics data with a remote communication system in at least one remote vehicle; and a vehicle host processor for determining respective positions and paths of travel of the at least one remote vehicle and the host vehicle, the host processor determining a time to intersect based on the positions and predicted paths of travel between the host vehicle and remote vehicle during a merging maneuver; wherein the host vehicle transmits a host vehicle intention message from the host communication system to the remote communication system for negotiating a merging position between the host vehicle and the at least one remote vehicle, wherein negotiating the merging position includes communicating to the host vehicle at least one of an acceptance and non-acceptance of the merging position by the remote communication system in response to the host vehicle intention message, and wherein the host vehicle executes the merging maneuver using the negotiated merging position and wherein the host vehicle executes the merging maneuver using the negotiated merging position.