International Business Machines Corporation
Vehicle collision avoidance

Abstract:

Method of collision avoidance which includes: sensing parameters by a first vehicle with respect to relative movements of the first vehicle and a second vehicle; responsive to determining by the first vehicle, based on the sensed parameters, of an impending collision with the second vehicle, communicating, by the first vehicle, a query to the second vehicle as to if the second vehicle can perform a corrective action to avoid a collision with the first vehicle; and performing, by the first vehicle and independent of any corrective action performed by the second vehicle, a corrective action to avoid a collision with the second vehicle.