Controlling spacing of self-driving vehicles based on social network relationships

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9751532
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14924163

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A method and/or computer program product controls a physical spacing between self-driving vehicles (SDVs). One or more processors receive a social network node graph. The social network node graph describes a graphical distance between a first node on the social network node graph and a second node on the social network node graph. The first node represents a first passenger in a first SDV; the second node represents a second passenger in a second SDV; and the graphical distance between the first node and the second node describes a relationship level in a social network between the first passenger and the second passenger. An SDV on-board computer on at least one of the first SDV and the second SDV adjusts a physical spacing between the first SDV and the second SDV proportional to the graphical distance between the first node and the second node.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gordon, Michael S Yorktown Heights, US 240 2818
Kozloski, James R New Fairfield, US 471 5505
Kundu, Ashish New York, US 183 3302
Malkin, Peter K Ardsley, US 208 3292
Pickover, Clifford A Yorktown Heights, US 921 16403

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