View selection in a vehicle-to-vehicle network

摘要

In V2V or other networks in which multiple video cameras can share video data, a network participant ordinarily has the option of selecting a particular video data stream (either generated by local cameras or received from other network participants. To facilitate the process of selecting a video data stream for presentation, the user's vehicle (in a V2V network) receives video data streams generated by other network participants along with identifiers indicating the video data stream actually being presented to the sender. The receiving system identifies the received video data stream by the greatest number of network participants and displays the identified video data stream on the user's in-vehicle video display.

主权项

1. A computer program product for determining which live video data stream is to be presented on a video display used by a first participant in a vehicle to vehicle network in which multiple participants produce live video data streams from video cameras of plural vehicles that may be shared among other participants, said computer product including a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, said computer usable program code comprising:
computer usable program code configured to receive live video data streams currently being presented on video displays used by a plurality of other of participants; computer usable program code configured to identify which of said received live video data streams is currently being presented on displays used by a greatest number of participants in a predefined geographic location and is further configured to identify which of said received live video data streams is in a predefined subset that is to be considered and is configured to tally the number of participants corresponding to the predefined subset to determine which video stream is currently being presented on displays used by a greatest number of participants in the subset and is further configured to automatically switch the video data stream currently being presented on the video display used by said first participant when the video data stream currently being presented on displays used by the greatest number of participants changes from the video data stream currently being presented; and computer usable program code configured to present the identified video data stream on the video display used by said first participant.