Patent attributes
A system and method for sharing passengers among vehicles includes one or more circuits, in an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle in a plurality of vehicles, configured to communicate a vehicle sharing request including first seat mapping information and first route information associated with the first vehicle to at least one remaining vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. A second vehicle is identified among the at least one remaining vehicle for sharing passengers based on a comparison of the first route information and the first seat mapping information with second route information and second seat mapping information received from the at least one remaining vehicle. A target vehicle is selected from the second vehicle or the first vehicle to allow one or more first passengers of the first vehicle and one or more second passengers of the second vehicle to share travel in the target vehicle.
