Controlling right-of-way for priority vehicles
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one computing device configured analyze a set of travel pathways for a priority vehicle by performing actions including;
obtaining data indicating a location of the priority vehicle and a location of a destination for the priority vehicle;
ranking each of a set of paths between the location of the priority vehicle and the location of the destination based upon a travel time for the priority vehicle along the set of paths,wherein a higher ranking correlates with a shorter travel time along the set of paths,wherein the ranking based upon the travel time includes determining a number of vehicles between the priority vehicle and the location of the destination and a predicted right-of-way time for each of the vehicles along the path, wherein the shorter travel time is assigned to the path having the lowest sum of the number of vehicles along the path and the predicted right-of-way time for each of the vehicles along the path; and
sending instructions to vehicles on a highest-ranked path in the set of paths to initiate providing a right-of-way to the priority vehicle, wherein vehicles closer to the destination along the highest-ranked path are instructed to change a corresponding position prior to vehicles farther from the destination along the highest-ranked path.
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Abstract
Various embodiments include approaches for analyzing a set of travel pathways for a priority vehicle. In some cases, an approach includes: obtaining data indicating a location of the priority vehicle and a location of a destination for the priority vehicle; ranking each of a set of paths between the location of the priority vehicle and the location of the destination based upon a travel time for the priority vehicle along the set of paths; and sending instructions to vehicles on a highest-ranked path in the set of paths to initiate providing a right-of-way to the priority vehicle, wherein vehicles closer to the destination along the highest-ranked path are instructed to change a corresponding position prior to vehicles farther from the destination along the highest-ranked path.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
at least one computing device configured analyze a set of travel pathways for a priority vehicle by performing actions including; obtaining data indicating a location of the priority vehicle and a location of a destination for the priority vehicle; ranking each of a set of paths between the location of the priority vehicle and the location of the destination based upon a travel time for the priority vehicle along the set of paths, wherein a higher ranking correlates with a shorter travel time along the set of paths, wherein the ranking based upon the travel time includes determining a number of vehicles between the priority vehicle and the location of the destination and a predicted right-of-way time for each of the vehicles along the path, wherein the shorter travel time is assigned to the path having the lowest sum of the number of vehicles along the path and the predicted right-of-way time for each of the vehicles along the path; and sending instructions to vehicles on a highest-ranked path in the set of paths to initiate providing a right-of-way to the priority vehicle, wherein vehicles closer to the destination along the highest-ranked path are instructed to change a corresponding position prior to vehicles farther from the destination along the highest-ranked path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product comprising program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, which when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to analyze a set of travel pathways for a priority vehicle by performing actions including:
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obtaining data indicating a location of the priority vehicle and a location of a destination for the priority vehicle; ranking each of a set of paths between the location of the priority vehicle and the location of the destination based upon a travel time for the priority vehicle along the set of paths, wherein a higher ranking correlates with a shorter travel time along the set of paths, wherein the ranking based upon the travel time includes determining a number of vehicles between the priority vehicle and the location of the destination and a predicted right-of-way time for each of the vehicles along the path, wherein the shorter travel time is assigned to the path having the lowest sum of the number of vehicles along the path and the predicted right-of-way time for each of the vehicles along the path; and sending instructions to vehicles on a highest-ranked path in the set of paths to initiate providing a right-of-way to the priority vehicle, wherein vehicles closer to the destination along the highest-ranked path are instructed to change a corresponding position prior to vehicles farther from the destination along the highest-ranked path. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method of analyzing a set of travel pathways for a priority vehicle, performed on at least one computing device, the method comprising:
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obtaining data indicating a location of the priority vehicle and a location of a destination for the priority vehicle; ranking each of a set of paths between the location of the priority vehicle and the location of the destination based upon a travel time for the priority vehicle along the set of paths, wherein each vehicle along each of the set of paths is assigned a delay time based upon movement from a current position thereof to a right-of-way position and a random time variable; and sending instructions to vehicles on a highest-ranked path in the set of paths to initiate providing a right-of-way to the priority vehicle, wherein vehicles closer to the destination along the highest-ranked path are instructed to change a corresponding position prior to vehicles farther from the destination along the highest-ranked path. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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