SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AT INTERSECTION

• US 20150199904A1
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: LEE, Sang Woo, LEE, Byung Gil, NA, Jung Chan
• Application Number:
  US14/221,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/22 Platooning, i.e. convoy of communicating vehicles

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and a method for controlling a vehicle at an intersection, and more particularly, disclosed is a technology that can efficiently control a start time of a vehicle that is waiting for a signal at an intersection. The system includes: a simultaneous starting group designating unit which designates vehicles of a simultaneous starting group, which are capable of starting simultaneously, among waiting vehicles when receiving an intersection entering state message from vehicles; a session key generating unit generating a session key for the simultaneous starting group; a message generating unit which generates a start request message for the simultaneous starting group; and a control unit which receives the intersection entering state message and transmits the session key and the start request message to the vehicles corresponding to the simultaneous starting group.

Claims

1. A system for controlling vehicles at an intersection, comprising:

a simultaneous starting group designating unit configured to designate a simultaneous starting group of vehicles, which are to enter the intersection in a same batch, among all vehicles to be entering the intersection, the simultaneous starting group having a session key issued thereto, different simultaneous starting groups having different session keys;

a message generating unit configured to

generate a start request message for the simultaneous starting group, and

encrypt the start request message using its corresponding session key; and

a control unit configured to control the transmission of the session key and the start request message to the vehicles in the simultaneous starting group.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit cancels and updates the simultaneous starting group when receiving a start response signal from the vehicles.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to receive an intersection entering state message from each of the vehicles to be entering the intersection, and

the system further includes a storage unit that stores information on each vehicle that transmits the intersection entering state message.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the intersection entering state message of each vehicle includes at least one of an ID (identification number) of the vehicle, a position of the vehicle, and a current time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the simultaneous starting group designating unit includes at least one sensing apparatus of a radar and a video camera in order to verify a position of each vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a session key generating unit which generates the session key for the simultaneous starting group.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the start request message generated by the message generating unit includes a simultaneous start estimation time of the vehicles in the simultaneous starting group.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the message generating unit encrypts the session key to a public key for each vehicle in the simultaneous starting group.

5. (canceled)

9. (canceled)

11. A system for controlling vehicles at an intersection, comprising:

an intersection control device configured to

designate a simultaneous starting group of vehicles, which are to enter the intersection in a same batch, among all vehicles to be entering the intersection, the simultaneous starting group having a session key issued thereto, different simultaneous starting groups having different session keys, and

to transmit a start request message to the vehicles in the simultaneous starting group; and

a vehicle guide device of each of the vehicles, configured to

transmit an intersection entering state message to the intersection control device when said each vehicle is to enter the intersection, and

transmit a vehicle start response signal to the intersection control device when the start request message is transmitted to said each vehicle and said each vehicle is in the simultaneous starting group.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the vehicle guide device includes:

a vehicle information measuring unit which detects a stop or start state of said each vehicle;

a session key storage unit which stores the session key;

a message output unit which transmits the start request message for the simultaneous starting group to inside of said each vehicle; and

a signal control unit which

transmits the intersection entering state message and the start response signal to the intersection control device in response to an output of the vehicle information measuring unit, and

determines whether said each vehicle is in the simultaneous starting group in response to information on the session key stored in the session key storage unit.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the intersection control device includes:

a simultaneous starting group designating unit which determines whether a vehicle is within a simultaneous start range when receiving the intersection entering state message from the vehicle and designates the vehicle to be in the simultaneous starting group;

a session key generating unit which generates the session key for the simultaneous starting group;

a message generating unit which generates the start request message for the simultaneous starting group; and

a control unit which receives the intersection entering state message and transmits the session key and the start request message to the vehicles in the simultaneous starting group.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the control unit cancels and updates the simultaneous starting group when receiving a start response signal from the vehicles.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the intersection control device further includes a storage unit which stores information on each vehicle that transmits the intersection entering state message.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the message generating unit encrypts the session key to a public key for each vehicle in the simultaneous starting group.

16. (canceled)

18. A method for controlling vehicles at an intersection, comprising:

receiving an intersection entering state message from each of the vehicles to be entering the intersection;

determining whether a position of each of the vehicles that receive the intersection entering state message is within a simultaneous start range;

registering all vehicles of which the positions are determined to be within the simultaneous start range in a simultaneous starting group, and storing information on the vehicles in a storage unit;

generating a start request message and a session key for the simultaneous starting group, different simultaneous starting groups having different session keys, and encrypting the start request message using the session key; and

transmitting the start request message and the session key to each vehicle upon registering said each vehicle in the simultaneous starting group.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

registering a vehicle in a waiting group when the position of the vehicle is out of the simultaneous start range.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

cancelling the simultaneous starting group and updating the simultaneous starting group with information on waiting vehicles when receiving a response signal representing a start state of a vehicle.