VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING (V2X), VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE (V2V) AND VEHICLE-TO-INFRASTRUCTURE (V2I) POLICY FOR MANAGING DISTRACTED DRIVING

• US 20190082377A1
• Filed: 09/12/2017
• Published: 03/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tango Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tango Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: Silver, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 10,681,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate 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 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/161 Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/32 by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/322 by location data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 : Gateway arrangements

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and method of regulating access to devices that can distract a driver that is operating a motor vehicle based on received Vehicle-to-Everything communications including Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure information. One example method may include determining a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction, determining an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction, and determining whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction;

determining an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction; and

determining whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the traffic restriction location comprises a construction zone, a traffic light, a school zone, a designated low speed environment and a designated danger zone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the vehicle is approaching the vehicle movement restriction location comprises determining at least one of vehicle position via a global positioning system (GPS) location determination and proximity between the traffic light and the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the amount of time is above a threshold amount of time; and

responsive to determining the amount of time is above the threshold amount of time, providing limited access to the user device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the amount of time is above a threshold amount of time; and

responsive to determining the amount of time is below the threshold amount of time, providing no access to the user device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the limited access to the user device comprises at least one of a limited time window to receive and access communication messages comprising at least one of e-mail messages, short message service messages, multimedia message service, social media, vehicle infotainment or system and device application messages.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the vehicle movement restriction location comprises a known dangerous condition; and

responsive to identifying the known dangerous condition, providing limited access to the device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the vehicle movement restriction location comprises a known dangerous condition; and

responsive to identifying the known dangerous condition, providing alert messages to the device.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to

determine a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction;

determine an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction; and

determine whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the traffic restriction location comprises a construction zone, a traffic light, a school zone, a designated low speed environment and a designated danger zone.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor determines the vehicle is approaching the vehicle movement restriction location by further being configured to determine at least one of vehicle position via a global positioning system (GPS) location determination and proximity between the traffic light and the vehicle.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine the amount of time is above a threshold amount of time;

and

responsive to the processor determining the amount of time is above the threshold amount of time, the processor is further configured to provide limited access to the user device.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine the amount of time is above a threshold amount of time;

and

responsive to determining the amount of time is below the threshold amount of time, the processor is further configured to provide no access to the user device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the limited access to the user device comprises at least one of a limited time window to receive and access communication messages comprising at least one of e-mail messages, short message service messages, multimedia message service, social media, vehicle infotainment or system and device application messages.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine the vehicle movement restriction location comprises a known dangerous condition;

and

responsive to identifying the known dangerous condition, the processor is configured to provide limited access to the device.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine the vehicle movement restriction location comprises a known dangerous condition;

and

responsive to identifying the known dangerous condition, the processor is configured to provide alert messages to the device.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:

determining a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction;

determining an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction; and

determining whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the traffic restriction location comprises a construction zone, a traffic light, a school zone, a designated low speed environment and a designated danger zone.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the processor being configured to determine the vehicle is approaching the vehicle movement restriction location further comprises the processor being further configured to determine at least one of vehicle position via a global positioning system (GPS) location determination and proximity between the traffic light and the vehicle.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine the amount of time is above a threshold amount of time;

and

responsive to determining the amount of time is above the threshold amount of time, provide limited access to the user device, wherein the limited access to the user device comprises at least one of a limited time window to receive and access communication messages comprising at least one of e-mail messages, short message service messages, multimedia message service, social media, vehicle infotainment or system and device application messages.