Intelligent road signs
First Claim
1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to:
- obtain one or more parameters of a vehicle;
obtain environmental conditions outside of the vehicle;
calculate a speed in which the vehicle should traverse a portion of a road, the calculating being based on the one or more parameters of the vehicle and the environmental conditions outside of the vehicle;
transmit the calculated speed to an electronic road display and the vehicle for purposes of displaying the calculated speed; and
transmit other information to the electronic road display for purposes of displaying the other information.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for providing customized information to a driver of a vehicle. The approach is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: obtain one or more parameters of a vehicle; obtain environmental conditions outside of the vehicle; and calculate a speed at which the vehicle should traverse a portion of a road. The calculating is based on the one or more parameters of the vehicle and the environmental conditions outside of the vehicle. The approach is further operable to provide the calculated speed to the vehicle.
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Citations
24 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to:
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obtain one or more parameters of a vehicle; obtain environmental conditions outside of the vehicle; calculate a speed in which the vehicle should traverse a portion of a road, the calculating being based on the one or more parameters of the vehicle and the environmental conditions outside of the vehicle; transmit the calculated speed to an electronic road display and the vehicle for purposes of displaying the calculated speed; and transmit other information to the electronic road display for purposes of displaying the other information. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. The method of clam 1, wherein the environmental conditions include at least one of a road condition in which the vehicle will traverse and weather conditions.
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11. A system implemented in hardware, comprising:
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one or more sensors which are configured to obtain environmental conditions; one or more transceivers which are configured to obtain at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle traversing a portion of a road; a calculating unit which is configured to calculate a speed in which the vehicle should traverse the portion of the road, the calculating being based on the environmental conditions and the at least one vehicle parameter; and an electronic road display which is configured to receive and display the calculated speed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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calculate a speed that a vehicle should be traveling along a portion of a roadway, based on obtained environmental conditions and at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle traversing the portion of the roadway; and display the calculated speed on an electronic road display to provide the calculated speed to an operator of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer system for calculating a vehicle'"'"'s recommended speed, the system comprising:
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a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media; first program instructions to obtain vehicle information; second program instructions to obtain conditions outside of the vehicle; third program instructions to calculate the recommended speed of the vehicle while traverse a portion of a road, the calculating being based on the obtained vehicle information, conditions outside of the vehicle, road configuration and historical information related to the portion of the road; fourth program instructions to provide the recommended speed to the vehicle by displaying it on a roadside sign with additional information comprising at least one of;
vehicle identification, weather conditions, road conditions, and road configuration,wherein the first, second, third and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method of deploying a system for calculating a recommended speed of a vehicle comprising:
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providing a computer infrastructure, being operable to; obtaining vehicle information, environmental conditions and road conditions for a portion of a road in which the vehicle is traversing; calculating the recommended speed of the vehicle for the portion of the road, the calculating being based on the obtained vehicle information, environmental conditions and road conditions; updating the recommended speed as the vehicle is traversing the portion of the road based on a location of the vehicle on the portion of the road; and transmitting the recommended speed and the updated recommended speed to an electronic road display for display thereon.
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24. The method of clam 1, wherein the vehicle is one of a plurality of vehicles and the electronic road display provides a customized calculated speed for each of the plurality of vehicles and each of the plurality of vehicles is identified by a unique vehicle ID.
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