Technologies for reporting and predicting emergency vehicle routes

• US 9,659,494 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2014
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Rider, Tomer, Taite, Shahar
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R
• Application Number:
  US14/498,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20160093213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• 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 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Technologies for reporting and predicting emergency vehicle routes include a cloud server to receive emergency vehicle route data from an emergency vehicle, the emergency vehicle route data indicating a travel route of the emergency vehicle. The cloud server determines a scope of disclosure of the travel route to other vehicles based on the emergency vehicle route data and which other vehicles different from the emergency vehicle to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle. The cloud server transmits a portion of the travel route of the emergency vehicle to the other vehicles based on the scope of disclosure.

Claims

1. A cloud server for reporting emergency vehicle routes, the cloud server comprising:

a communication module to receive emergency vehicle route data from an emergency vehicle, wherein the emergency vehicle route data indicates a travel route of the emergency vehicle and a route privacy policy that identifies an extent by which the cloud server is permitted to disclose the travel route of the emergency vehicle to other vehicles;

a route management module to determine a scope of disclosure of the travel route to other vehicles based on the emergency vehicle route data; and

a vehicle identification module to (i) determine inertial characteristics of one or more other vehicles different from the emergency vehicle and (ii) identify, as a function of the inertial characteristics, a set of the one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle,

wherein the communication module is further to transmit a portion of the travel route of the emergency vehicle to the identified set of the one or more other vehicles based on the scope of disclosure.

2. The cloud server of claim 1, wherein to determine the scope of disclosure of the travel route comprises to determine to disclose an entire travel route of the emergency vehicle, from an origination point to a point at which an emergency is located, to other vehicles.

3. The cloud server of claim 1, wherein to determine the scope of disclosure of the travel route comprises to determine to disclose a partial travel route of the emergency vehicle, from an origination point to a point at which an emergency is located, to other vehicles.

4. The cloud server of claim 3, wherein to determine the scope of disclosure of the travel route comprises to determine to disclose a travel route of the emergency vehicle between the emergency vehicle and a corresponding other vehicle for each of the other vehicles of the identified set.

5. The cloud server of claim 1, wherein to receive the emergency vehicle route data comprises to receive sensor data of the emergency vehicle.

6. The cloud server of claim 1, wherein to identify the set of one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle comprises to identify one or more vehicles nearby the emergency vehicle.

7. The cloud server of claim 1, wherein to identify the set of one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle comprises to identify, based on global positioning system (GPS) sensor data, one or more vehicles having corresponding travel routes that are likely to intersect with the travel route of the emergency vehicle.

8. The cloud server of claim 1, wherein to transmit the travel route of the emergency vehicle comprises to transmit a corresponding alternative travel route of the one or more other vehicles.

9. One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a cloud server, cause the cloud server to:

receive emergency vehicle route data from an emergency vehicle, wherein the emergency vehicle route data indicates a travel route of the emergency vehicle and a route privacy policy that identifies an extent by which the cloud server is permitted to disclose the travel route of the emergency vehicle to other vehicles;

determine a scope of disclosure of the travel route to other vehicles based on the emergency vehicle route data;

determine inertial characteristics of one or more other vehicles different from the emergency vehicle;

identify, as a function of the inertial characteristics, a set of the one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle; and

transmit, based on the scope of disclosure, a portion of the travel route of the emergency vehicle to the identified set of the one or more other vehicles.

10. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein to determine the scope of disclosure of the travel route comprises to determine to disclose an entire travel route of the emergency vehicle, from an origination point to a point at which an emergency is located, to other vehicles.

11. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein to determine the scope of disclosure of the travel route comprises to determine to disclose a partial travel route of the emergency vehicle, from an origination point to a point at which an emergency is located, to other vehicles.

12. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein to determine the scope of disclosure of the travel route comprises to determine to disclose a travel route of the emergency vehicle between the emergency vehicle and a corresponding other vehicle for each of the other vehicles in the identified set.

13. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein to identify the set of the one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle comprises to identify one or more vehicles nearby the emergency vehicle.

14. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein to identify the set of one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle comprises to identify, based on global positioning system (GPS) sensor data, one or more vehicles having corresponding travel routes that are likely to intersect with the travel route of the emergency vehicle.

15. An in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle for predicting emergency vehicle routes, the in-vehicle computing system comprising:

a communication module to receive a first travel route of an emergency vehicle from a cloud server;

a route determination module to determine a second travel route of the vehicle based on (i) a context of the vehicle and (ii) a past travel route of the vehicle;

an intersection determination module to determine an intersection point of the first travel route and the second travel route; and

a driver notification module to alert a driver of the vehicle regarding a possible encounter with the emergency vehicle in response to the determined intersection point.

16. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein the first travel route comprises an entire travel route of the emergency vehicle from an origination point to a destination point.

17. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein the first travel route comprises a partial travel route of the emergency vehicle from an origination point to a destination point.

18. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 17, wherein the first travel route comprises a travel route of the emergency vehicle between the vehicle and the emergency vehicle.

19. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein the second travel route comprises a predefined travel route of the vehicle.

20. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein to determine the intersection point of the first travel route and the second travel route comprises to determine a time and location at which the vehicle is to encounter the emergency vehicle based on the first travel route and the second travel route.

21. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein to alert the driver of the vehicle comprises to display at least one of (i) the first travel route or (ii) the intersection point on a display of the in-vehicle computing system.

22. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein to alert the driver of the vehicle comprises to provide an alternative travel route to the driver that avoids an encounter with the emergency vehicle based on the first travel route and the second travel route.

23. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 15, wherein the vehicle comprises a non-emergency vehicle.