Transportation vehicle traffic management

• US 9,747,793 B1
• Filed: 08/21/2016
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Li, Weijun, Liu, Chong, Xiao, Xiao Ting, Zhu, Jinfan
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Hirdepal
• Application Number:
  US15/242,570
• Time in Patent Office: 373 Days
• Field of Search: 340907
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9316 combined with communication equipment with other vehicles or with base stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9325 for inter-vehicle distance regulation, e.g. navigating in platoons
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0116 from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0125 Traffic data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0145 for active traffic flow control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/07 Controlling traffic signals
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/087 Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

Disclosed aspects relate to transportation vehicle traffic management. A traffic controller detects a first traffic state parameter value for a first lane. In response to detecting the first traffic state parameter value, the traffic controller establishes a first broadcast of a first movement value (e.g., speed, acceleration, direction). The first movement value may indicate a first movement pattern for a first set of vehicles in the first lane. In response to establishing the first broadcast of the first movement value, the traffic controller detects a second traffic state parameter value for the first lane. In response to detecting the second traffic state parameter value the traffic controller modifies the first broadcast of the first movement value. The modified first movement value may indicate a second movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for transportation vehicle traffic management, the method comprising:

detecting, by a traffic controller, a first traffic state parameter value for a first lane;

establishing, by the traffic controller in response to detecting the first traffic state parameter value, a first broadcast of a first movement value to indicate a first movement pattern for a first set of vehicles in the first lane;

detecting, by the traffic controller in response to establishing the first broadcast of the first movement value, a second traffic state parameter value for the first lane; and

modifying, by the traffic controller in response to detecting the second traffic state parameter value, the first broadcast of the first movement value to indicate a second movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane;

detecting, by the traffic controller, a third traffic state parameter value for a second lane;

establishing, by the traffic controller in response to detecting the third traffic state parameter value, a second broadcast of a second movement value to indicate a third movement pattern for a second set of vehicles in the second lane;

detecting, by the traffic controller in response to establishing the second broadcast of the second movement value, a fourth traffic state parameter value for the second lane; and

modifying, by the traffic controller in response to detecting the fourth traffic state parameter value, the second broadcast of the second movement value to indicate a fourth movement pattern for the second set of vehicles in the second lane.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, by the traffic controller in response to detecting the fourth traffic state parameter for the second lane, the first broadcast of the first movement value to indicate the first movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first movement value includes a speed value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first movement value includes an acceleration value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first movement value includes a directional value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first broadcast indicates to change a set of speed values of the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the set of speed values includes a speed of zero.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first broadcast includes a communicative connection of the traffic controller with the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing, by the traffic controller, the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the traffic controller from a transportation vehicle, a triggering communication; and

modifying, in a dynamic fashion by the traffic controller in response to receiving the triggering communication, the first broadcast of the first movement value.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting, by a vehicle module, a set of spatial relationships.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating, between the traffic controller and a vehicle module, a lane position.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

constructing, by a vehicle module, a fixed set of vehicles.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by a vehicle module on a vehicle, a speed of the vehicle for a temporal period.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the transportation vehicle traffic management occurs in an automated fashion without user intervention.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

metering use of the transportation vehicle traffic management; and

generating an invoice based on the metered use.