Vehicle traffic management
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by an automated vehicle comprising one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute vehicle-directing instructions that comprise:
- monitor traffic volume within a threshold distance of a destination at which arrival is intended at a predetermined time;
identify a road, within the threshold distance of the destination, on which a traffic volume is less than a threshold level;
navigate the automated vehicle to the identified road;
stop the automated vehicle at an intermediary point on the identified road until a traffic condition is met between the intermediary point and the destination; and
responsive to the traffic condition being met, navigate the automated vehicle towards the destination.
7 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In some examples, reducing traffic includes locating an available remote location within a predetermined distance of the particular destination, socializing an identity of the remote location, and minimizing traffic disruptions at the available remote location for a predetermined amount of time.
7 Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by an automated vehicle comprising one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute vehicle-directing instructions that comprise:
-
monitor traffic volume within a threshold distance of a destination at which arrival is intended at a predetermined time; identify a road, within the threshold distance of the destination, on which a traffic volume is less than a threshold level; navigate the automated vehicle to the identified road; stop the automated vehicle at an intermediary point on the identified road until a traffic condition is met between the intermediary point and the destination; and responsive to the traffic condition being met, navigate the automated vehicle towards the destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A navigation system for an automated vehicle, the navigation system comprising:
-
a traffic data interface configured to receive, at regular time intervals, traffic information within a predetermined radius of a final destination for the automated vehicle; a traffic detector configured to detect vehicles adjacent to the automated vehicle; and a navigator configured to; identify a temporary stopping point for the automated vehicle within the predetermined radius of the final destination based on the traffic information received by the traffic data interface, navigate the automated vehicle to the identified temporary stopping point, stop the automated vehicle at the identified temporary stopping point until a traffic condition is met between the temporary stopping point and the final destination, and navigate the automated vehicle away from the identified temporary stopping point responsive to the traffic condition being met. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A computer-implemented method performed at a client device to reduce traffic using one or more processors, the one or more processors being configured to execute instructions stored in a memory of the client device, the computer-implemented method comprising:
-
obtaining, by a traffic detector, navigation data that indicates traffic information related to a number of vehicles adjacent to an automated vehicle, wherein obtaining the navigation data comprises obtaining data from one or more of a navigational satellite, a radar detector device, a sonar detector device, and a video capturing device; in response to an indication that the number of vehicles adjacent to the automated vehicle exceeds a particular threshold level; locating, by a navigator, an available remote location within a predetermined distance of a particular destination for the automated vehicle; socializing to identify an identity of the available remote location; and minimizing traffic disruptions at the available remote location, wherein minimizing includes instructing another vehicle located at the available remote location to leave the available remote location when traffic volume at the available remote location rises to a predetermined threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
-
Specification