Vehicle, system and method for forwarding events

• US 9,953,528 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Winckler, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Testardi, David A
• Application Number:
  US15/049,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20160245660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/00 Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/143 Speed control B60W30/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/0097 Predicting future conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09626 where the origin of the information is within the own vehicle, e.g. a local storage device, digital map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 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 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

A vehicle includes a communication unit for the communication with an event management server, a navigation system for the output of at least one route, and a planning system. The planning system is configured to: a) retrieve a list, for a plurality of devices, particularly traffic light systems and/or signal groups of traffic light systems, the list including one identification respectively of the respective device and at least one position indication respectively of the respective device, b) compare the list with the route, in order to select at least one device from the list, c) for the subscription of events with respect to the selected device, send at least one subscription message to the event management server, the subscription message including the identifications of the selected devices.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle external event management server that transmits event messages associated with a plurality of vehicle external devices;

a navigation system that outputs at least one anticipated vehicle travel route, the navigation system including a memory that stores device identification data and device position data for each of the devices;

a planning system that;

a) retrieves a list of devices from the navigation system, the list associating each of the devices in the list with respective device identification and device position data;

b) selects a device from the list based on whether a comparison of the route with the respective position data of devices on the list results in determining that the selected device intersects the route; and

c) transmits a subscription message to the event management server initiating a subscription to receive from the event management server event messages associated with the selected device to the exclusion of event messages not associated with the selected device, the subscription message comprising the device identification data of the selected device.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of devices are traffic light systems and/or signal groups of traffic light systems.

3. The vehicle to according to claim 1, wherein the planning system is further configured to:

d) receive an event message from the event management server;

e) process the event message and, based on the event message, predict a future event, which is assigned to the selected device; and

f) communicate the future event and, if applicable, a point in time of the occurrence of the future event to a driver assistance system.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the future event is a state of change of a device.

5. The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein:

the driver assistance system comprises a cruise control system, and

the cruise control system is designed to adapt a desired speed while taking into account the future event and/or the point in time of an occurrence of the future event.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the planning system is further configured to:

store a client subscription list identifying the selected device according to which the subscription message was sent;

receive vehicle events with respect to a reached position and/or a new calculation of a route; and

as a function of at least one vehicle event, send an unselection message to the event management server in order to terminate the subscription.

7. A system, comprising:

a plurality of off-vehicle devices;

a vehicle comprising;

a communication unit, a navigation system that outputs at least one route, and a planning system configured to;

a) retrieve a list of the devices, the list associating each of the devices with a respective device identification and device position,

b) select a device from the list based on whether a comparison of the route with the respective position data for devices on the list results in determining that the selected device intersects the route, and

c) transmit a subscription message including the device identification of the selected device and a network address identifying the vehicle; and

an event management server communicatively coupled to the planning system via the communication unit, the event management server configured to;

d) receive the subscription message from the planning system,

e) associate the selected device identified by the device identification with the network address,

f) acquire a plurality of events, each event associated with one or more of the plurality of devices, and

g) send an event message to the network address, the event message corresponding only to events associated with the selected device identified by the device identification received in the subscription message.

8. The system according to claim 7, further comprising:

storing the association between the device and the respective network address in a server subscription list.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the devices are traffic light systems, signal groups, and/or signal transmitters, each comprising a control, wherein the control is configured to, in an event of a current transition of state, determine a point in time of a future transition of state and communicate the current transition of state and the point in time of the future transition of state.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the future transition of state is an inverse of the current transition of state.

11. The system according to claim 9, further comprising a history database, in which a plurality of dwell time intervals for at least one device is stored, wherein the event management server is configured to determine a dwell time for the device in a defined state while taking into account the dwell time intervals.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the event message comprises data indicating a future event and an occurrence point in time.

13. A method for forwarding events to a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with an off-vehicle event management server;

a navigation system that outputs at least one route;

a planning system that;

a) retrieves a list of devices, the list associating each device with a respective device identification and device position;

b) selects a device from the list based on whether a comparison of the route with the respective position data of devices on the list results in determining that the selected device intersects the route; and

c) subscribes to events associated with the selected device, to the exclusion of events not associated with the selected device, via sending a subscription message to the event management server, the subscription message comprising the device identification of the selected device,

the method comprising the acts of;

a) receiving the subscription message from at least one of the plurality of vehicles;

b) assigning the device identification and a network address to the received subscription message;

c) based on the subscription message, selecting the selected device identified by the device identification from among a plurality of devices;

d) based on the subscription message, assigning the vehicle to the selected device;

e) storing the assignment of the vehicle and the selected device;

f) based on the stored assignment, forwarding an event message corresponding only to events associated with the selected device to the assigned vehicle.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the act of:

g) based on the stored assignment, forwarding data concerning a point in time of the occurrence of the future event to the assigned vehicle.