Facilitation of smart communications hub to support driverless vehicles in 5G networks or other next generation networks

• US 10,726,640 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2016
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Raman, Kaveri
• Primary Examiner(s): Goldman, Richard A
• Application Number:
  US15/351,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20180137693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 701 2, 701 23, 701 322, 3404255, 3404261, 340463
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/16 operated by remote control, i.e. initiating means not mounted on vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/885 using electrical circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• 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 smart communications hub can enable management of driverless and/or autonomous vehicles. Separating current wireless data from driverless vehicle sensor data can allow for quicker resolutions involving driverless vehicles. The smart communications hub can communicate to other groups such as driverless vehicle providers, service providers, vehicle management, law enforcement, etc. The smart communications hub can also process request from both mobile applications and micro-service applications.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first network device comprising a processor and associated with a first identity, sensor data, representative of a sensor state of a sensor of a first vehicle;

in response to the receiving, sending, by the first network device, the sensor data to a second network device associated with a second identity;

based on sensor data, receiving, from the second network device by the first network device, action data representative of an action to be taken by the sensor; and

sending, by the first network device, the action data to the sensor to facilitate performance of the action by the sensor, wherein the action data comprises an emissions status of the first vehicle, and wherein the action data further comprises route data to alter a route of the first vehicle, wherein the action data is configured to reduce traffic for a path of travel of an emergency services vehicle relative to a current route of the first vehicle;

in response to the sending of the action data to the sensor, receiving the emissions status from the sensor; and

based on the emissions status being determined to be below a threshold value, facilitating issuing a registration for the first vehicle, and

based on window break data representative of a window break of the first vehicle, receiving, by the first network device from a user device associated with a city government, a prompt configured to activate a video camera device of the city government.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a window break sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the action data is first action data, further comprising:

sending second action data to a recording device of a city government, wherein the action data is configured to facilitate a zoom function of the video camera device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the action data is first action data, and further comprising:

sending, by the first network device, second action data to a recording device of the first vehicle to facilitate a video recording.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a collision sensor for detection of a collision of the first vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second identity is a law enforcement identity, and wherein the action data further comprises directive data representative of an instruction to facilitate a direction of the first vehicle.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the action data is first action data, and further comprising:

sending second action data to a recording device of the first vehicle to facilitate a video recording.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving sensor data associated with a sensor of a vehicle;

in response to the receiving, sending the sensor data to a network device associated with a first entity;

in response to the sending, receiving, from the network device, first action data representative of a first action to be sent to the sensor to perform the first action, wherein the first action is associated with determining an emissions status of the vehicle, and wherein the action data further comprises route data to alter a first route of the vehicle to reduce traffic conditions of a second route of an emergency services vehicle;

sending the first action data to the sensor;

in response to the sending of the first action data to the sensor, receiving the emissions status from the sensor;

based on the emissions status received from the sensor and the route data being determined to have satisfied a condition, sending registration data representative a registration of the vehicle, and

in response to the condition associated with a window break sensor being determined to have been satisfied, receiving, from a user device associated with a city governmental entity, activation data representative of a prompt to activate a video camera device associated with the city governmental entity.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the sensor data comprises a first indication of a collision of the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first entity is an emergency services entity, and wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second indication that the emergency services entity has been notified via a device associated with the emergency services entity.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the sensor data is sent to an insurance provider device associated with an insurance provision service.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the sensor is a first sensor, and wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to receiving the first indication of the collision, sending request data, representative of a request for a sensor status, to a second sensor of the vehicle.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second sensor of the vehicle is a gasoline sensor.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to receiving sensor state data associated with the second sensor, sending notification data to the network device associated with the first entity based on the sensor state data.

15. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving sensor data originating from a sensor of a vehicle associated with a first identity;

based on the sensor data,

sending action data, comprising data representative of an action to be taken by the sensor of the vehicle, to the sensor of the vehicle to facilitate the action being taken by the vehicle, wherein the action data comprises emissions data representative of an emissions status of the vehicle, and further comprises route data to facilitate altering a first route of the vehicle to reduce traffic conditions for a second route determined to be related to a path of travel of an emergency services vehicle; and

sending the action data to a network device associated with a second identity;

in response to the sending the action data to the sensor, receiving the emissions data from the sensor;

based on the emissions status of the emissions data, issuing a vehicle registration to be associated with the vehicle, and

based on a window break sensor being determined to have satisfied a condition associated with a window break, receiving, from a user device associated with a city government, a prompt to activate a video camera device associated with the city government.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the sensor is a brake sensor.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the sensor data comprises brake data representative of a brake pressure being applied to a brake of the vehicle.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the action data further comprises a brake instruction to increase the brake pressure.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the action data further comprises instruction data representative of an instruction to alter the first route of the vehicle.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the sensor is a first sensor, and wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a second sensor, collision data representative of a collision of the vehicle.