Traveling support information processing system

• US 20020123838A1
• Filed: 12/20/2001
• Published: 09/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Institute For Land and Infrastructure Management Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transportation
• Original Assignee: National Institute For Land and Infrastructure Management Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transportation
• Inventors: Yumiba, Ryo, Nakajima, Norihiro, Takahashi, Kazunori, Shima, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 6,594,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle

Abstract

A traveling support information processing unit which can prevent willful assessment of information by a device installed on a road or loaded in vehicle and makes it possible for the device to always issue a demand for acquisition of required information according or a demand for consultation for cooperated determination, and which does not required any specific and additional device for acquisition of positional information for each vehicle and also can improve safety and efficiency in road utilization. In a computer system, vehicles 114A to 114C, 115C, and 115D with the behaviors on a road such as acceleration, deceleration, and lane change projected are made to run on a road 113 simulating the road structure, communication is performed between a function 101 for tracking or projecting behaviors of the vehicle and the vehicles 115A, 115B having a communicating function, vehicles 115C, 105D specified by a user from among the vehicles 114A to 114C, 115C, and 115D are shown, and car drivers 109A, 109B controls behaviors of the vehicles 115A, 115B.

Claims

1. A traveling support information processing system having a function to execute interactive communication via a radio communication device with vehicles on a road with which communication can be performed, wherein information concerning road utilization is prepared with a function for receiving information concerning specification of particular vehicles from among a plurality of vehicles with which communication can be performed, a function to collect information from the specified vehicle(s), and a function for outputting information to the specified vehicle(s), decision is made for behaviors of the vehicles with which communication can be performed by executing communication for consultation for assessment of behaviors of the vehicles based on the prepared information between the traveling support information processing unit installed on the road and traveling support information processing units loaded in the vehicles at least once.

2. The traveling support information processing system according to claim 1 further comprising a function to communicate with radio communication devices loaded in vehicles on the road with which communication can be performed so that delivery of information from the vehicle can be demanded.

3. The traveling support information processing unit according to claim 1, wherein information concerning road utilization is prepared by receiving information delivered by information delivery units provided from a starting point of a road with a space of 10 m or more between each other with a means other than that for executing interactive communication via a radio communication device which can communicate with vehicles on the road.

4. The traveling support information processing unit according to claim 1, wherein, in relation to vehicles not having any communicating function, by making use of information obtained by a detector such as an image processor, the information concerning traveling of the vehicles is projected and prepared.