SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE ROUTE GUIDANCE

• US 20180005523A1
• Filed: 06/29/2016
• Published: 01/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cahan, Amos, Mahindru, Ruchi, Salapura, Valentina, Shah, Syed Yousaf
• Granted Patent: US 10,002,533 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• 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: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• 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 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 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: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0968 Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle

Abstract

An emergency vehicle route management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include analyzing a map to plot roads, a user including user data, and an emergency vehicle including emergency vehicle data on the map, determining an intersection of the roads within a predetermined radius of the emergency vehicle, and delivering an action for the user based on a road on a path of the emergency vehicle being determined by the determining to intersect with a road of the user.

Claims

1. An emergency vehicle route management method, the method comprising:

analyzing a map to plot roads, a user including user data, and an emergency vehicle including emergency vehicle data on the map;

determining an intersection of the roads within a predetermined radius of the emergency vehicle; and

delivering an action for the user based on a road on a path of the emergency vehicle being determined by the determining to intersect with a road of the user,

wherein the delivering delivers the action to the user when a geofence of a user device overlaps with a geofence of the emergency vehicle, and

wherein the delivering ignores sending the action for the user if a forward traveling side of the geofence of the user overlaps with a portion of the geofence of the emergency vehicle behind the emergency vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user comprises:

a user vehicle;

a user in the user vehicle;

a traffic signal; and

a pedestrian.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the emergency vehicle data includes at least one of:

a road location on the map;

a direction of travel; and

a travel speed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data includes at least one of:

a road location on the map;

a direction of travel; and

a travel speed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the emergency vehicle data includes a destination of the emergency vehicle, and

wherein the analyzing analyzes the map to determine a route of roads on which the emergency vehicle will travel to the destination.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivering delivers a notification including the emergency vehicle data to all users within a second predetermined radius of the emergency, the second predetermined radius being larger than the predetermined radius.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivering delivers the action for the user to take based on the intersection of the path of the emergency vehicle and a path of the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein if the user is on a same road as the emergency vehicle and a direction of a path of the user intersects with a direction of a path of the emergency vehicle, the delivering delivers a “

pull to a side of the road”

notification as the action.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein if the user is on a different road as the emergency vehicle and a direction of a path of the user on the different road intersects with a direction of a path of the emergency vehicle, the delivering delivers a “

stop travel”

notification as the action.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein if the user shares a travel space with the emergency vehicle, the delivering delivers a “

pull to a side of the road”

notification as the action.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording an emergency vehicle route management program performing the method of claim 1.

6. (canceled)

12. An emergency vehicle route management method, the method comprising:

delivering emergency vehicle data of an emergency vehicle to a user device;

analyzing a map to plot roads and a user including user data on the map;

determining an intersection of a road on a path of the user with a path of the emergency vehicle; and

determining an action for the user to avoid interfering with the path of the emergency vehicle,

wherein the delivering delivers the action to the user device when a geofence of the user device overlaps with a geofence of the emergency vehicle, and

wherein the delivering ignores sending the action for the user device if a forward traveling side of the geofence of the user device overlaps with a portion of the geofence of the emergency vehicle behind the emergency vehicle.

14. An emergency vehicle route management system, said system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform;

analyzing a map to plot roads, a user including user data, and an emergency vehicle including emergency vehicle data on the map;

determining an intersection of the roads within a predetermined radius of the emergency vehicle; and

delivering an action for the user based on a road on a path of the emergency vehicle being determined by the determining to intersect with a road of the user,

wherein the delivering delivers the action to the user when a geofence of a user device overlaps with a geofence of the emergency vehicle, and

wherein the delivering ignores sending the action for the user if a forward traveling side of the geofence of the user device overlaps with a portion of he geofence of the emergency vehicle behind the emergency vehicle.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the delivering delivers a notification including the emergency vehicle data to all users within a second predetermined radius of the emergency, the second predetermined radius being larger than the predetermined radius.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the delivering delivers the action for the user to take based on the intersection of the path of the emergency vehicle and a path of the user.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein if the user is on a same road as the emergency vehicle and a direction of a path of the user intersects with a direction of a path of the emergency vehicle, the delivering delivers a “

pull to a side of the road”

notification as the action.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein if the user is on a different road as the emergency vehicle and a direction of a path of the user on the different road intersects with a direction of a path of the emergency vehicle, the delivering delivers a “

stop travel”

notification as the action.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein if the user shares a travel space with the emergency vehicle, the delivering delivers a “

pull to a side of the road”

notification as the action.

15. (canceled)