Technologies for route navigation sharing in a community cloud

• US 9,791,282 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Elmoustapha, Cheruvu, Sunil K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jen, Ian
• Application Number:
  US14/499,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20160091328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,116 Days
• Field of Search: 701117
• 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 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• 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 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data

Abstract

Technologies for sharing route navigation data in a community cloud include a mobile navigation device of a vehicle and a remote mobile navigation device of a remote vehicle. The mobile navigation device generates sensor data associated with a current route of the vehicle and determines whether a reference traffic event occurs within a segment of the current route of the vehicle. In response to a determination that a reference traffic event occurs, the mobile navigation devices transmits route update data to the remote mobile navigation device. Based on the route update data, the remote mobile navigation device updates a current route of the remote vehicle to avoid the reference traffic event within a corresponding segment of the current route of the remote vehicle. The mobile navigation device may also transmit the sensor data to a community compute device, which may transmit route update data to the remote mobile navigation device.

Claims

1. A mobile navigation device of a vehicle for sharing route navigation data, the mobile navigation device comprising:

a sensor to generate sensor data associated with a current route of the vehicle, wherein at least a segment of the current route of the vehicle corresponds to one or more segments of an existing route of a remote vehicle;

a route monitoring module to determine, based on the generated sensor data, an occurrence of a reference traffic event within the segment of the current route of the vehicle; and

a route determination module to selectively transmit route update data directly to a remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle in response to a determination of the occurrence of the reference traffic event within the segment of the current route, wherein the remote mobile navigation device is different from the mobile navigation device.

2. The mobile navigation device of claim 1, wherein the route determination module is further to generate, in response to a determination of the occurrence of the reference traffic event within the segment of the current route, an alternate route for the remote vehicle to avoid the one or more segments of the existing route of the remote vehicle that correspond to the segment of the current route;

and

wherein to transmit the route update data comprises to transmit the alternate route to the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle.

3. The mobile navigation device of claim 1, wherein the route determination module is further to (i) determine, in response to a determination of the occurrence of the reference traffic event within the segment of the current route, an alternate route of a plurality of alternate routes for the remote vehicle to avoid the one or more segments of the existing route of the remote vehicle that correspond to the segment of the current route, wherein each alternate route is associated with a route identifier that identifies each alternate route within the plurality of alternate routes and (ii) determine the route identifier associated with the alternate route determined for the remote vehicle;

and

wherein to transmit the route update data comprises to transmit, to the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle, the route identifier associated with the alternate route determined for the remote vehicle.

4. The mobile navigation device of claim 3, wherein the route determination module is further to receive, from the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle, one or more of the plurality of alternate routes and the route identifier associated with each of the one or more of the plurality of alternate routes received;

and

wherein to determine the alternate route and the associated route identifier for the remote vehicle comprises to determine the alternate route and the associated route identifier for the remote vehicle from the one or more alternate routes of the plurality of alternate routes received from the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle.

5. The mobile navigation device of claim 1, wherein to generate the sensor data associated with the current route of the vehicle comprises to at least one of generate location data indicative of a current location of the vehicle or generate traffic data indicative of a current traffic condition at the current location of the vehicle.

6. The mobile navigation device of claim 5, wherein to generate the traffic data indicative of the current traffic condition comprises to generate traffic data indicative of a traffic accident at the current location of the vehicle based on an analysis of one or more images captured at the current location of the vehicle.

7. The mobile navigation device of claim 1, wherein the route determination module is further to (i) receive, from the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle, a request for route data associated with a future route of the remote vehicle and (ii) transmit, to the remote mobile navigation device, the requested route data based on historical sensor data generated by the mobile navigation device for a past route of the vehicle.

8. The mobile navigation device of claim 1, wherein the mobile navigation device of the vehicle and the remote mobile navigation device are each member compute devices of a community cloud;

wherein to transmit the route update data to the remote mobile navigation device comprises to transmit the route update data to the remote mobile navigation device of the community cloud; and

further comprising;

a privacy management module to prevent transmission of the route update data to member compute devices of a public cloud, wherein the public cloud is different from the community cloud.

25. The mobile navigation device of claim 1, wherein the route monitoring module is further to determine whether the mobile navigation device is to generate an alternate route to avoid a reference traffic event that has occurred in a segment of the present route of the vehicle or whether another compute device is to generate the alternate route, as a function of a battery charge of the mobile navigation device.

9. One or more machine-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed cause a mobile navigation device of a vehicle to:

generate sensor data associated with a current route of the vehicle, wherein at least a segment of the current route of the vehicle corresponds to one or more segments of an existing route of a remote vehicle;

determine, based on the generated sensor data, an occurrence of a reference traffic event within the segment of the current route of the vehicle; and

transmit route update data directly to a remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle in response to a determination of the occurrence of the reference traffic event within the segment of the current route, wherein the remote mobile navigation device is different from the mobile navigation device.

10. The one or more machine-readable media of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the mobile navigation device of the vehicle to generate, in response to a determination of the occurrence of the reference traffic event within the segment of the current route, an alternate route for the remote vehicle to avoid the one or more segments of the existing route of the remote vehicle that correspond to the segment of the current route;

and

wherein to transmit the route update data comprises to transmit an alternate route to the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle.

11. The one or more machine-readable media of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the mobile navigation device of the vehicle to:

determine, in response to a determination of the occurrence of the reference traffic event within the segment of the current route, an alternate route of a plurality of alternate routes for the remote vehicle to avoid the one or more segments of the existing route of the remote vehicle that correspond to the segment of the current route, wherein each alternate route is associated with a route identifier that identifies each alternate route within the plurality of alternate routes;

determine the route identifier associated with the alternate route determined for the remote vehicle; and

wherein to transmit the route update data comprises to transmit, to the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle, the route identifier associated with the alternate route determined for the remote vehicle.

12. The one or more machine-readable media of claim 9, wherein to generate the sensor data associated with the current route of the vehicle comprises to at least one of generate location data indicative of a current location of the vehicle or generate traffic data indicative of a current traffic condition at the current location of the vehicle.

13. The one or more machine-readable media of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the mobile navigation device of the vehicle to:

receive, from the remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle, a request for route data associated with a future route of the remote vehicle; and

transmit, to the remote mobile navigation device, the requested route data based on historical sensor data generated by the mobile navigation device for a past route of the vehicle.

14. The one or more machine-readable media of claim 9, wherein the mobile navigation device of the vehicle and the remote mobile navigation device are each member compute devices of a community cloud;

wherein to transmit the route update data to the remote mobile navigation device comprises to transmit the route update data to the remote mobile navigation device of the community cloud; and

wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the mobile navigation device of the vehicle to prevent transmission of the route update data to member compute devices of a public cloud, wherein the public cloud is different from the community cloud.

15. A mobile navigation device of a vehicle for sharing route navigation data, the mobile navigation device comprising:

a route determination module to (i) receive route update data directly from a member compute device of a community cloud, the route update data determined by the member compute device in response to an occurrence of a reference traffic event within at least one segment of a route of a remote vehicle, wherein the at least one segment of the route of the remote vehicle corresponds to one or more segments of a current route of the vehicle and (ii) update the current route of the vehicle to avoid the reference traffic event within the one or more segments of the current route of the vehicle based on the route update data received from the member compute device of the community cloud, wherein the member compute device is different from the mobile navigation device.

16. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the route update data received from the member compute device of the community cloud comprises an alternate route generated to avoid the reference traffic event within the one or more segments of the current route of the vehicle;

and

wherein to update the current route of the vehicle comprises to update the current route of the vehicle based on the alternate route.

17. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the route update data received from the member compute device of the community cloud comprises a route identifier associated with an alternate route of a plurality of alternate routes for the vehicle to avoid the reference traffic event within the one or more segments of the current route of the vehicle, wherein each alternate route of the plurality of alternate routes for the vehicle is associated with a different route identifier;

and

wherein to update the current route of the vehicle comprises to update the current route of the vehicle based on the alternate route associated with the route identifier received from the member compute device of the community cloud.

18. The mobile navigation device of claim 17, wherein the route determination module is further to transmit, to the member compute device of the community cloud, one or more of the plurality of alternate routes and the different route identifier associated with each of the one or more of the plurality of alternate routes transmitted.

19. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the route update data received from the member compute device of the community cloud comprises sensor data generated for the at least one segment of the route of the remote vehicle within which the reference traffic event occurs;

and further comprising;

a route monitoring module to determine, based on the sensor data, whether to generate an alternate route to avoid the reference traffic event within the one or more segments of the current route of the vehicle that correspond to the least one segment of the route of the remote vehicle within which the reference traffic event occurs;

wherein the route determination module is further to (i) generate the alternate route in response to a determination to generate the alternate route to avoid the reference traffic event within the one or more segments of the current route of the vehicle or (ii) transmit a request for the alternate route to the member compute device of the community cloud in response to a determination not to generate the alternate route to avoid the reference traffic event within the one or more segments of the current route of the vehicle and receive the alternate route from the member compute device of the community cloud in response to the request; and

wherein to update the current route of the vehicle comprises to update the current route of the vehicle based on the alternate route generated by the mobile navigation device or received from the member compute device of the community cloud.

20. The mobile navigation device of claim 19, wherein to determine whether to generate the alternate route based on the sensor data comprises to determine whether to generate the alternate route based on the sensor data and at least one of an amount of processing power required to generate the alternate route or an amount of remaining battery charge associated with the mobile navigation device.

21. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the route determination module is further to (i) transmit, to the member compute device of the community cloud, a request for route data associated with a future route of the vehicle and (ii) receive the requested route data from the member compute device of the community cloud, wherein the requested route data generated based on historical route data associated with a past route of the remote vehicle.

22. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the member compute device comprises a remote mobile navigation device of the remote vehicle or a community compute device.

23. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the mobile navigation device of the vehicle and the member compute device are each member compute devices of the community cloud;

and further comprising;

a privacy management module to prevent reception of the route update data from member compute devices of a public cloud, wherein the public cloud is different from the community cloud.

24. The mobile navigation device of claim 15, wherein the route determination module is to (i) transmit a request for route data associated with a future route of the vehicle to a cloud service provider of a public cloud, wherein the public cloud is different from the community cloud and (ii) receive the requested route data from the cloud service provider of the public cloud, wherein the requested route data generated based on historical route data associated with a past route of a member compute device of a remote vehicle of the public cloud.