System and method for traffic management in a two-way vehicle transport network

Abstract

The present invention provides a vehicle management system for controlling the movement of multiple vehicles along a route at the current geographical location of a transportation network. [Solution] A vehicle management system comprising: a receiver that receives detected motion parameters of multiple vehicles at their current geographical location and receives event data related to the occurrence of events relating to the movement of multiple vehicles; a processor that determines the required motion parameters of at least one of the multiple vehicles in response to an event, determines one or more actions that one or more of the multiple vehicles should take to achieve one or more required motion parameters based on the detected motion parameters and the required motion parameters, and generates one or more command signals to instruct one or more vehicles to take one or more actions; and a transmitter that transmits one or more command signals to each of one or more vehicles to enable the execution of one or more actions.

Claims

1. Multiple vehicles along pathways in the current geographical location of the transportation network A vehicle management system for controlling movement, wherein the vehicle management system is It is a receiver, The detected motion parameters of the multiple vehicles are received at the current geographical location. A receiver configured to receive event data related to the occurrence of events concerning the movement of the plurality of vehicles, It is a processor, In response to the aforementioned event, the necessary motion parameters for at least one of the multiple vehicles are determined, Based on the detected motion parameters and the required motion parameters, one or more actions to be taken by one or more of the multiple vehicles are determined, which enable the achievement of the required motion parameters. A processor configured to generate one or more command signals for one or more vehicles to instruct them to take one or more of the aforementioned actions, A transmitter configured to transmit the one or more command signals to each of the one or more vehicles in order to enable the execution of the one or more actions described above, A vehicle management system equipped with the following features.

2. The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein the event data includes an operation request from a vehicle, a threshold for a vehicle movement parameter (e.g., traffic density), or a warning regarding an emergency event.

3. The vehicle management system according to claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to determine the current location of a vehicle involved in an event.

4. The vehicle management system according to claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to generate an action that increases the speed of a vehicle downstream of the current position of the vehicle involved in the event among the plurality of vehicles, thereby creating a gap between adjacent vehicles among the plurality of vehicles.

5. The vehicle management system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the processor is configured to generate an action that reduces the speed of a vehicle upstream of the current position of a vehicle involved in the event among the plurality of vehicles, thereby creating a gap between adjacent vehicles among the plurality of vehicles.

6. The vehicle management system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the processor is configured to generate an action to move the vehicle involved in the event into the gap.

7. The vehicle management system according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to generate one or more actions that equalize the distance between adjacent vehicles among the plurality of vehicles after the vehicle involved in the event has moved into the gap.

8. The aforementioned passage includes multiple lanes, and the processor is By reducing the speed of the vehicle upstream of the current position of the vehicle involved in the event or the risk factor among the plurality of vehicles, and / or increasing the speed of the vehicle downstream of the current position of the vehicle involved in the event or the risk factor among the plurality of vehicles, the vehicle involved in the event or the risk factor will be able to move into an adjacent lane relative to its current lane. Form a p The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 2 to 7, configured to generate an action to move, among the plurality of vehicles, a vehicle related to the event or a vehicle located upstream of a risk factor and in the same lane as the vehicle related to the event or a risk factor, into the gap.

9. The aforementioned processor, The vehicle management system according to claim 8, configured to generate an action to move a vehicle that is downstream of a vehicle or hazardous factor related to the event and in an adjacent lane to the vehicle or hazardous factor related to the event into the same lane as the vehicle or hazardous factor related to the event.

10. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 2 to 9, wherein the processor is configured to generate an action that changes the speed of any vehicle among the plurality of vehicles to minimize the distance between adjacent vehicles to a predetermined minimum value, thereby increasing the traffic density parameter.

11. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the processor is configured to generate an action that moves any vehicle among the plurality of vehicles to a position in the passage aligned with a dielectric charging device or a conductive charging device, maintains the alignment of the vehicle with respect to the dielectric charging device or a conductive charging device for a certain period of time, and enables inductive or conductive charging of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving along the passage.

12. The aforementioned processor, The docking vehicle among the aforementioned plurality of vehicles is set to a constant position relative to the passage. Maintain the speed and position of the vehicle. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, configured to generate an action that guides another vehicle to dock with the docking vehicle while the docking vehicle is moving along the passageway.

13. The receiver is configured to receive event data from any of the multiple vehicles, and the event data is related to the geographical location of the event detected by the vehicle. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the processor is configured to store the geographical location of the event in a data store.

14. The vehicle management system according to claim 13, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the event data to an infrastructure monitoring system.

15. The vehicle management system according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the event data relates to the physical state of the passage detected by the vehicle at a plurality of specific geographic locations.

16. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the receiver is configured to receive further detected parameters from another system communicatively coupled with the vehicle management system, and the processor is configured to determine the required parameters from the further detected parameters.

17. The vehicle management system according to claim 16, wherein the further detected parameters are related to an event occurring at a location downstream of the current geographical location, in the direction in which the plurality of vehicles are traveling.

18. The vehicle management system according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the further detected parameters are related to a desired traffic density event or traffic flow event.

19. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the detected motion parameters from one or more vehicle tracking devices provided around the passage.

20. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the one or more command signals to one or more of the plurality of vehicles via one or more vehicle tracking devices provided around the passage.

21. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein one of the plurality of vehicles is an autonomous vehicle or a semi-autonomous vehicle, and the command signal includes a control signal configured to control the movement of the autonomous vehicle or semi-autonomous vehicle.

22. A vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 21, further comprising one or more vehicle tracking devices provided around the passage at the aforementioned geographical location, wherein the vehicle tracking devices have a position measurement accuracy of 10 cm or less and a dynamic latency of less than 20 milliseconds. Management system.

23. The vehicle management system according to claim 22, wherein the one or more vehicle tracking devices have a field of view directed toward the passage, detect the position of each of the plurality of vehicles, and determine the detected motion data from the detected positions over a certain period of time.

24. The vehicle management system according to claim 22 or 23, wherein the one or more vehicle tracking devices include a plurality of vehicle tracking devices that are communicated with each other in a local area network configuration.

25. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the one or more vehicle tracking devices comprises an infrared sensor.

26. The vehicle management system according to claim 25, wherein one or more vehicle tracking devices are equipped with infrared emitters.

27. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 22 to 26, wherein the one or more vehicle tracking devices are configured to provide the one or more command signals to one or more of the plurality of vehicles.

28. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 22 to 27, wherein the one or more vehicle tracking devices are configured to track the movement of one or more aircraft, water vehicles, or land vehicles.

29. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 1 to 28, wherein the processor includes an event recognition engine for determining the type of event to which the event data is related, and one or more event response processing engines for determining one or more actions to be taken.

30. The one or more event processing engines process the multiple vehicles in the current lane of a multi-lane road. The system includes a lane change request processing engine configured to generate an action that enables the requesting vehicle to move to another desired lane of the multi-lane road, and the lane change processing engine is configured to Determine the current position of the requesting vehicle that is requesting a change of lane in the multi-lane passage to the desired lane. The system generates an action that increases the speed of the vehicle downstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles in the desired lane, and / or decreases the speed of the vehicle upstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles in the desired lane, thereby creating a gap between adjacent moving vehicles among the plurality of vehicles in the desired lane. The vehicle management system according to claim 29, configured to generate an action to move the requesting vehicle into the gap.

31. The one or more event processing engines include an exit / entry request processing engine configured to generate an action that enables the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles to move from the current lane of the passage to the exit lane, and the exit / entry request processing engine is configured to generate an action that enables the requesting vehicle to move from the current lane of the passage to the exit lane, Determine the current location of the requesting vehicle, An action is generated that increases the speed of the vehicle downstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles in the exit lane, and / or decreases the speed of the vehicle upstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles in the exit lane, thereby enabling the formation of a gap between adjacent vehicles among the plurality of vehicles in the exit lane. The vehicle management system according to claim 29 or 30, configured to generate an action to move the requesting vehicle to the gap.

32. The one or more event processing engines include an exit / entry request processing engine configured to generate an action to move the requesting vehicle from the plurality of vehicles from the entry lane to the desired lane of the passage, and the exit / entry request processing engine is configured Determine the current position of the requesting vehicle that is requesting to change from the entry lane to the desired lane on the multi-lane road. An action is generated that increases the speed of the vehicle downstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles in the desired lane, and / or decreases the speed of the vehicle upstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle, thereby enabling the formation of a gap between adjacent vehicles among the plurality of vehicles in the desired lane. A vehicle management system according to any one of claims 29 to 31, configured to generate an action to move the requesting vehicle to the gap.

33. The aforementioned passage consists of a multi-lane passage, and the exit / entry request processing engine is, By increasing the speed of the vehicle downstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles in the adjacent lane, and / or decreasing the speed of the vehicle upstream of the current position of the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles, the requesting vehicle among the plurality of vehicles is made able to cross the lane adjacent to the current lane in the multi-lane passage, thereby making it possible to form an adjacent lane gap between adjacent moving vehicles among the plurality of vehicles in the adjacent lane. The vehicle management system according to claim 31 or 32, configured to generate an action to move the requesting vehicle to the adjacent lane gap.

34. The one or more event processing engines include an obstacle / hazard detection processing engine configured to identify the location of an obstacle / hazard in the passage, wherein the obstacle / hazard detection processing engine detects if a vehicle upstream of the location of the obstacle / hazard is the obstacle A vehicle management system according to any one of claims 29 to 33, comprising a restricted area generation unit configured to determine a strategy to enable avoidance of objects / hazards and to generate one or more actions to perform the strategy.

35. The aforementioned restricted area generation unit is: By reducing the speed of vehicles upstream of the location of the aforementioned obstacle / hazard, a gap is formed within the adjacent lane. The vehicle management system according to claim 34, configured to generate an action that moves a vehicle in the same lane as the obstacle / hazard to the gap in the adjacent lane, thereby forming a virtual island around the obstacle / hazard.

36. The vehicle management system according to any one of claims 29 to 35, wherein the one or more event processing engines include a traffic density / flow management engine configured to increase the traffic density / flow parameters of the plurality of vehicles by changing the speed of one or more of the plurality of vehicles to minimize the distance between adjacent vehicles to a predetermined minimum value.

37. A method for controlling the movement of multiple vehicles along a route at the current geographical location of a transportation network, wherein the method is: The steps include receiving detected motion parameters of the plurality of vehicles at the current geographical location, The steps include receiving event data related to the occurrence of events concerning the movement of the plurality of vehicles, The steps include determining the required motion parameters for at least one of the multiple vehicles in response to the aforementioned event, A step of determining one or more actions that one or more of the multiple vehicles should take, based on the detected motion parameters and the required motion parameters, which enable the achievement of the required motion parameters. The steps include generating one or more command signals for the one or more vehicles to command them to take one or more of the aforementioned actions, The steps include: transmitting the one or more command signals to each of the one or more vehicles in order to enable the execution of the one or more actions described above; A method that includes this.

38. A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the steps of the method according to claim 37.

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