Autonomous Vehicle Routing for Emergency Vehicle Path Clearance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Emergency response vehicles often face delays due to other vehicles not clearing the road, leading to potential accidents and increased response times, which can be critical in situations like fires or accidents.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatically operating autonomous vehicles based on emergency vehicle warnings, using data such as position, route, and destination to generate autonomous vehicle route data and control the vehicle's operation, ensuring it clears the path for emergency responders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If autonomous vehicles operate on roadways without emergency vehicle awareness, then autonomous vehicle operation is maintained, but emergency vehicle response time increases and collision risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by receiving emergency vehicle warning data before the autonomous vehicle reaches the emergency vehicle's path, generates alternate route data in advance, and prepares control commands ahead of time to clear the path, thereby reducing emergency vehicle response time delays
Solution Approach 2:
The autonomous vehicle controller acts as an intermediary that receives emergency vehicle warning data, processes it to generate alternate route data, and translates it into control commands for vehicle operation, mediating between emergency vehicle needs and autonomous vehicle operation
2Loss of time
If autonomous vehicles clear the path for emergency vehicles, then emergency vehicle response time decreases, but autonomous vehicle route efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the autonomous vehicle's route based on real-time emergency vehicle warning data, allowing the vehicle to adapt its path temporarily to clear the emergency vehicle's route while maintaining overall mission efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes route parameters by generating alternate route data that modifies the autonomous vehicle's path to avoid interfering with emergency vehicle travel, optimizing the balance between emergency response needs and autonomous vehicle productivity
3Reliability
If autonomous vehicles do not detect emergency vehicles, then detection system complexity is reduced, but collision risk between emergency and autonomous vehicles increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by receiving emergency vehicle warning data, processing it to generate alternate route data, and executing control commands to avoid collisions, creating a closed-loop system that continuously monitors and responds to emergency vehicle positions
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection by receiving emergency vehicle warning data in advance, allowing the autonomous vehicle to identify potential collision risks before they occur and take preventive action
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to generating emergency vehicle warnings, automatic control of autonomous vehicles based upon the emergency vehicle warnings. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to generating data representative of emergency vehicle warnings and alternate autonomous vehicle routing based upon real-time information related to an emergency vehicle. The information related to the emergency vehicle may include emergency vehicle origination location data, emergency vehicle current location data, emergency vehicle route data, and/or emergency vehicle destination location data. An emergency vehicle warning and/or alternate vehicle routing for autonomous vehicles may be generated based further on information related to an autonomous vehicle. In one aspect, an emergency vehicle may wirelessly communicate with the autonomous vehicle and/or an insurance provider remote server. The insurance provider may adjust auto insurance for insured individuals, having vehicles with the vehicle safety functionality discussed herein, to reflect lower risk and provide insurance savings to customers.