Roundabout Driving Guide System for V2X Traffic Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) systems face challenges in providing accurate driving guide information at roundabouts, particularly due to the complexity of predicting entry and exit times and directions of vehicles with varying communication capabilities, leading to potential accidents and traffic inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device equipped with a communication module, processor, and memory that gathers and analyzes driving-related information from vehicles within a designated distance from a roundabout, determines driving expectation information, and transmits driving guide information to vehicles, including V2X-capable and incapable vehicles, using a V2X server to optimize entry and exit times and directions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If V2X systems gather and analyze driving information from multiple vehicles to provide accurate driving guides, then driving safety and traffic efficiency improve, but the complexity of predicting entry and exit times and directions of vehicles with varying communication capabilities increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving safetyVSAvoidprediction complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments vehicles into different groups based on their communication capabilities (V2X-capable vs. V2X-incapable). This segmentation allows the prediction algorithm to handle each group with appropriate methods, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining accuracy for diverse vehicle types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-gathering driving information from all vehicles before they reach the roundabout, and pre-determines their expected entry and exit times and directions. This advance preparation reduces real-time prediction complexity and improves response accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If V2X systems provide comprehensive driving guide information to all vehicles at roundabouts, then traffic flow efficiency improves, but the difficulty of analyzing traffic context among vehicles with different communication capabilities increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetraffic flow efficiencyVSAvoidtraffic analysis difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The prediction algorithm is designed with universal functionality to handle both V2X-capable and V2X-incapable vehicles through a unified interface. It can process information from vehicles with different communication capabilities using the same core logic, reducing the difficulty of traffic analysis while maintaining comprehensive coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary prediction algorithm that acts as a mediator between vehicles with different communication capabilities and the traffic management system. This intermediary layer standardizes information exchange and simplifies the overall analysis process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If V2X systems analyze speed and distance of vehicles simultaneously entering intersections to provide driving guides, then collision prevention improves, but the precision of traffic prediction at roundabouts without traffic lights deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecollision preventionVSAvoidtraffic prediction precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The prediction algorithm dynamically adjusts its analysis based on the specific context of each vehicle and the roundabout situation. It continuously updates predictions based on real-time changes in vehicle speed, distance, and direction, maintaining precision in the unpredictable environment of roundabouts without traffic lights.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11004336B2Electronic device and method of providing driving guide information
Publication Date: 2021.05.11 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a processor, and a memory operatively connected with the communication module and the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to, when executed, enable the processor to obtain driving-related information from each of a plurality of vehicles positioned within a designated distance from a roundabout using the communication module, determine driving expectation information about a time and direction in which each of the plurality of vehicles enters or exits the roundabout based on the obtained driving-related information, and transmit driving guide information produced based on the determined driving expectation information to each of the plurality of vehicles through the communication module.