V2V Traffic Priority Payments for Autonomous Route Negotiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a system that allows self-driving vehicles to prioritize their passage over other vehicles in certain circumstances, enabling them to communicate and negotiate financial compensation for traffic prioritization, which existing technologies do not effectively address.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) payment system that enables self-driving vehicles to communicate and negotiate traffic prioritization through a processor and radiofrequency data transceiver, allowing them to offer payments for preferential treatment, with a central server determining prices based on offers and requests from other vehicles, and facilitating payments for traffic prioritization or de-prioritization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If self-driving vehicles use traditional collision avoidance communication, then safety is improved, but traffic flow efficiency deteriorates due to lack of prioritization
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system is segmented into different message types (safety-critical collision avoidance messages vs. prioritization negotiation messages), allowing simultaneous operation of safety functions and efficiency optimization without interference
Solution Approach 2:
A centralized server acts as an intermediary to receive prioritization requests from vehicles, determine pricing based on supply and demand, and coordinate traffic prioritization decisions, enabling efficient traffic flow management while maintaining safety protocols
2Loss of time
If self-driving vehicles negotiate traffic prioritization through V2V communication, then travel time is reduced, but system complexity increases due to payment negotiation protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server mediates the complex payment negotiation process, handling pricing calculations, offer/counter-offer exchanges, and transaction coordination, thereby reducing the complexity burden on individual vehicle systems while enabling travel time optimization
Solution Approach 2:
Vehicles autonomously initiate prioritization requests, negotiate payments, and execute routing adjustments without human intervention, allowing the system to handle complexity automatically while providing time-saving benefits to users
3Productivity
If a centralized server determines pricing for traffic prioritization, then market efficiency is improved, but communication infrastructure requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server performs multiple functions including receiving prioritization requests, determining dynamic pricing, coordinating traffic management, and handling payments, thereby achieving market efficiency through a single multi-functional infrastructure component
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables self-driving vehicles to efficiently negotiate and achieve traffic prioritization, improving route efficiency and reducing travel time by allowing vehicles to pay for or offer priority, thereby optimizing traffic flow and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
a radiofrequency data transceiver to communicate with one or more other vehicles or a central server to negotiate a traffic reprioritization
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle such as an autonomous or self-driving vehicle has a navigation system for displaying, on a display screen, a user interface presenting a map showing multiple routes. The vehicle includes a traffic-prioritization processor configured to cooperate with the navigation system to present prices and travel times for the multiple routes via the user interface to enable a user of the vehicle to select one of the multiple routes based on both the prices and the travel times displayed on the display screen. The vehicle further includes a radiofrequency data transceiver configured to cooperate with the traffic-prioritization processor to communicate with one or more other vehicles or a central server to negotiate a traffic reprioritization for a user-selected route.