Method for signaling a suggestion of a behavior to a vehicle in a traffic lane and associated terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11100802-B2
Application number	US-201816627126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A method for signaling a suggestion of a behavior, implemented by a signaling system. The method includes: determining an arrival of a first vehicle at a portion of a traffic route, there being a possibility of a second vehicle crossing paths with the first vehicle at the portion; determining an arrival of the second vehicle at the portion; determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at the portion; sending a signal of the suggestion to the second vehicle; and receiving a notification that the signal has been taken into account by the second vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A signaling method for signaling a suggestion of a behavior, implemented by a signaling system, wherein the method comprises the following acts:
determining an arrival of a first vehicle on a portion of a traffic lane, a second vehicle being able to cross the first vehicle on said portion, the portion being a sub-lane used by the first vehicle to overtake another vehicle, said determining an arrival of the first vehicle comprising determining a value corresponding to a duration for which the first vehicle circulates on said sub-lane,
determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion,
determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion based on said value and configuration rules,
sending to the second vehicle a signaling of said suggestion, and
receiving a notification of said signaling having been taken into consideration by the second vehicle.

2. The signaling method according to claim 1 , further comprising an act of determining the right-of-way between the first vehicle and the second vehicle at the portion, the suggestion being determined and the signaling being sent in response to the first vehicle has the right-of-way.

3. The signaling method according to claim 1 , wherein the notification of said signaling having been taken into consideration by the second vehicle comprises an indication concerning an action performed at the second vehicle.

4. The signaling method according to claim 1 , wherein the act of determining an arrival of the first vehicle comprises
determining a value corresponding to a path of the first vehicle on said portion, said value being then taken into consideration in the of determining the suggestion of the behavior.

5. The signaling method according to claim 1 , further comprising an act of communicating the signaling to the driver of the first vehicle.

6. The signaling method according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling is an electromagnetic signal out of the visible spectrum.

7. The signaling method according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling is a signaling message sent via a telecommunications network.

8. The signaling method according to claim 7 , wherein the act of sending to the second vehicle said signaling of the behavior suggestion comprises a sub-act of identifying the second vehicle, the signaling being sent to the second vehicle identified.

9. A terminal comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the terminal to perform act comprising:
signaling a suggestion of a behavior by:
determining an arrival of a first vehicle on a portion of a traffic lane, a second vehicle being able to cross the first vehicle on said portion, the portion being a sub-lane used by the first vehicle to overtake another vehicle, said determining an arrival of the first vehicle comprising determining a value corresponding to a duration for which the first vehicle circulates on said sub-lane,
determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion,
determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion based on said value and configuration rule,
sending to the second vehicle a signaling of said suggestion, and
receiving a notification of said signaling having been taken into consideration by the second vehicle.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for execution of a signaling method when the instructions are executed by a processor of a device, wherein the instructions configure the device to:
signal a suggestion of a behavior by:
determining an arrival of a first vehicle on a portion of a traffic lane, a second vehicle being able to cross the first vehicle on said portion, the portion being a sub-lane used by the first vehicle to overtake another vehicle, said determining an arrival of the first vehicle comprising determining a value corresponding to a duration for which the first vehicle circulates on said sub-lane,
determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion,
determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion based on said value and configuration rule,
sending to the second vehicle a signaling of said suggestion, and
receiving a notification of said signaling having been taken into consideration by the second vehicle.

11. A system comprising at least two terminals, each terminal comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the terminal to perform act comprising:
signaling a suggestion of a behavior by:
determining an arrival of a first vehicle on a portion of a traffic lane, a second vehicle being able to cross the first vehicle on said portion, the portion being a sub-lane used by the first vehicle to overtake another vehicle, said determining an arrival of the first vehicle comprising determining a value corresponding to a duration for which the first vehicle circulates on said sub-lane,
determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion,
determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion based on said value and configuration rules,
sending to the second vehicle a signaling of said suggestion, and
receiving a notification of said signaling having been taken into consideration by the second vehicle.

Assignees

• Orange

Inventors

• Moncomble Ghislain

Classifications

• G08G1/166

  for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes · CPC title

• G08G1/162 Primary

  event-triggered · CPC title

• G08G1/0965

  responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle · CPC title

• G08G1/161 Primary

  Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication · CPC title