Method for determining a communications scenario and associated terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11710405-B2
Application number	US-201816956146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2018
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

A method for determining a communications scenario corresponding to an action for producing, by a first movable element situated in a traffic lane, a response to an event. The method includes: determining an event in a vicinity of the first movable element, depending on at least one neighbouring element from a list of neighbouring elements positioned in the vicinity; determining a series of actions able to be performed in response to the event, by consulting a lookup table between at least one event and at least one series of actions; for at least one action of the series of actions, determining a communications scenario associated with the action, the determining a scenario including a sub-step of selecting, in the list of elements, for at least one communications scenario message, at least one neighbouring element receiving the message.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a communications scenario corresponding to at least one action that can be performed by a first mobile element located on a circulation route, in response to at least one event, the determining step being implemented by a first terminal incorporated into the first mobile element, wherein the determining comprises the following steps:
obtaining a list of neighboring mobile elements comprising at least one neighboring element in the neighborhood of the first mobile element;
determining at least one event in a neighborhood of the first mobile element involving at least one neighboring element of the obtained list obtaining a table of correspondence relating events and series of actions, each of the series of actions comprising at least one action;
determining a series of actions that can be performed in response to the step of determining at least one event by accessing the obtained table of correspondence, the determined series of actions comprising a modification of a driving parameter of the first mobile element;
obtaining a table of correspondence relating actions and communications scenarios, each of the communications scenarios comprising a transmission of at least one message; and
for at least one action of said series of actions, determining a communications scenario associated with said at least one action by accessing the table of correspondence relating actions and communications scenarios,
wherein the step of determining a communications scenario comprises a sub-step of selecting, from said list, for at least one message of the communications scenario, at least one recipient neighboring element of said message that has a risk of being impacted by the performing of the determined series of actions greater than a predetermined threshold;
transmitting, by the first mobile element, an item of context-related data to a first remote server handling a first area in which the first mobile element is located;
determining, by the first remote server, a second remoter server handling a provisional area in which the first mobile element could be located in the future; and
transmitting, by the first remote server, the item of context-related data to the second remote server.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said determining at least one event comprises, for said at least one action of said at least one series of actions, determining an instant at which the performing of the action starts and a time period taken to perform the action, such that said at least one recipient neighboring element of said message is selected as a function of said instant at which the performing of the action starts and of said time period taken to perform the action.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining a communications scenario comprises obtaining an MSISDN number of a terminal associated with said at least one recipient neighboring element of said message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one neighboring element of said list of neighboring elements is determined as a function of:
a geolocation position, and/or
a speed, and/or
a direction of traveling, and/or
a sense of traveling,

of said first mobile element and said neighboring element, at a first instant corresponding to the implementation of the determination of the list of neighboring elements, and to at least a second instant corresponding to the first instant to which is added a provisional time period taken to perform one or more actions of the series of actions.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the step of determining said at least one event further comprises a sub-step of confirming the geolocation position of said at least one neighboring element of the list of neighboring elements, by using a measurement made by the first terminal.

6. The method for according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the first terminal and via a telecommunications network, said at least one message of the scenario to said recipient neighboring element.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the sending is carried out according to a Rich Communication Service (RCS) protocol, and said at least one message is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-option message.

8. 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 acts comprising:
determining a communications scenario corresponding to at least one action that can be performed by a first mobile element located on a circulation route, in response to at least one event, wherein the act of determining comprises:
obtaining a list of neighboring mobile elements comprising at least one neighboring element in the neighborhood of the first mobile element;
determining at least one event in a neighborhood of the first mobile element involving at least one neighboring element of the obtained list;
obtaining a table of correspondence relating events and series of actions, each of the series of actions comprising at least one action;
determining a series of actions that can be performed in response to the act of determining at least one event by accessing the obtained table of correspondence, the determined series of actions comprising a modification of a driving parameter of the first mobile element; and
obtaining a table of correspondence relating actions and communications scenarios, each of the communications scenarios comprising a transmission of at least one message;
for at least one action of said series of actions, determining a communications scenario associated with said at least one action by accessing the table of correspondence relating actions and communications scenarios,
wherein the act of determining a communications scenario comprises a sub-step of selecting, from said list, for at least one message of the communications scenario, at least one recipient neighboring element of said message that has a risk of being impacted by the performing of the determined series of actions greater than a predetermined threshold;

transmitting, by the first mobile element, an item of context-related data to a first remote server handling a first area in which the first mobile element is located;

determining, by the first remote server, a second remoter server handling a provisional area in which the first mobile element could be located in the future; and
transmitting, by the first remote server, the item of context-related data to the second remote server.

9. A non-transitory recording medium readable by a computer on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for executing a method, when the instructions are executed by a processor of the first terminal the first terminal is configured to perform acts of the method comprising:
determining a communications scenario corresponding to at least one action that can be performed by a first mobile element located on a circulation route, in response to at least one event, wherein the act of determining comprises:
obtaining a list of neighboring mobile elements comprising at least one neighboring element in the neighborhood of the first mobile element;
determining at least one event in a neighborhood of the first mobile element involving at least one neighboring element of the obtained list;
obtaining a table of correspondence relating events and series of actions, each of the series of actions comprising at least one action;
determining a series of actions that can be performed in response to the act of determining at least one event by accessing the obtained table of correspondence, the determined

Assignees

• Orange

Inventors

• Moncomble Ghislain

Classifications

• G08G1/161 Primary

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

• G08G1/166

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