Method for managing a state of urgency of a first vehicle and associated management device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12087159-B2
Application number	US-202017786212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2020
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A method for managing an urgency state of a first vehicle, implemented by a managing system. The method includes: receiving a first indication of the urgency state of the first vehicle; determining a list of potential itineraries including at least one potential itinerary of the first vehicle; and sending an alert message to at least one detecting element, located at a traffic lane, the at least one detecting element being determined as a function of the at least one potential itinerary of the first vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for managing an urgency state of a first vehicle, implemented by a managing system, wherein the method comprises:
receiving a first indication of the urgency state of the first vehicle;
sending an alert message to at least one detecting element, located at a traffic lane, said at least one detecting element being determined as a function of at least one potential itinerary of the first vehicle, the alert message comprising an identifying element of the first vehicle allowing the detection of the first vehicle by the detecting element;
receiving a message of location of the first vehicle coming from said at least one first detecting element; and
confirming said at least one potential itinerary as a confirmed itinerary, as a function of the location message received.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first indication includes an element of information relating to the confirmed arrival point of the first vehicle, said at least one potential itinerary of the first vehicle being determined as a function of said confirmed arrival point.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising sending of an instruction message to at least one so-called executing element, said at least one executing element being determined as a function of said confirmed itinerary.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first indication comprises an element of information relating to the type of urgency of the first vehicle,
the method further comprising determining the level of urgency as a function of said element of information relating to the type of urgency,
the alert message comprising an element of information relating to the level of urgency of the first vehicle, and/or
the instruction message comprising the element of information relating to the level of urgency of the first vehicle.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining at least one potential itinerary comprises:
determining a departure area of the first vehicle,
determining at least one potential departure point in the departure area,
for each potential departure point, determining at least one potential itinerary, on the basis of said potential departure point.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first indication comprises an element of information relating to a confirmed departure point, and the determining at least one potential itinerary comprises:
determining at least one potential arrival point as a function of said element of information relating to the confirmed departure point and of the element of information relating to the type of urgency of the first vehicle,
for each potential arrival point, determining at least one potential itinerary, on the basis of the confirmed departure point and of said potential arrival point.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
determining a potential journey time associated with said at least one potential itinerary,
determining a most likely arrival point as a function of each potential journey time and/or of an item of information relating to the ability to manage the urgency at the arrival point of said at least one potential itinerary,
transmitting to the first vehicle at least one potential itinerary associated with a most probable arrival point.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one detecting element is determined as a function of at least one contextual element relating to said at least one detecting element, from among the following list of contextual elements:
a geolocation position,
a provisional itinerary,
a speed,
an item of information related to the traffic in the environs of the geolocation position of the detecting element,

said detecting element being able to be situated on at least one itinerary portion of said at least one potential itinerary, said at least one itinerary portion being able to be followed by the first vehicle during a predetermined time period,
said at least one detecting element being added to a list of detecting elements associated with said at least one itinerary portion of said at least one potential itinerary,
said predetermined time period being less than five minutes.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting an implementation of at least one maneuver instruction of the instruction message by said at least one executing element,
deducing a probability of presence of the first vehicle as a function of the detection of the implementation of said at least one maneuver instruction of the instruction message,
sending a second location message of the first vehicle.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said at least one executing element is determined from among said at least one detecting element of said at least one list of detecting elements.

11. A device for managing an urgency state of a first vehicle, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the device to:
receive a first indication of the urgency state of the first vehicle;
send an alert message to at least one detecting element, situated at a traffic lane, said at least one detecting element being determined as a function of said at least one potential itinerary of the first vehicle, the alert message comprising an identifying element of the first vehicle allowing the detection of the first vehicle by the detecting element;
receive a message of location of the first vehicle coming from said at least one first detecting element; and
confirm said at least one potential itinerary as a confirmed itinerary, as a function of the location message received.

12. A non-transitory recording medium readable by a computer on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for executing a method for managing an urgency state of a first vehicle, implemented by a managing system, when the instructions are executed by a processor of the managing system, the method for managing comprises:
receiving a first indication of the urgency state of the first vehicle;
sending an alert message to at least one detecting element, located at a traffic lane, said at least one detecting element being determined as a function of at least one potential itinerary of the first vehicle, the alert message comprising an identifying element of the first vehicle allowing the detection of the first vehicle by the detecting element;
receiving a message of location of the first vehicle coming from said at least one first detecting element; and
confirming said at least one potential itinerary as a confirmed itinerary, as a function of the location message received.

Assignees

• Orange

Inventors

• Moncomble Ghislain
• Lefebvre Mathieu

Classifications

• G08G1/096775

  where the origin of the information is a central station · CPC title

• G08G1/096758

  where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information · CPC title

• G01C21/3407

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• G01C21/3492

  employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G08G1/09685

  where the complete route is computed only once and not updated · CPC title