Cloud-based technology for connected and automated vehicle highway systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020005633-A1
Application number	US-201916454268-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 27, 2019
Priority date	Jun 28, 2018
Publication date	Jan 2, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

This technology described herein provides embodiments of a cloud-based mobility service system for a Connected Automated Vehicle Highway (CAVH). In some embodiments, the technology provides a cloud-based mobility service system to provide the services and functionalities of different components of a CAVH system including, for example, user, vehicle, infrastructure, system, roadside, and CAVH traffic control layers. Detailed cloud-based data interfaces and services are described for each component, e.g., regarding their data needs to and from the cloud system. Cloud functionalities including the communication, computational, and analytic needs are described for each system component. The CAVH cloud services also provide integrated CAVH functionalities including planning, control, sensing, prediction, and analytics at macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic levels of CAVH systems.

First claim

1 - 251 . (canceled)

252 . A cloud-based connected and automated vehicle highway (CAVH) system comprising:
a) cloud service architecture to support communication, operations, information exchange, control, security, and/or privacy protection for a CAVH system, said cloud service architecture comprising a user component, a vehicle component, an infrastructure component, a network component, and/or a computing component; and b) cloud-based software configured to perform methods for CAVH control, said methods comprising methods for cloud delivery, communication, data computing and management, analytics and optimization, onsite and remote control, and/or privacy and security.

253 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 252 comprising sub-systems configured to perform said methods for CAVH control, said sub-systems comprising a planning as a service sub-system, a privacy as a service sub-system, a security as a service sub-system, a connectivity as a service sub-system, a control as a service sub-system, a storage as a service sub-system, a prediction as a service sub-system, and/or a sensing as a service sub-system.

254 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Planning as a Service sub-system is configured to provide cloud-computing based methods for CAVH operational planning, said methods comprising:
a) user activity planning methods comprising receiving and/or providing data characterizing a routing and/or transportation mode;
b) vehicle operational planning methods comprising:
1) receiving and/or providing data characterizing departure time, origin, destination, and/or route; and/or
2) receiving and/or providing data characterizing vehicle dispatching, vehicle security, and/or emergency planning;

c) infrastructure activity planning methods comprising controlling automated driving and/or CAVH route and planning traffic network; and/or
d) system operational planning methods comprising managing CAVH sub-system connection and cooperation and/or managing data flow and/or communication.

255 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Sensing as a Service sub-system is configured to provide cloud-computing based methods for sensing, said methods comprising:
a) managing crowd and multi-perspective sensing through multiple CAVH vehicle-based and roadside sensors;
b) local and global sensing methods comprising integrating local sensing data characterizing vehicle operations and global sensing data characterizing CAVH and transportation network states and events;
c) heterogenous sensing methods comprising receiving data computer vision, radar, and/or LiDAR data having heterogenous resolution, type, coverage, and/or frequency; and/or
d) network sensing methods comprising communicating with external data sources for emergency management, integrating multiple transportation modes, and/or forecasting travel demand.

256 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Control as a Service sub-system is configured to provide cloud-computing methods for CAVH vehicular control, said methods comprising:
a) methods for vehicle operational control comprising receiving and/or providing data characterizing vehicle speed, direction, map coordinate, and/or spacing relative to other vehicles;
b) methods for corridor activity control comprising managing automated driving, merging with non-CAV vehicles, and/or interacting with a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) service;
c) methods for global activity control comprising receiving and/or providing data characterizing routes; receiving and/or providing data characterizing detour, parking, traffic load, and/or congestion and/or managing first and/or last mile control of vehicles; and/or
d) methods for system operational control comprising communicating between one or more of an onboard unit (OBU), roadside unit (RSU), traffic control unit (TCU), and/or traffic control center (TCC); optimizing a network; and/or responding to a security and/or emergency event.

257 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Prediction/Analysis as a Service sub-system is configured to provide cloud-computing methods for CAVH system prediction and/or analysis, said methods comprising:
a) methods for vehicle activity prediction and/or analysis comprising analyzing CAVH mechanical status, predicting system failure, and/or predicting optimal speed;
b) methods for corridor activity prediction/analysis comprising predicting road traffic, detecting aggressive vehicles, and/or predicting an emergency; and/or
c) methods for global CAVH system activity prediction and/or analysis comprising predicting busy areas and/or busy times, suggesting things to do to a user, determining an optimal travel route, and/or determining an optimal parking lot.

258 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Security as a Service sub-system is configured to provide cloud-computing based methods for CAVH system security and protection, said methods comprising:
a) providing multi-layered and/or function-triggered access control for CAVH users, operators, managers, and/or developers;
b) managing active cyber security protocols against physical attack;
c) managing active cyber security protocols against attack on a vehicle and/or infrastructure;
d) managing active cyber security protocols against network attack;
e) providing redundancy designs and validating data using sensor-based crowd-validation;
f) interfacing cloud-based security with a second sub-system that is said planning as a service sub-system, said control as a service sub-system, and/or said storage as a service sub-system.

259 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Privacy as a Service sub-system is configured to provide cloud-computing based methods for protecting CAVH system privacy, said methods comprising
a) protecting user information comprising one or more of a user profile, user preferences, and/or trade record;
b) protecting user and vehicle activity information comprising travel trajectory, trip origin, trip destination, and/or trip schedule; and/or
c) protecting local and global operations comprising data collection, data storage, and/or leveled data access control.

260 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Storage as a Service sub-system is configured to:
a) provide cloud-based storage for user, vehicle, and/or infrastructure profile information;
b) provide real-time data storage and retrieval;
c) store and/or retrieve real-time sensing data, real-time control data, and/or real-time communication data;
d) provide short-term cloud-based data storage and retrieval to store and manage data from the past 1 to 7 days;
e) store and manage event data comprising one or more of a traffic crash, network congestion pattern, weather event, and/or road construction; and/or
f) provide long-term data storage and retrieval to store one or more of historical recurrent CAVH congestion/control patterns, non-recurrent CAVH congestion/control patterns, user profiles, CAVH vehicle status, OBU status, and/or RSU status.

261 . The cloud-based CAVH system of claim 253 wherein said Connectivity as a Service sub-system comprises:
a) a cloud computing-based communication and network services component configured to connect one or more of a CAVH user, CAVH vehicle, CAVH infrastructure, CAVH system, non-CAVH user, non-CAVH vehicle, non-CAVH infrastructure, and/or non-CAVH system;
b) a User-to-System component that is configured to:
1) connect CAVH users and CAVH cloud;
2) send data of user-end methods to CAVH cloud for calculation, analyzing, distribution and storage; and/or
3) send data aggregated from other CAVH components to use

Assignees

• Cavh Llc

Inventors

• Jin Jing
• Ran Bin
• Chen Tianyi
• Jiang Xiaowen
• Zhang Tianya
• Yao Zhenxing

Classifications

• H04L63/1441

  Countermeasures against malicious traffic (countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002) · CPC title

• H04W12/12

  Detection or prevention of fraud · CPC title

• H04L63/04

  for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W12/02

  Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] · CPC title