Method for signaling a suggestion of a behavior and associated terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020152063-A1
Application number	US-201816627126-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	May 14, 2020
Grant date	—

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

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, determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion, determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion, 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 a sub-act belonging to the group consisting of the following sub-acts:
determining a value corresponding to a duration relating to the first vehicle and to said portion, determining a value corresponding to a path of the first vehicle on said portion, said value being then taken into consideration, with configuration rules, in the act 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, determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion, determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion, 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 . (canceled)

11 . 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, determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion, determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion, 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.

12 . 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, determining an arrival of the second vehicle on said portion, determining a suggestion of a behavior of the second vehicle at said portion, 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

• G08G1/0965

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

• G08G1/162 Primary

  event-triggered · CPC title

• G08G1/166

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

• G08G1/161 Primary

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