Infrastructure Interaction System and Method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving situational data from an infrastructure system; processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions; generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions; and providing the AV instructions to one or more autonomous vehicles.
1 . A computer-implement method, executed on a computing device, comprising:
receiving situational data from an infrastructure system;
processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions;
generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions; and
providing the AV instructions to one or more autonomous vehicles.
2 . The computer-implement method of claim 1 wherein processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
enabling one or more vehicle monitors to process the situational data to identify the one or more AV-impacting conditions.
3 . The computer-implement method of claim 2 wherein generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
enabling the one or more vehicle monitors to generate the AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions.
4 . The computer-implement method of claim 3 wherein the one or more vehicle monitors includes:
one or more human vehicle monitors.
5 . The computer-implement method of claim 1 wherein the one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
a dangerous condition;
an emergency condition;
an inefficient condition;
a delay-inducing condition; and
an adverse weather condition.
6 . The computer-implement method of claim 1 wherein the infrastructure system includes one or more of:
a portion of a roadway infrastructure system;
a portion of a bridge infrastructure system;
a portion of a ferry infrastructure system; and
a portion of a tunnel infrastructure system.
7 . The computer-implement method of claim 1 wherein the situational data includes data provided by one or more of:
an image-based monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system;
a weather monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system;
an environmental monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system; and
a congestion monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system.
8 . A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving situational data from an infrastructure system;
processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions;
generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions; and
providing the AV instructions to one or more autonomous vehicles.
9 . The computer program product of claim 8 wherein processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
enabling one or more vehicle monitors to process the situational data to identify the one or more AV-impacting conditions.
10 . The computer program product of claim 9 wherein generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
enabling the one or more vehicle monitors to generate the AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions.
11 . The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the one or more vehicle monitors includes:
one or more human vehicle monitors.
12 . The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
a dangerous condition;
an emergency condition;
an inefficient condition;
a delay-inducing condition; and
an adverse weather condition.
13 . The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the infrastructure system includes one or more of:
a portion of a roadway infrastructure system;
a portion of a bridge infrastructure system;
a portion of a ferry infrastructure system; and
a portion of a tunnel infrastructure system.
14 . The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the situational data includes data provided by one or more of:
an image-based monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system;
a weather monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system;
an environmental monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system; and
a congestion monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system.
15 . A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving situational data from an infrastructure system;
processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions;
generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions; and
providing the AV instructions to one or more autonomous vehicles.
16 . The computing system of claim 15 wherein processing the situational data to identify one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
enabling one or more vehicle monitors to process the situational data to identify the one or more AV-impacting conditions.
17 . The computing system of claim 16 wherein generating AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
enabling the one or more vehicle monitors to generate the AV instructions based, at least in part, upon the one or more AV-impacting conditions.
18 . The computing system of claim 17 wherein the one or more vehicle monitors includes:
one or more human vehicle monitors.
19 . The computing system of claim 15 wherein the one or more AV-impacting conditions includes:
a dangerous condition;
an emergency condition;
an inefficient condition;
a delay-inducing condition; and
an adverse weather condition.
20 . The computing system of claim 15 wherein the infrastructure system includes one or more of:
a portion of a roadway infrastructure system;
a portion of a bridge infrastructure system;
a portion of a ferry infrastructure system; and
a portion of a tunnel infrastructure system.
21 . The computing system of claim 15 wherein the situational data includes data provided by one or more of:
an image-based monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system;
a weather monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system;
an environmental monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system; and
a congestion monitoring system incorporated into the infrastructure system.