Granted Patent B2

US 12,518,622 · App. 18/594,856 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventors: Bin Ran (Fitchburg, WI); Xiaoying Yi (Fitchburg, WI); Luyang Wang (Fitchburg, WI); Junwei You (Fitchburg, WI); Eric Ran (Fitchburg, WI); Yang Cheng (Middleton, WI); Tianyi Chen (Fitchburg, WI); Shen Li (Madison, WI); Jing Jin (Basking Ridge, NJ); Xiaoxuan Chen (Madison, WI); Fan Ding (Madison, WI); Zhen Zhang (Madison, WI)

Assignee: CAVH LLC

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Abstract

Claims (32)

1 . An autonomous vehicle (AV) intelligent driving system (IDS) comprising:

a sensing module provided in an AV, said sensing module collecting driving environment information; and

an onboard unit (OBU) provided in the AV, said OBU comprising:

1) a vehicle control module operating and/or controlling the AV;

2) a traffic control center/traffic control unit (TCC/TCU) communication module communicating with a TCC/TCU and receiving vehicle-specific targeted weather and/or special information at a Guidance Level of vehicle driving tasks from the TCC/TCU,

wherein the sensing module fuses data from a plurality of sensors and uses a backup plan if a sensor of the plurality of sensors has a functional problem; and

wherein the vehicle control module controls the AV using the driving environment information collected by said sensing module, and the vehicle-specific weather and/or special information provided by the TCC/TCU.

2 . The AV IDS of claim 1 , wherein said special information at the Guidance Level of vehicle driving tasks comprises activity, accidents, and hazards/obstacles.

3 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , wherein the OBU receives vehicle-specific targeted pavement condition information from the TCC/TCU.

4 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , wherein the TCC/TCU sends the vehicle-specific weather and/or the special information to a roadside unit (RSU) and said RSU sends the vehicle-specific weather and/or special information to the AV.

5 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , wherein said vehicle control module controls or operates the AV using the vehicle-specific weather and/or pavement condition information provided by the TCC/TCU.

6 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , wherein said vehicle control module controls or operates the AV using the vehicle-specific weather and/or hazards/obstacles information provided by the TCC/TCU.

7 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , wherein said vehicle control module controls or operates the AV using the vehicle-specific weather and/or accidents information provided by the TCC/TCU.

8 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , wherein said AV and said TCC/TCU fulfill driving tasks together and use each other as a backup in case of an error or failure.

9 . The AVIDS of claim 1 , configured to: receive vehicle-specific weather and/or special information from said one or more TCC/TCU; and control, by the vehicle control module, the AV comprising said AV intelligent driving system using said vehicle-specific weather and/or special information.

10 . A connected and automated vehicle (CAV) comprising the AVIDS according to claim 1 .

11 . An autonomous vehicle (AV) intelligent driving system (IDS) comprising:

a sensing module provided in an AV, said sensing module collecting driving environment information; and

an onboard unit (OBU) provided in the AV, said OBU comprising:

1) a vehicle control module operating and/or controlling the AV;

2) a roadside unit (RSU) communication module, said RSU communication module communicating with one or more RSU and receiving vehicle-specific targeted weather and/or special information at a Guidance Level of vehicle driving tasks from said one or more RSU;

wherein the sensing module fuses data from a plurality of sensors and uses a backup plan if a sensor of the plurality of sensors has a functional problem; and

wherein the vehicle control module controls the AV using the driving environment information collected by said sensing module, and the vehicle-specific targeted weather and/or special information provided by one or more RSU.

12 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein said special information at the Guidance Level of vehicle driving tasks comprises activity, accidents, and/or hazards/obstacles.

13 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein the OBU receives vehicle-specific targeted pavement condition information from an RSU.

14 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein the RSU sends the vehicle-specific weather and/or special information to an AV.

15 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein said vehicle control module controls or operates the AV using the vehicle-specific weather and/or pavement condition information provided by the RSU.

16 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein said vehicle control module controls or operates the AV using the vehicle-specific weather and/or hazards/obstacles information provided by the RSU.

17 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein said vehicle control module controls or operates the AV using the vehicle-specific weather and/or accidents information provided by the RSU.

18 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , wherein said AV and said RSU fulfill driving tasks together and use each other as a backup in case of an error or failure.

19 . The AVIDS of claim 11 , configured to: receive vehicle-specific weather and/or special information from said one or more RSU; and control, by the vehicle control module, an AV comprising said AV intelligent driving system using said vehicle-specific weather and/or special information.

20 . A connected and automated vehicle (CAV) comprising the AVIDS according to claim 11 .

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