IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,395,528
Granted Patent B2
US 10,395,528 · App. 16/000,981 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Transportation vehicle traffic management

Inventors: Weijun Li (Xian, CN); Chong Liu (Xian, CN); Xiao Ting Xiao (Beijing, CN); Jinfan Zhu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,395,528
App. No.
16/000,981
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed aspects relate to transportation vehicle traffic management. A traffic controller detects a first traffic state parameter value for a first lane. In response to detecting the first traffic state parameter value, the traffic controller establishes a first broadcast of a first movement value (e.g., speed, acceleration, direction). The first movement value may indicate a first movement pattern for a first set of vehicles in the first lane. In response to establishing the first broadcast of the first movement value, the traffic controller detects a second traffic state parameter value for the first lane. In response to detecting the second traffic state parameter value the traffic controller modifies the first broadcast of the first movement value. The modified first movement value may indicate a second movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

Claims (24)

1. A computer-implemented method for transportation vehicle traffic management, the method comprising:

establishing, by a traffic controller in response to detecting a first traffic state parameter value for a first lane, a first broadcast of a first movement value to indicate a first movement pattern for a first set of vehicles in the first lane;

modifying, by the traffic controller in response to detecting a second traffic state parameter value for the first lane, the first broadcast of the first movement value to indicate a second movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane;

establishing, by the traffic controller in response to detecting a third traffic state parameter value for a second lane, a second broadcast of a second movement value to indicate a third movement pattern for a second set of vehicles in the second lane;

modifying, by the traffic controller in response to detecting a fourth traffic state parameter value for the second lane, the second broadcast of the second movement value to indicate a fourth movement pattern for the second set of vehicles in the second lane;

receiving, by the traffic controller from a transportation vehicle, a triggering communication; and

modifying, in a dynamic fashion by the traffic controller in response to receiving the triggering communication, the first broadcast of the first movement value.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing, by the traffic controller in response to detecting the fourth traffic state parameter for the second lane, the first broadcast of the first movement value to indicate the first movement pattern for the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first movement value includes a speed value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first movement value includes an acceleration value.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first movement value includes a directional value.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first broadcast indicates to change a set of speed values of the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the set of speed values includes a speed of zero.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first broadcast includes a communicative connection of the traffic controller with the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sensing, by the traffic controller, the first set of vehicles in the first lane.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: collecting, by a vehicle module, a set of spatial relationships.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: communicating, between the traffic controller and a vehicle module, a lane position.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: constructing, by a vehicle module, a fixed set of vehicles.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining, by a vehicle module on a vehicle, a speed of the vehicle for a temporal period.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transportation vehicle traffic management occurs in an automated fashion without user intervention.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

metering use of the transportation vehicle traffic management; and

generating an invoice based on the metered use.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2018
From: LI, WEIJUN; LIU, CHONG; XIAO, XIAO TING; ZHU, JINFAN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 15649892 · Jul 14, 2017
Continuation 15242570 · Aug 21, 2016
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