Granted Patent B2

US 12,646,411 · App. 17/358,036 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Inventors: Neslihan Kose Cihangir (Munich, DE); Rafael Rosales (Unterhaching, DE); Florian Geissler (Munich, DE); Michael Paulitsch (Ottobrunn, DE); Ignacio Alvarez (Portland, OR)

Assignee: Intel Corporation

G08G1/123G08G1/056H04W4/40

Abstract

Claims (52)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to receive a plurality of data items provided by a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of data items comprises information indicating presences of a plurality of road users in a road environment, wherein the plurality of road users comprises a first road user and a second road user;

a processor configured to:

identify a first object related to the first road user and a second object related to the second road user from the plurality of data items;

predict a respective road user trajectory for each of the plurality of road users based on the plurality of data items;

generate road user trajectory data based on the predicted road user trajectories, wherein the road user trajectory data comprises information indicating a respective predicted location of each of the plurality of road users in the road environment;

determine whether the predicted location of the first road user will be occupied by the first road user and the second road user at the same time;

determine locations in the road environment where there will be no occupancy by any one of the plurality of road users for a period of time; and

generate an alternative trajectory for a road user being the first road user of the plurality of road users based on the determination of the locations;

encode a first message based on the determination of the occupancy of the predicted location of the first road user to be transmitted to the first road user; and

encode a second message based on the determination of the occupancy of the predicted location of the first road user to be transmitted to the second road user.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to predict the road user trajectory for the road user based on a road user data item, and

wherein the road user data item comprises at least one of the following information:

an indication of a type of the road user;

an indication of a posture of the road user;

an indication of a behaviour of the road user;

an indication of a state of the road user;

wherein the plurality of data items comprises the road user data item.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of data items comprises a first sensor data item and a second sensor data item; and

wherein the processor is further configured to perform a first prediction based on the first sensor data item, and perform a second prediction based on the second sensor data item.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine the occupancy of the predicted location of the first road user based on a second road user information; and

wherein the second road user information comprises at least one of the following:

an indication of a type of the second road user;

an indication of a posture of the second road user;

an indication of a behaviour of the second road user;

an indication of a state of the second road user.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to encode a message for transmission,

wherein the message comprises information indicating the alternative trajectory.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit an encoded message.

7 . A system comprising:

a plurality of indicators configured to be located at a plurality of indicator locations;

a plurality of sensors configured to:

detect an object, and

provide a plurality of data items comprising information indicating whether the object has been detected by one of the plurality of sensors, and

an apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

predict a respective road user trajectory for each of a plurality of road users based on the plurality of data items comprising information indicating presences of the plurality of road users in a road environment,

generate road user trajectory data based on the predicted road user trajectories, wherein the road user trajectory data comprises information indicating a respective predicted location of each of the plurality of road users in the road environment;

determine locations in the road environment where there will be no occupancy by any one of the plurality of road users for a period of time;

determine a location of the road user; and

select one of the plurality of indicators based on the location of the road user and to transmit a signal to the selected indicator; and

generate an alternative trajectory for a road user of the plurality of road users based on the determination of the locations.

8 . The system of claim 7 ,

wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a first sensor and a second sensor, and

wherein the first sensor is configured to detect an area of interest and located to detect the area of interest from a first viewing angle, and

wherein the second sensor is configured to detect at least a portion of the area of interest from a second viewing angle.

9 . The system of claim 8 ,

wherein one of the plurality of sensors are configured to detect a brake light condition of a vehicle, and

wherein the one of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate one of the plurality of data items comprising an indication of the brake light condition of the vehicle.

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