Systems and methods for generating a virtual environment in a flock of vehicles are provided. In this method a reflector is utilized to define a coverage area. Sensory data from autonomous vehicles within this coverage area is collected, along with non-vehicle data. Then a virtual environment may be replicated using the data at a local computational device on each of the vehicles via the transmission of messages through the reflector. Each vehicle can use this data to make decisions regarding movements, as well as having the traffic patterns optimized based upon an objective. When traffic flow is being optimized it is also possible to assign weights to the vehicles to provide them preferential treatment in the traffic flow model. The traffic flow model that is generated may be a fluid dynamics model, or may be based upon deep learning techniques. The objective for the model is generally to maximize total vehicle throughput in order to reduce overall traffic congestion.


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    Titel :

    Systems and methods for vehicle flocking for improved safety and traffic optimization


    Beteiligte:
    SMITH DAVID A (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2022-08-30


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING , Elektrische digitale Datenverarbeitung / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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