A highway system including: a stretch of highway that includes one or more lanes, and each lane being divided into a plurality of fixed size slots; a plurality of vehicles traveling on the highway at a system specified speed; and a control system configured to control the plurality of vehicles by sending commands to the plurality of vehicles via a wireless communication system; wherein the control system is configured to divide time into timeslots based on the system specified speed and the size of the slots, such that each vehicle is assigned to occupy a slot during a timeslot; wherein each of the plurality of vehicles includes a processor configured to receive a command from the control system and to control its associated vehicle according to the command.


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    Title :

    HIGHWAY SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-10-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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