A method, system, and/or computer program product creates an unimpeded pathway on a roadway for a first self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processor(s) determine a first vehicle priority level of the first SDV. The processor(s) determine other vehicle priority levels for other SDVs that are traveling on different lanes on a roadway, and then determine that the first vehicle priority level is higher than any of the other vehicle priority levels. Based on this determination, the processor(s) direct SDV on-board computers on the other SDVs to adjust spacing distances between the other SDVs, such that adjusted spacing distances between the other SDVs provide a pathway on the roadway for the first SDV that includes unobstructed lane changes, thus permitting the first SDV to maneuver around the other SDVs on the roadway in an unimpeded manner.


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    Title :

    Dynamic cross-lane travel path determination by self-driving vehicles


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-03-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / 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 / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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