Comparative priority and target destination based lane assignment of autonomous vehicles

• Main Authors: Rakshit, Sarbajit K, Kline, Eric V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.07.2021
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

Embodiments include a computer-implemented method, system and computer-program product for performing a comparative priority and target destination based lane assignment is provided. Embodiments include determining a number of lanes available for lane assignment, receiving target destination information for one or more vehicles, and receiving vehicle information from the one or more vehicles. In addition, the embodiments include determining location information for the one or more vehicles, and assigning the one or more vehicles based at least in part on the target destination information and the vehicle information.