US 11,955,002 B2
Autonomous vehicle control system with roadside unit (RSU) network's global sensing
Bin Ran, Fitchburg, WI (US); Yang Cheng, Middleton, WI (US); Tianyi Chen, Fitchburg, WI (US); Shen Li, Madison, WI (US); Jing Jin, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Xiaoxuan Chen, Madison, WI (US); Fan Ding, Madison, WI (US); and Zhen Zhang, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to CAVH LLC, Fitchburg, WI (US)
Filed by CAVH LLC, Fitchburg, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,676.
Application 17/873,676 is a continuation of application No. 16/509,615, filed on Jul. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,482,102.
Application 16/509,615 is a continuation of application No. 15/628,331, filed on Jun. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,380,886, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/507,453, filed on May 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018419 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/07 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/042 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01)
CPC G08G 1/0145 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/017 (2013.01); G08G 1/07 (2013.01); G08G 1/0968 (2013.01); H04L 67/00 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/042 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous vehicle (AV) control system comprising:
a sensing module provided in a vehicle, said sensing module collecting driving environment information; and
an onboard unit (OBU) provided in the vehicle, said OBU comprising:
1) a vehicle control module controlling the vehicle;
2) a roadside unit (RSU) communication module, said RSU communication module communicating with one or more RSU and receiving vehicle-specific targeted instructions and driving environment information from said one or more RSU; and
3) a traffic control center/traffic control unit (TCC/TCU) communication module communicating with a TCC/TCU and receiving vehicle-specific traffic operations instructions from the TCC/TCU,
wherein the sensing module fuses data from a plurality of sensors and uses a backup plan if a sensor of the plurality of sensors has a functional problem; and
wherein the vehicle control module controls the vehicle using the driving environment information collected by said sensing module, the vehicle-specific targeted instructions and driving environment information provided by one or more RSU, and the vehicle-specific traffic operations instructions provided by the TCC/TCU.