US 12,112,650 B2
Autonomous transportation system and methods
Charles J. Jacobus, Brighton, MI (US); Douglas Haanpaa, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Eugene Foulk, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Pritpaul Mahal, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Steve Rowe, Grass Lake, MI (US); Charles J. Cohen, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Glenn J. Beach, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Cybernet Systems Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by Cybernet Systems Corp., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/105,066.
Application 17/105,066 is a continuation of application No. 16/180,739, filed on Nov. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,909,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,152, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0082297 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G08G 9/02 (2006.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 9/02 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transportation system operative to manage the behavior of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and manually operated vehicles (MVs) sharing a common transportation environment including a road network and intersections, the system comprising:
a traffic control infrastructure;
a plurality of active, electronic tags, each being adapted to be worn or carried by pedestrians or moving objects within the transportation environment;
a plurality of computer navigation and status servers, each server including a wireless communications interface and a memory;
wherein the wireless communications interface of each server is in communication with the AVs, MVs, traffic control infrastructure, pedestrians and moving objects;
wherein the memory of each server stores information relating to the position and movement of the AVs, MVs, pedestrians and moving objects;
wherein the servers use their wireless communications interfaces to send and receive messages to and from the AVs and MVs to inform the AVs and MVs as to the current position and movement of the AVs, MVs, pedestrians and objects moving in a proximal driving area of the AVs and MVs on and along roads throughout the road network and through the intersections within the environment; and
including servers that are operative to inform the AVs or MVs in the event that differential GPS corrections are unavailable.