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Systems and methods for resolving conflicts between paths of driverless vehicles based on time remaining in media assets being consumed in the driverless vehicles

AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.

InventorsVikram Makam Gupta, Gyanveer Singh, Anjum Makkar, Aaina Beniwal

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Abstract

Systems and methods for resolving conflicts between paths of smart vehicles based on time remaining in media assets being consumed in the smart vehicles. For example, two smart vehicles may be traveling along routes that conflict (e.g., they will converge at a particular point in the routes and collide). In order to resolve the conflict, one vehicle is instructed to yield to the other vehicle until the path is clear. The vehicles are instructed based on whether one or both vehicles are displaying a media asset (e.g., a movie) to passengers, and the amount of time left in the media asset compared to the amount of time left until the vehicles reach their destinations.

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A method for resolving conflicts between paths of smart vehicles based on time remaining in media assets being consumed in the smart vehicles, the method comprising:

determining, based on a first current location of a first smart vehicle and a second current location of a second smart vehicle, that a first path of the first smart vehicle and a second path of the second smart vehicle correspond to a conflict between the first smart vehicle and the second smart vehicle;
and
in response to determining the conflict:
receiving a first indication from the first smart vehicle, the first indication including a first duration remaining in a first trip of the first smart vehicle and a second duration remaining in a first media asset being consumed in the first smart vehicle;
calculating a first ratio of the first duration and the second duration as a first factor for the first smart vehicle;
receiving a second indication from the second smart vehicle;
determining, based on the second indication, whether a second media asset is being consumed in the second smart vehicle;
in response to determining that the second media asset is not being consumed, assigning a second factor based on a default factor;
determining whether the first factor is greater than the second factor;
assigning, based on determining that the first factor is greater than the second factor, a higher priority to the first smart vehicle and a lower priority to the second smart vehicle;
transmitting a first instruction to the first smart vehicle, wherein the first instruction instructs the first smart vehicle to proceed on the first path based on the assigned higher priority;
and
transmitting a second instruction, wherein the second instruction instructs the second smart vehicle to yield to the first smart vehicle, based on the assigned lower priority, until the first path of the first smart vehicle and the second path of the second smart vehicle no longer correspond to the conflict between the first smart vehicle and the second smart vehicle.

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A system for resolving conflicts between paths of smart vehicles based on time remaining in media assets being consumed in the smart vehicles, the system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:
determine, based on a first current location of a first smart vehicle and a second current location of a second smart vehicle, that a first path of the first smart vehicle and a second path of the second smart vehicle correspond to a conflict between the first smart vehicle and the second smart vehicle;
and
in response to determining the conflict:
receive a first indication from the first smart vehicle, the first indication including a first duration remaining in a first trip of the first smart vehicle and a second duration remaining in a first media asset being consumed in the first smart vehicle;
calculate a first ratio of the first duration and the second duration as a first factor for the first smart vehicle;
receive a second indication from the second smart vehicle;
determine, based on the second indication, whether a second media asset is being consumed in the second smart vehicle;
in response to determining that the second media asset is not being consumed, assign a second factor based on a default factor;
determine whether the first factor is greater than the second factor;
assign, based on determining that the first factor is greater than the second factor, a higher priority to the first smart vehicle and a lower priority to the second smart vehicle;
transmit a first instruction to the first smart vehicle, wherein the first instruction instructs the first smart vehicle to proceed on the first path based on the assigned higher priority;
and
transmit a second instruction, wherein the second instruction instructs the second smart vehicle to yield to the first smart vehicle, based on the assigned lower priority, until the first path of the first smart vehicle and the second path of the second smart vehicle no longer correspond to the conflict between the first smart vehicle and the second smart vehicle.

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Facts

Application: 15/456,121Filed 10 Mar 2017
Published: US 2018/0261098 A113 Sep 2018
Granted: 11 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G08G 1/163
Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication: involving continuous checking
G08G 1/162
Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication: event-triggered
G08G 1/164
Anti-collision systems: centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles
G08G 1/166
Anti-collision systems: for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

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