Method, apparatus, and computer program product for organizing autonomous vehicles in an autonomous transition region
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorsLeon Stenneth, Jeremy Michael Young, Jerome Beaurepaire
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for managing autonomous vehicles. In this regard, vehicle context data associated with an indication of a change in an autonomous level for a vehicle traveling along a road segment is determined. Furthermore, the vehicle is assigned to a queue of vehicles traveling along the road segment in response to a determination that the vehicle context data corresponds to particular vehicle context data associated with the queue of vehicles. An indication of the queue of vehicles may also be provided to the vehicle to facilitate navigation of the vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus configured to manage autonomous vehicles, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry and at least one memory including computer program code instructions, the computer program code instructions configured to, when executed by the processing circuity, cause the apparatus to:
- determine vehicle context data associated with an indication of a change in an autonomous level for a vehicle traveling along a road segment;
- in response to a determination that the vehicle context data corresponds to particular vehicle context data associated with a queue of vehicles traveling along the road segment,
- establish a communication connection between the vehicle and a particular vehicle from the queue of vehicles, and
- assign the vehicle to the queue of vehicles;
- and
- provide an indication of the queue of vehicles to the vehicle to cause navigation of the vehicle via a particular autonomous level associated with the particular vehicle from the queue of vehicles.
A computer-implemented method for managing autonomous vehicles, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining vehicle context data associated with an indication of a change in an autonomous level for a vehicle traveling along a road segment;
- in response to a determination that the vehicle context data corresponds to particular vehicle context data associated with a queue of vehicles traveling along the road segment,
- establishing a communication connection between the vehicle and a particular vehicle from the queue of vehicles, and
- assigning the vehicle to the queue of vehicles;
- and
- providing an indication of the queue of vehicles to the vehicle to cause navigation of the vehicle via a particular autonomous level associated with the particular vehicle from the queue of vehicles.
A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- determine vehicle context data associated with an indication of a change in an autonomous level for a vehicle traveling along a road segment;
- in response to a determination that the vehicle context data corresponds to particular vehicle context data associated with a queue of vehicles traveling along the road segment,
- establish a communication connection between the vehicle and a particular vehicle from the queue of vehicles, and
- assign the vehicle to the queue of vehicles;
- and
- provide an indication of the queue of vehicles to the vehicle to cause navigation of the vehicle via a particular autonomous level associated with the particular vehicle from the queue of vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.