US 12,315,367 B2Granted

Intelligent entry and egress for dedicated lane

AssigneeCavnue Technology, LLC

InventorsDavid Hahn Clifford, Paul Mark de la Vergne

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Abstract

Systems and techniques are described for enabling access and egress to dedicated lanes in a vehicular environment. In some implementations, a system include a central server, a gantry system, and a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are positioned in a fixed location relative to a roadway. Each sensor in the plurality of sensors can detect vehicles in a field of view on the roadway. For each detected vehicle, each sensor can generate sensor data and provide the generated sensor data to the gantry system. The gantry system can receive the sensor data and determine whether the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane based on the received sensor data. In response to determining the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane, the gantry system can display an entry speed, open a gate to enable the detected vehicle access, and display an access indicator to the detected vehicle.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a central server;
a gantry system configured to provide access to a dedicated lane of a roadway to vehicles;
a plurality of sensor devices positioned in a fixed location relative to the roadway, wherein a sensor device from the plurality of devices is configured to:
detect vehicles in a first field of view on the roadway, and for each detected vehicle:
generate sensor data for the detected vehicle;
and
provide the generated sensor data to the gantry system;
wherein the gantry system is configured to:
receive, from the sensor device, the generated sensor data;
determine, using the generated sensor data, that the detected vehicle approaching the gantry system is (i) in a transition lane of the roadway and (ii) is traveling at a speed greater than a threshold value;
determine the detected vehicle cannot access the dedicated lane based on the speed of the detected vehicle;
display the speed equivalent to the threshold value for the detected vehicle;
receive, from another sensor device located a distance from the sensor device on the transition roadway, additional sensor data, the additional sensor data indicating a new speed of the detected vehicle that satisfies the threshold value while traveling in the transition lane;
in response to determining the new speed of the detected vehicle satisfies the threshold value, determine, using the additional sensor data, that the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane;
and
in response to determining the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane, (i) display, on a display screen of the gantry system, a speed for the detected vehicle to enter the dedicated lane, (ii) open a gate to enable the detected vehicle access to the dedicated lane, and (iii) display, on the display screen, an indicator indicating the detected vehicle has permission to access the dedicated lane.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting, by a sensor device in a plurality of sensor devices positioned in a fixed location relative to a roadway, vehicles in a first field of view on the roadway, and for each detected vehicle:
generating sensor data for the detected vehicle;
providing the generated sensor data to a gantry system, wherein the gantry system is configured to provide access to a dedicated lane of the roadway to the vehicles;
receiving, by the gantry system, the generated sensor data;
determining, by the gantry system and using the generated sensor data, that the detected vehicle approaching the gantry system is (i) in a transition lane of the roadway and (ii) is traveling at a speed greater than a threshold value;
determining, by the gantry system, the detected vehicle cannot access the dedicated lane based on the speed of the detected vehicle;
displaying, by the gantry system, the speed equivalent to the threshold value for the detected vehicle;
receiving, by the gantry system and from another sensor device located a distance from the sensor device on the transition roadway, additional sensor data, the additional sensor data indicating a new speed of the detected vehicle that satisfies the threshold value while traveling in the transition lane;
in response to determining the new speed of the vehicle satisfies the threshold value, determining, using the additional sensor data, that the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane;
and
in response to determining the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane, (i) displaying, on a display screen of the gantry system, a speed for the detected vehicle to enter the dedicated lane, (ii) opening, by the gantry system, a gate to enable the detected vehicle access to the dedicated lane, and (iii) displaying, by the gantry system, an indicator indicating the detected vehicle has permission to access the dedicated lane.

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One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

detecting, by each sensor device in a plurality of sensor devices positioned in a fixed location relative to a roadway, vehicles in a first field of view on the roadway, and for each detected vehicle:
generating sensor data for the detected vehicle;
providing the generated sensor data to a gantry system, wherein the gantry system is configured to provide access to a dedicated lane of the roadway to the vehicles;
receiving, by the gantry system, the generated sensor data;
determining, by the gantry system and using the generated sensor data, that the detected vehicle approaching the gantry system is (i) in a transition lane of the roadway and (ii) is traveling at a speed greater than a threshold value;
determining, by the gantry system, the detected vehicle cannot access the dedicated lane based on the speed of the detected vehicle;
displaying, by the gantry system, the speed equivalent to the threshold value for the detected vehicle;
receiving, by the gantry system and from another sensor device located a distance from the sensor device on the transition roadway, additional sensor data, the additional sensor data indicating a new speed of the detected vehicle that satisfies the threshold value while traveling in the transition lane;
in response to determining the new speed of the vehicle satisfies the threshold value, determining, using the additional sensor data, that the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane;
and
in response to determining the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane, (i) displaying, on a display screen of the gantry system, a speed for the detected vehicle to enter the dedicated lane, (ii) opening, by the gantry system, a gate to enable the detected vehicle access to the dedicated lane, and (iii) displaying, by the gantry system, an indicator indicating the detected vehicle has permission to access the dedicated lane.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.