US 2021/0174679 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR ROUTE USING ROAD-SHOULDER PARKING STATE INFORMATION

Abstract

A method and system for searching for a route using road-shoulder parking state information is provided for a vehicle operating in conjunction with a server via a wireless communication network. The method includes identifying vehicles stopped on a shoulder of a road by analyzing an image captured by a camera and determining a vehicle to be reported as being stopped on the shoulder of the road among the identified vehicles stopped on the shoulder of the road. A road-shoulder stop report message is generated corresponding to the determined vehicle to be reported as being stopped on the shoulder of the road and the road-shoulder stop report message is transmitted to the server.

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Dependent claims

A method for searching for a route using road-shoulder parking state information in a vehicle operating in conjunction with a server via a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

identifying, by a controller, at least one vehicle stopped on a shoulder of a road by analyzing an image captured by a camera while the vehicle is being driven;
determining, by the controller, the at least vehicle to be reported as being stopped on the shoulder of the road among the identified vehicles stopped on the shoulder of the road;
and
generating, by the controller, a road-shoulder stop report message corresponding to the determined at least one vehicle to be reported as being stopped on the shoulder of the road, and transmitting the road-shoulder stop report message to the server.

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A method for searching for a route using road-shoulder parking state information in a server operating in conjunction with a vehicle via a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

searching, by the server, for an initial route to a destination set by a user, based on collected road-shoulder stop information and transmitting the found initial route to the vehicle;
receiving, by the server, at least one road-shoulder information report message corresponding to the initial route from a different vehicle while traveling toward the destination;
monitoring, by the server, a driving state change for each node section included in the initial route, based on the road-shoulder information report message;
re-searching, by the server, for a route from a current position of the vehicle to the destination, based on an outcome of the monitoring;
and
transmitting, by the server, to the vehicle, the route detected again.

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A vehicle, comprising:

a camera configured to capture an image around the vehicle;
a vehicle identification device configured to identify at least one vehicle stopped on a shoulder of a road by analyzing an image captured by the camera while the vehicle is being driven;
a road-shoulder occupancy rate calculation device configured to calculate an occupancy rate at which the identified vehicle stopped on the shoulder of the road occupies an outermost lane;
a driving impossibility determination device configured to determine the at least one vehicle to be reported as being stopped on the shoulder of the road, based on the calculated occupancy rate;
a report message generation unit configured to generate a road-shoulder stop report message corresponding to the determined at least one vehicle to be reported as being stopped on the shoulder of the road;
and
a wireless communication device configured to transmit the road-shoulder stop report message to a server via a wireless communication network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for searching for route using road-shoulder parking state information

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Method and system for searching for route using road-shoulder parking state information

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