Augmented reality assisted traffic infrastructure visualization

An edge server comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memory modules;
• and
• machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the edge server to:
• receive a service request from a vehicle within a geographic area serviced by the edge server;
• receive a first set of data from the vehicle comprising a position of the vehicle within the geographic area, a direction that the vehicle is facing, and a field of view for an augmented reality display associated with the vehicle;
• obtain historical traffic data associated with the geographic area;
• identify one or more traffic infrastructures within the field of view of the augmented reality display based on a map associated with the geographic area, the historical traffic data, the position of the vehicle, and the direction the vehicle is facing;
• generate an augmented reality image for the one or more traffic infrastructures based on the historical traffic data and the field of view of the augmented reality display;
• and
• send the augmented reality image to the vehicle.

A system comprising:

• an edge server;
• a map server;
• and
• a historical traffic data server,
• wherein the edge server is configured to:
• receive a service request from a vehicle within a geographic area serviced by the edge server;
• determine whether a map of the geographic area stored on the edge server is up to date;
• in response to determining that the map of the geographic area stored on the edge server is not up to date, request an up to date map of the geographic area from the map server;
• receive a first set of data from the vehicle comprising a position of the vehicle within the geographic area, a direction that the vehicle is facing, and a field of view for an augmented reality display associated with the vehicle;
• receive historical traffic data associated with the geographic area from the historical traffic data server;
• identify one or more traffic infrastructures within the field of view of the augmented reality display based on the map, the historical traffic data, the position of the vehicle, and the direction the vehicle is facing;
• generate an augmented reality image for the one or more traffic infrastructures based on the historical traffic data and the field of view of the augmented reality display;
• and
• send the augmented reality image to the vehicle.