US 2022/0044567 A1Published application

System and method for improving operational safety of a roadway construction site

OwnerZachary Paul Liollioinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for roadway construction management and safety. Roadway construction is inherently filled with danger and obstacles which require an orchestrated set of management policies and safety procedures. The disclosed embodiments improve roadway construction management as well as roadway construction safety through use of autonomous vehicular control and positioning systems. Further, the improvements allow remote control and overall access to roadway safety vehicles in the roadway construction zones in which potential hazards may occur. The use of such embodiments reduces the human capital requirement as well as reduces the risk of casualty and loss of life for both the roadway construction workers and roadway travelers traversing roadway construction zones.

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A system for roadway construction safety management, comprising:

a plurality of roadway construction vehicles, the plurality of roadway construction vehicles having at least one crash attenuator vehicle and at least one site management vehicle;
a first mobile computing device, wherein the first mobile computing device is equipped to the at least one site management vehicle;
a second mobile computing device, wherein the second mobile computing device is equipped to the at least one crash attenuator vehicle;
a sensor system, wherein the sensor system is configured to the at least one crash attenuator vehicle, and further wherein the sensor system is configured to the second mobile computing device of the at least one crash attenuator vehicle;
an autonomous driving control assembly, wherein the autonomous driving control assembly is configured to the at least one crash attenuator vehicle, and wherein the autonomous driving control assembly is configured to the second mobile computing device of the at least one crash attenuator vehicle;
and
an input device, wherein the input device is configured to the at least one site management vehicle, wherein the input device is configured to receive input and communicate the input to the first mobile computing device on the at least one site management vehicle.

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A method for roadway construction management and safety, comprising:

displaying, by a first mobile computing device equipped on a site management vehicle, an overview of a plurality of construction vehicles located at a roadway construction site;
transmitting, by the first mobile computing device equipped on the site management vehicle, a command to engage autonomous following on a crash attenuator vehicle;
receiving, by a second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, the command to engage autonomous following;
engaging, by the second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, a sensor system on the crash attenuator vehicle, wherein the sensor system includes at least a 360-degree camera system;
transmitting, from the sensor system equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle to the second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, input from a surrounding environment;
processing, by the second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, the input from the surrounding environment;
transmitting, by the second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, instructions to an autonomous driving control assembly equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle;
engaging, by the autonomous driving control assembly equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, wherein engaging activates actuators to control the movement of the crash attenuator vehicle;
transmitting, by the second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, confirmation of activation of the autonomous driving control assembly to the first mobile computing device equipped on the site management vehicle;
transmitting, by the second mobile computing device equipped on the crash attenuator vehicle, wherein transmitting communicates real time information about the crash attenuator vehicle.

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Application: 16/988,768Filed 10 Aug 2020
Published: 10 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G08G 1/162
Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication: event-triggered
G08G 1/20
Traffic control systems for road vehicles: monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or…
G08G 1/096725
Where the received information might be used to generate an automatic action on the vehicle control: where the received information generates an…
G08G 1/096741
Where a selection of the information might take place: where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to…

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