System and method of traffic signal violation risk assessment and warning

A system for traffic signal violation risk assessment for a vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle sensor configured to capture data in a field of view forward the vehicle;
• a vehicle communications system configured for at least one of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications and telematic communications with an infrastructure unit, wherein the infrastructure unit is capable of providing intersection information;
• and
• a traffic signal violation risk assessment (TSVR) module in communication with the vehicle sensor and the vehicle communications system, wherein the TSVR module is configured to:
• analyze the captured data to determine an intersection, a traffic light at the intersection, and a traffic light current state (TLCS);
• collect intersection information from the infrastructure unit, wherein the intersection information includes a time to next state (TTN) of the traffic light at the intersection;
• determine a risk of traffic signal violation based on the TLCS and TTN;
• and
• implement a physical action to mitigate the risk of traffic signal violation.

A traffic signal violation risk assessment (TSVR) module comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable media comprising instructions to cause the processor to:
• analyze an image of a front view of a vehicle to identify an intersection;
• determine the intersection has a traffic signal;
• communicate with infrastructure units to determine a current state of the traffic signal, a time until the next change of state of the traffic signal, and vehicle traffic approaching the intersection;
• determine a level of risk of traffic signal violation by a vehicle based on the current state of the traffic signal, a time until the next change of state of the traffic signal, and the vehicle traffic approaching the intersection, wherein the level of risk includes one of a low risk and a high risk;
• and
• unicast a warning in response to a determined low risk and geocasting a multimodal proactive warning in response to a determined high risk.