Control of the movement of a semi-autonomous or autonomous motorised road vehicle approaching a level crossing

An embedded system for controlling movement for an autonomous or semi-autonomous motorized road vehicle, the system comprising:

• in the autonomous or semi-autonomous motorized road vehicle,
• at least one external sensor configured to perceive information on a nearby zone located at least in front of the motorized road vehicle,
• at least one detecting module configured to detect, based on the information perceived by said at least one external sensor, characteristics of the nearby zone;
• a receiving module configured to receive, via wireless communication, at least one message transmitted by a fixed piece of infrastructure located in a level-crossing zone crossing a road over which said vehicle is moving;
• and
• a processing module configured to automatically control the movement of the motorized road vehicle based either on characteristics detected by said at least one detecting module, or on said at least one message received by the receiving module,
• wherein the system is configured to:
• extract, from said at least one received message, one or more pieces of information relating to a signaling and/or protecting system installed in said level-crossing zone and/or relating to one or more structural components of said signaling and/or protecting system,
• wherein the processing module is configured to decide how to handle the movement control based on said one or more extracted pieces of information.