Abstract: A system that enables a vehicle to follow a traffic rule when traveling in a road network includes a database that stores data relating to at least one feature of the road network, a location detector that detects a location of the vehicle relative to the road network, a sensor that senses at least one object in a vicinity of the vehicle, and a processing system that controls the vehicle to autonomously obey at least one traffic rule, or provides a notification to a driver of the vehicle to enable the driver to obey at least one traffic rule, based on the detected location of the vehicle, data retrieved from the database relating to at least one feature of the road network, and data relating to at least one object sensed by the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2016
Assignees:
ROBOTIC RESEARCH, LLC, GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
Inventors:
Karl Murphy, Alberto Lacaze, Mark Del Giorno
Abstract: A system that enables a vehicle to follow a traffic rule when traveling in a road network includes a database that stores data relating to at least one feature of the road network, a location detector that detects a location of the vehicle relative to the road network, a sensor that senses at least one object in a vicinity of the vehicle, and a processing system that controls the vehicle to autonomously obey at least one traffic rule, or provides a notification to a driver of the vehicle to enable the driver to obey at least one traffic rule, based on the detected location of the vehicle, data retrieved from the database relating to at least one feature of the road network, and data relating to at least one object sensed by the sensor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 4, 2007
Publication date:
July 3, 2008
Applicants:
ROBOTIC RESEARCH, LLC, GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
Inventors:
Karl MURPHY, Alberto LACAZE, Mark DEL GIORNO