IN-VEHICLE ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (IVATMIS)

摘要

An In-Vehicle Active Traffic Management Information System (IVATMIS) that provides vehicles with messages derived from non-DMS and non-ADMS sources. IVATMIS receives, develops, and prioritizes the messages from these sources to provide suitable message streams to drivers of manually-driven vehicles and to self-driving vehicles that represents the indications on traffic Active Traffic Management device (ATM) deployments on freeways and bridges. The messages include and/or use information obtained from a traffic management center or from a source whose information originates from a traffic management center for ATM traffic management devices other than DMS and ADMS. The messages may include descriptions of traffic events and traffic conditions from Lane Control Signals, Variable Speed Limit Signs, dynamic lane markings, and dynamic toll rate information. This information may include required or suggested lane use, speed limits and traffic event descriptions that enable the driver or self-driving vehicle to infer descriptions of traffic events and conditions.