AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATEDLY MANAGING VEHICLE DRIVING SAFETY AND COMPUTING AN INTERACTIVE ROAD RISK MAP

摘要

An expert system for integratedly managing vehicle driving safety and computing an interactive road risk map, in which at least one operations centre (3) operates, by means of bidirectional data exchange, with intelligent control units (5) mounted on respective vehicles and able to transmit to the operations centre (3) data associated with historical events that fails to require priority transmission to the operations centre (3) and data associated with extraordinary events that requires immediate and priority transmission to the operations centre (3). The operations centre (3) aggregates the trajectories associated with different vehicles, creating a road graph, accumulating on this graph critical traffic positions and disrupted traffic positions for extraordinary events based on data coming from the electronic control units of the vehicles or possibly other information sources, such as institutional traffic authorities, weather offices or highway authorities. Thanks to the visual and audible warnings that the apparatus can transmit to the driver, these deriving from its characteristics and interaction with the expert system resident in the operations centre, the system is able to prevent accidents and reduce risk.