Patent ID: 11935406
Assignee: UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a first communication unit which transmits and receives a message to and from a traffic signal system;
a first processor which is connected to the first communication unit, classifies a driving status of the vehicle into a departure status and a moving status, and processes a message which is transmitted and received to and from the traffic signal system in different ways in accordance with the departure status and the moving status; and
a moving device which is connected to the first processor and moves the vehicle,
wherein the traffic signal system includes signal lights installed at a plurality of adjacent intersections, and
in the departure status,
when a traffic signal for a traveling direction of the vehicle is changed to a green signal, the first communication unit receives a departure available message from the traffic signal system,
the first communication unit receives the departure available message and, after a predetermined standby time has elapsed, transmits a departure status response message and a pilot signal for positioning to the traffic signal system, and
the signal light which receives the departure status response message transmits a vehicle entry message to a traffic signal of the next intersection in consideration of the position and the moving direction of the vehicle estimated using the pilot signal.