Patent application EP18160352A (EP), filed 2018-03-06
Publication number: EP3379201A1
Title: AUTOMATED VEHICLE SAFE STOP ZONE USE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
Abstract: A safe-stop-zone identification system (10) suitable for use on an automated-vehicle includes a digital-map (24), a transceiver (18), and a controller (34). The digital-map (24) indicates a travel-path (26) suitable for travel by a host-vehicle (12), wherein the digital-map (24) also indicates a safe-stop-zone (32) proximate to the travel-path (26). The transceiver (18) is operable to broadcast information (52) about the host-vehicle (12). The controller (34) is in communication with the digital-map (24) and the transceiver (18). The controller (34) navigates the host-vehicle (12) into the safe-stop-zone (32) when an emergency-situation (40) occurs, and then operates the transceiver (18) to broadcast that the safe-stop-zone (32) is occupied by the host-vehicle (12).
IPC codes: B60K  28/    06            A I
B60W  30/    06            A I
B62D  15/    02            A I
G01C  21/    32            A I
G01C  21/    36            A I
G05D   1/    00            A I
G05D   1/    02            A I
G06K   9/    00            A I
G08G   1/  0962            A I
G08G   1/  0967            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A safe-stop-zone identification system (10) suitable for use on an automated-vehicle, said system (10) comprising:
number: 2
text: The system (10) in accordance with claim 1, wherein the information (52) includes a vehicle-size (54) of the host-vehicle (12).
number: 3
text: The system (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the information (52) includes an unavailable-marker (56) used to classify the safe-stop-zone (32) in the digital-map (24).
number: 4
text: The system (10) in accordance with claim 3, wherein the unavailable-marker (56) designates a portion of the safe-stop-zone (32) that is unavailable for use by other vehicles.
number: 5
text: The system (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the information (52) includes an emergency-type (58).
number: 6
text: The system (10) in accordance with claim 5, wherein the emergency-type (58) includes one or more of vehicle-disabled, vehicle-on-fire, medical-emergency, and police-needed.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-09-26
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: EP3296976A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2657921A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US9547986B1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2002026266A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: FR3055288A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2002026266
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: EP2657921
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US9547986
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: FR3055288
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2018-09-26)