A system and method for playing a sequence of items including certain selected items of content. A media player operating on a computing device plays the content that is received over a network from a content server. The user controls the media player using a user interface, and further controls the content that is desired. An auto-content selector allows the user to select content related to a particular subject matter like weather and traffic that is automatically added to the sequence of items to be played based on detected information about the user such as the user's location.

Pathside communication relay (PCR) for collecting and distributing pathside data among client devices. The PCR collects client data from client devices (such as vehicles, pedestrians, and roadside infrastructure) and sensor data from sensors. The PCR processes the collected client data and sensor data and generates pathside data to be distributed among the client devices. In some examples, the PCR includes wireless telecommunication circuitry for distributing the pathside data over dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) signals using the Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) protocol and/or Cellular-Vehicle to everything (Cellular-V2X) communications. The pathside data can include location data of client devices and other objects, ambient conditions, traffic data, and other information to facilitate improved decision-making (such as collision avoidance) by client devices.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus and system that may allow a user to facilitate the flow of traffic over contained environments or otherwise. This apparatus and system may improve management for the flow of traffic by providing a lower barrier for entry for municipalities and other entities to collaborate on traffic management. In some embodiments, those in control may create a tiered system for a series of lights within a connected block. In some implementations, those in control may create a tiered system over a larger grid system, such as an entire neighborhood, district, city, or state. In some aspects, the apparatus and system may allow those in control to set priorities for how to handle developing traffic conditions.

The communication system in an embodiment includes a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a controller that issues an instruction for executing priority control when a priority vehicle passes through a place where a roadside unit is installed. The priority control prioritizes a first communication performed by the priority vehicle via the roadside unit over a second communication performed by anything other than the priority vehicle via the roadside unit.

A traffic control device of the present disclosure includes: a communication unit which receives target passing direction information and traffic information about moving objects in an intersection area transmitted from a traffic environment recognition device which acquires the traffic information; a pass schedule generation unit which predicts behaviors in the intersection area for each moving object to pass an intersection, on the basis of the traffic information and the target passing direction information, and generates a pass schedule in the intersection for each moving object; a collision judgment unit which judges a collision occurrence possibility in the intersection on the basis of the pass schedules; a passing order rank setting unit which sets passing order ranks if it is judged that collision will occur; and an adjusted pass schedule generation unit which generates adjusted pass schedules.

An object is to share information of detected obstacles on a road among communication devices, using efficient communication. A communication device according to the present disclosure includes: a wireless receiving unit for receiving wireless information including first obstacle information of a first obstacle which is at least one obstacle, from outside; a first obstacle extraction unit for extracting the first obstacle information from the wireless information; a second obstacle detection unit for detecting second obstacle information of a second obstacle which is at least one obstacle present in an own surrounding area by a sensor; and an overlap information removing unit which, if there is overlap obstacle information between the first obstacle information and the second obstacle information, removes the overlap obstacle information from the second obstacle information, to generate difference obstacle information.

Disclosed is a remote driving method using another autonomous device of a network in automated vehicle & highway systems. A method according to one aspect of the present invention transmits, to a second device, a remote driving request message, when a message indicating impossibility of communication between a first device and a terminal connected to the network is received from the terminal, receives, from the second device, a success response message for establishment of communication for remote driving of the first device, and transmits, to the first device, a remote driving start message. According to an embodiment of the present invention, remote driving can be performed using another autonomous vehicle in automated vehicle & highway systems. One or more of an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal and a server of the present invention can be associated with artificial intelligence modules, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G service, etc.

Cluster-based management of vehicle power consumption is provided. Electrical power consumption and processing power consumption of a vehicle is optimized by dynamically determining a cluster of vehicles for the vehicle to join based on input sensor data capturing functions, sensor data processing functions, communication functions, vehicle driving functions, and interior vehicle functions. In response to the vehicle joining the cluster of vehicles, an appropriate proportion of information the vehicle is to process is determined based on current input sensor data capturing functions, sensor data processing functions, and communication functions the vehicle is performing and current power consumption levels the vehicle is using, and current input sensor data capturing functions, sensor data processing functions, and communication functions other vehicles in the cluster of vehicles are performing and current power consumption levels the other vehicles in the cluster are using.

A road-side unit includes a first transceiver configured to communicate using a first vehicle-to-infrastructure protocol and a second transceiver configured to communicate using a second vehicle-to-infrastructure protocol, the first vehicle-to-infrastructure protocol and the second vehicle-to-infrastructure protocol being incompatible with one another. The road-side unit further includes a processor programmed to monitor transmissions from the first and second transceivers, receive an incoming message sent to the processor from the first transceiver, the incoming message being designated for distribution to roadway participants, identify based on the monitored transmissions whether the second transceiver is in communication with devices of roadway participants available to receive outgoing messages, and if so, construct an outgoing message based on the incoming message and send the outgoing message via the second transceiver.

A method is designed to provide platooning information using a multi-focal plane augmented reality display of a host vehicle. The method includes receiving platooning data from at least one of a plurality of remote vehicles. Each of the plurality of remote vehicle is part of a platoon. The platooning data includes locations, trajectories, and headways of each of the plurality of remote vehicles. The method further includes determining whether the platoon is within a predetermined distance from the host vehicle using the platooning data. Further, the method includes transmitting a command signal to the multi-focal plane augmented reality display of the host vehicle to display a virtual image on the multi-focal plane augmented reality display. The virtual image is indicative of a platooning action related to the platoon that is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle.