A vehicle connectivity and communication device includes at least one transmitter/receiver for establishing and maintaining communications with a system for controlling and/or monitoring vehicles and/or traffic over at least two different communications infrastructures, at least one sensor for measuring and reporting a performance characteristic of communication over the different communications infrastructures, and a controller for selecting an active communications infrastructure based on the measured performance characteristic.

A computer-implemented method of generating and broadcasting telematics and/or image data is provided. Telematics and/or image data may be collected, with customer permission, in real-time by a mobile device (or a Telematics App running thereon) traveling within an originating vehicle. The telematics data may include acceleration, braking, speed, heading, and location data associated with the originating vehicle. The mobile device may generate an updated telematics data broadcast including up-to-date telematics data at least every few seconds; and then broadcast the updated telematics data broadcast at least every few seconds via wireless communication to another computing device to facilitate alerting another vehicle or driver of an abnormal traffic condition or event that the originating vehicle is experiencing. An amount that an insured uses or otherwise employs the telematics data-based risk mitigation or prevention functionality may be used with usage-based insurance, or to calculate or adjust insurance premiums or discounts.

A computer-implemented method of updating an auto insurance policy is provided. The method may include (1) determining that a customer's mobile device has a Telematics Application (“App”) installed on it, the Telematics App configured to (i) receive telematics data associated with another vehicle via a wireless communication broadcast; (ii) determine a travel event from analysis of the telematics data received, and (iii) generate a corrective action based upon the telematics data received or travel event determined that alleviates the risk of vehicle collision. The method may also include (2) monitoring, with the customer's permission, an amount or percentage of usage of the Telematics App on the customer's mobile device while the customer is driving in an insured vehicle; and (3) adjusting an insurance policy premium or discount based upon usage of the Telematics App to facilitate rewarding risk-averse drivers and encourage usage of risk mitigation or prevention technology.

A miniaturized, portable and automatic air-traffic control (ATC) system to determine the position of air vehicles is described. The system is composed by a portable control tower that detects manned air traffic equipped with ADS-B or transponder, and a computer compatible software to display the position of the detected air vehicles. This system is used in conjunction with a drone system, providing to the latter the air-traffic local information. The information given to the drone system allows performing automatic collision avoidance with the air vehicles detected in the flight area of the drone.

A miniaturized, portable and automatic air-traffic control (ATC) system to determine the position of air vehicles is described. The system is composed by a portable control tower that detects manned air traffic equipped with ADS-B or transponder, and a computer compatible software to display the position of the detected air vehicles. This system is used in conjunction with a drone system, providing to the latter the air-traffic local information. The information given to the drone system allows performing automatic collision avoidance with the air vehicles detected in the flight area of the drone.

The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication cells in conjunction with MEC nodes may provide low-latency processing of vehicle movement data to generate vehicle guidance instructions for vehicles. Vehicle movement data of vehicles are received at a base station of a wireless carrier network from a UAV communication cell that is attached to the base station. The base station sends the vehicle movement data to a mobile edge computing (MEC) node that directly communicates with the base station so that the MEC node generates vehicle guidance instructions. The vehicle guidance instructions are then received by the base station from the MEC node. In turn, the base station sends the vehicle guidance instructions to the UAV communication cell for broadcasting to vehicles.

Systems and methods for system for controlling a traffic grid, the system comprising a traffic grid including a first roadway and a second roadway, the second roadway crossing the first roadway at an intersection; a special transit lane included within at least one of the first roadway and the second roadway, the special transit lane being configured to share both personal vehicular traffic and special vehicular traffic; a detector configured to detect the presence of a special vehicle within a detection zone, which detection zone is formed within the special transit lane in a predetermined area proximate to the intersection; and a signal light proximate to the intersection configured to control traffic traveling through the intersection, the signal light having a controller; wherein the controller controls the signal light to operate in a first mode of operation based, at least in part, on a detection of a special vehicle by the detector within the detection zone.

Anti-collision airport system including a motorized mobile device to be moved close to an aircraft. The system includes a database to record structural characteristics of categories of aircraft and structural characteristics of the motorized mobile device. The controller is configured to identify a category corresponding to the aircraft and a positioning of the motorized mobile device with respect to the aircraft, search and retrieve, from the database, structural characteristics associated with the category corresponding to the aircraft and structural characteristics of the motorized device, calculate a trajectory for the movement of the motorized mobile device on the basis of the structural characteristics of the aircraft and of the motorized mobile device and of the positioning of the motorized mobile device with respect to the aircraft, and control the motorized mobile device according to the calculated trajectory.

Anti-collision airport system including a motorized mobile device to be moved close to an aircraft. The system includes a database to record structural characteristics of categories of aircraft and structural characteristics of the motorized mobile device. The controller is configured to identify a category corresponding to the aircraft and a positioning of the motorized mobile device with respect to the aircraft, search and retrieve, from the database, structural characteristics associated with the category corresponding to the aircraft and structural characteristics of the motorized device, calculate a trajectory for the movement of the motorized mobile device on the basis of the structural characteristics of the aircraft and of the motorized mobile device and of the positioning of the motorized mobile device with respect to the aircraft, and control the motorized mobile device according to the calculated trajectory.

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining data specifying a plurality of alternative candidate routes for travel by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a current location of the UAV to a destination location; selecting one of the alternative candidate routes as a selected route for travel by the UAV; and controlling the UAV so that while the UAV travels along the selected route the UAV emulates a ground based vehicle (GBV).