Communication between vehicles with varying degrees of automation is increasingly challenging as highly automated vehicles are unable to interpret the non-verbal signs of other road users. The lack of understanding on roads leads to lower trust in automated vehicles and impairs traffic safety. To address these problems, we propose the Road User Communication Service, a software as a service platform, which provides information exchange and cloud computing services for vehicles with varying degrees of automation. To inspect the operability of the proposed solution, field tests were carried out on a test track, where the autonomous JKU-ITS research vehicle requested the state of a driver in a manually-controlled vehicle through the implemented service. The test results validated the approach showing its feasibility to be used as a communication platform. A link to the source code is available.
翻译:由于高度自动化的车辆无法解释其他道路使用者的非语言标志,因此不同自动化程度的车辆之间的通信越来越具有挑战性;由于对道路缺乏了解,导致对自动化车辆的信任降低,交通安全受损;为了解决这些问题,我们提议采用道路用户通信服务这一软件作为服务平台,为不同自动化程度的车辆提供信息交流和云计算服务;为检查拟议解决方案的可操作性,在测试轨道上进行了实地测试,即自主JKU-ITS研究车辆通过实施服务要求人工控制车辆的驾驶员状况;测试结果证实了该方法的可行性,表明该方法可用作通信平台;与源码有链接。