RF-eye’s Intelligent Infrastructural System: with RF-eye’s identification beacons, vehicles maintain essential functions even with the loss of connectivity or during power outages.

Connectivity Loss

Autonomous vehicles rely heavily on a constant flow of data to determine it’s location and for interpreting images collected. Loss of connectivity halts the vehicle in traffic, creating delays and potential safety hazards.

Solution: RF-eye location beacons in raised pavement markers provide highly accurate positioning information so vehicles can navigate without connectivity; RF-eye identification beacons on road signs and other road users enable the vehicle to navigate when the vehicle loses internet connectivity providing local data to enable the vehicle to move in traffic.

Traffic lights serve as critical signals for road users. When these lights fail, it can lead to confusion and gridlock, with autonomous vehicles often programmed to stop indefinitely. Without light the on board cameras may have insufficient clarity for identification; if cell towers are also down, they are unable to infer what the cameras are seeing.

Solution: RF-eye beacons on road infrastructure such as traffic lights and stop signs offer a reliable backup, these beacons inform vehicles that it is at a lighted intersection, and seeing no lights, it knows to follow the appropriate rules for unpowered intersections. Embedded RF-eye beacons on pedestrians and other road users increase the safety of the vehicle when the camera data is unclear.

Advanced driving systems often become 'confused' in unexpected road patterns, unclear markings, or complex scenarios not anticipated by their algorithms.

Solution: RF-eye beacons provide an informational rich environment, giving the vehicle more data that reduces reliance on potentially confusing visual inputs. Vehicles equipped with learning algorithms can adapt over time to manage unusual traffic scenarios more effectively.