Vehicle Characteristics --> Vehicle:
vehicle characteristics

Definitions

vehicle characteristics (Information Flow): The physical or visible characteristics of individual vehicles that can be used to detect, classify, and monitor vehicles and imaged to uniquely identify vehicles.

Vehicle Characteristics (Source Physical Object): 'Vehicle Characteristics' represents the external view of individual vehicles of any class from cars and light trucks up to large commercial vehicles and down to micromobility vehicles (MMVs). It includes vehicle physical characteristics such as height, width, length, weight, and other properties (e.g., magnetic properties, number of axles) of individual vehicles that can be sensed and measured or classified. This physical object represents the physical properties of vehicles that can be sensed by vehicle-based or infrastructure-based sensors to support vehicle automation and traffic sensor systems. The analog properties provided by this terminator represent the sensor inputs that are used to detect and assess vehicle(s) within the sensor's range to support safe AV operation and/or responsive and safe traffic management.

Vehicle (Destination Physical Object): This 'Vehicle' physical object is used to model core capabilities that are common to more than one type of Vehicle. It provides the vehicle-based general sensory, processing, storage, and communications functions that support efficient, safe, and convenient travel. Many of these capabilities (e.g., see the Vehicle Safety service packages) apply to all vehicle types including personal vehicles, commercial vehicles, emergency vehicles, transit vehicles, and maintenance vehicles. From this perspective, the Vehicle includes the common interfaces and functions that apply to all motorized vehicles. The radio(s) supporting V2V and V2I communications are a key component of the Vehicle. Both one-way and two-way communications options support a spectrum of information services from basic broadcast to advanced personalized information services. Advanced sensors, processors, enhanced driver interfaces, and actuators complement the driver information services so that, in addition to making informed mode and route selections, the driver travels these routes in a safer and more consistent manner. This physical object supports all six levels of driving automation as defined in SAE J3016. Initial collision avoidance functions provide 'vigilant co-pilot' driver warning capabilities. More advanced functions assume limited control of the vehicle to maintain lane position and safe headways. In the most advanced implementations, this Physical Object supports full automation of all aspects of the driving task, aided by communications with other vehicles in the vicinity and in coordination with supporting infrastructure subsystems.

Included In

This Triple is in the following Service Packages:

• VS01: Autonomous Vehicle Safety Systems
• VS02: V2V Basic Safety
• VS03: Situational Awareness
• VS04: Special Vehicle Alert
• VS06: Stop Sign Gap Assist
• VS08: Queue Warning
• VS13: Intersection Safety Warning and Collision Avoidance
• VS14: Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control
• VS15: Infrastructure Enhanced Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control
• VS16: Maneuver Coordination
• VS17: Automated Vehicle Operations

This triple is associated with the following Functional Objects:

• Vehicle Control Warning
• Vehicle Gap Assist
• Vehicle Queue Warning

This Triple is described by the following Functional View Data Flows:

• fvc-vehicle_characteristics

This Triple has the following triple relationships:

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