Predictive traffic management system
OwnerPrannoy Royinventor
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Abstract
A traffic control method and system that interfaces to all available traffic control systems (401), which include all manner of existing traffic control systems and new traffic control systems, extends the scope and capabilities the real-time monitoring of traffic characteristics (402) and utilizes artificial intelligence techniques to predict and/or detect traffic congestion (403), as well as to determine corrective actions (404) to be performed by relevant available mechanisms. These corrective actions are then caused to occur by providing appropriate data and instructions to the selected mechanisms and systems using compatible interfaces provided for this purpose.
Claims21
A method of optimizing vehicular traffic across a defined area comprising the steps of:
- interfacing to each available traffic regulation/guidance and monitoring mechanism;
- monitoring traffic flow characteristics across the entire defined area, in real-time;
- analyzing the monitored traffic flow characteristics to predict and/or detect traffic congestion and identify avoidable time delays;
- determining functions required to be performed by a selected one or more of said traffic regulation/guidance mechanisms to avoid or mitigate traffic congestion and/or minimize travel delays;
- and
- causing the selected traffic regulation/guidance mechanisms to implement the determined functions,
- wherein said monitoring traffic flow characteristics comprises physically positioning one or more dynamically relocate-able traffic sensing mechanisms.
A vehicular traffic management system for a defined area comprising:
- one or more monitoring mechanisms providing real-time data of traffic flow characteristics across the entire defined area;
- one or more traffic regulating/guiding mechanisms each with a defined interface for invoking any or more of a defined set of functional capabilities positioned at known locations in the defined area;
- a set of one or more analytical engines configured to predict and/or detect traffic congestion and traffic delays based on real time data obtained from each of the monitoring mechanisms;
- a set of one or more evaluation engines configured to determine functions required to be performed by a selected one or more of the available traffic regulating/guiding mechanisms in the defined area to avoid or mitigate the predicted and/or detected traffic congestion and to minimize travel delays;
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- a supervisory mechanism that operates the defined interface of each of the selected traffic regulating/guiding mechanisms and causes them to implement the determined functions,
- wherein the traffic regulating mechanisms include one or more vehicle-actuated isolated junction systems.
A vehicular traffic management system for a defined area comprising:
- one or more monitoring mechanisms providing real-time data of traffic flow characteristics across the entire defined area;
- one or more traffic regulating/guiding mechanisms each with a defined interface for invoking any or more of a defined set of functional capabilities positioned at known locations in the defined area;
- a set of one or more analytical engines configured to predict and/or detect traffic congestion and traffic delays based on real time data obtained from each of the monitoring mechanisms;
- a set of one or more evaluation engines configured to determine functions required to be performed by a selected one or more of the available traffic regulating/guiding mechanisms in the defined area to avoid or mitigate the predicted and/or detected traffic congestion and to minimize travel delays;
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- a supervisory mechanism that operates the defined interface of each of the selected traffic regulating/guiding mechanisms and causes them to implement the determined functions,
- wherein the traffic regulating mechanisms include one or more vehicle-actuated coordinated junction systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.