# US 11,443,626 B2 · Adjusting vehicle timing in a transportation network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,626 B2 - Document ID: US11443626B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/913,909 - Filed: 2020-06-26 - Published: 2021-01-14 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-06 - Assignees: Quartz Auto Technologies LLC - Applicants: Quartz Auto Technologies LLC - Inventors: Tobias Dannat; Andreas Kuehmichel; Tim Scheideler; Matthias Seul; Thomas Allen Snellgrove - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443626B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/123: indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) - G01C 21/3492: {employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)} - G06Q 10/047: Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G08G 1/00: Traffic control systems for road vehicles (arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 {; automatic vehicle control B62D}) - G08G 1/20: {Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining passenger information of one or more passenger traveling within a transportation network; and providing one or more output based on a processing of the passenger information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: obtaining, by one or more processor, passenger information of one or more passenger, wherein the passenger information includes passenger location information; and providing, by the one or more processor, an output based on a processing of the passenger information, wherein the processing includes: determining one or more flow matrix; determining a cumulative wait time, using the one or more flow matrix; and determining an adapted timetable using the cumulative wait time, the adapted timetable having one or more adjusted vehicle timing; and outputting the output, wherein the output includes the adapted timetable, wherein the output is an output to adjust a timing of one or more vehicle of a transportation network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the passenger information includes determining alternative trajectories based on the cumulative wait time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the cumulative wait time includes determining cumulative wait time of passengers through one or more interchange station of the transportation network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes transmitting the output to a machine vehicle operator. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the adapted timetable of the output specifies one or more of the following selected from the group consisting of (a) adjusted vehicle departure times and (b) adjusted vehicle speeds. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the output includes specifying a delayed departure time for one or more vehicle of the transportation network to reduce a cumulative wait time for passengers of the transportation network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the adapted timetable specifies a schedule of departures of vehicles of the transportation network, and wherein the method includes presenting the adapted timetable to vehicle operators and passengers of the transportation network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the adapted timetable specifies a schedule of departures of vehicles of the transportation network, wherein the method includes transmitting the adapted timetable to computing nodes of vehicle operators and wherein the method includes transmitting the adapted timetable to computing nodes of vehicle operators of the transportation network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the output includes information recommending a change to a passenger trajectory, and wherein the output is transmitted to a computing node of a passenger. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes tracking a route of a certain passenger through the transportation network during a trip of the certain passenger, and based on the determining the cumulative wait time, transmitting, during the trip, to a passenger computing node of the certain passenger a recommendation to change the certain passenger's route through the transportation network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the output is transmitted to a computing node of a vehicle operator of the transportation network. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the passenger trajectory information includes passenger trajectory information of a plurality of passengers and wherein the passenger information includes passenger position information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes processing to determine the adapted timetable for providing a reduced cumulative wait time. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the output is based on a processing of vehicle information. ### Claim 15 A computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage device readable by one or more processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by one or more processor for performing a method comprising: obtaining, by one or more processor, passenger information of one or more passenger, wherein the passenger information includes passenger trajectory information; and providing, by the one or more processor, an output based on a processing of the passenger information, wherein the processing includes: determining one or more flow matrix; determining a cumulative wait time using the one or more flow matrix; determining an adapted timetable using the cumulative wait time, the adapted timetable having one or more adjusted vehicle timing; and outputting the output, wherein the output includes the adapted timetable, wherein the output is an output to adjust a timing of one or more vehicle of a transportation network. ### Claim 16 A system comprising: a memory; one or more processor in communication with the memory; and program instructions executable by the one or more processor via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising: obtaining, by one or more processor, passenger information of one or more passenger, wherein the passenger information includes passenger trajectory information; and providing, by the one or more processor, an output based on a processing of the passenger information, wherein the processing includes: determining one or more flow matrix; determining a cumulative wait time using the one or more flow matrix; determining an adapted timetable using the cumulative wait time, the adapted timetable having one or more adjusted vehicle timing; and outputting the output, wherein the output includes the adapted timetable, wherein the output is an output to adjust a timing of one or more vehicle of a transportation network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the providing an output includes specifying a delayed departure time for one or more vehicle of the transportation network to reduce a cumulative wait time for passengers of the transportation network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the adapted timetable specifies a schedule of departures of vehicles of the transportation network, wherein the method includes transmitting the adapted timetable to computing nodes of vehicle operators and wherein the method includes transmitting the adapted timetable to computing nodes of vehicle operators of the transportation network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the method includes tracking a certain passenger's route through the transportation network during a trip of the certain passenger, and based on the determining the cumulative wait time, transmitting during the trip to a passenger computing node of the certain passenger a recommendation to change the certain passenger's route through the transportation network.