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US 11,688,280 B2Granted
Dynamic traffic management system
AssigneeKyndryl, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Wisnewski, Thomas E. Reichart, Gregory Wisnewski, Daniel Grey Yates
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Abstract
Example techniques are described for determining a dynamic traffic-management plan based on factors such as predicted increases in traffic and known-structurally-deficient transportation infrastructure. Traffic patterns may be re-routed, particularly during high-congestion events, to reduce or avoid excessive weight loads travelling across weakened sections of roads, bridges, or the like.
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A method comprising:
- receiving historical traffic data for a set of roads and infrastructure data specifying structural condition and state of wear of a plurality of bridge structure infrastructure units disposed within the set of roads;
- predicting using the historical traffic data that a high traffic event will occur at a specified location within the set of roads;
- responsive to the predicting that that the high traffic event will occur at a specified location within the set of roads, determining whether respective ones of the plurality of bridge structure infrastructure units disposed within the set of roads are within a vicinity of the specified location within the set of roads;
- identifying from the determining first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units as being within the vicinity of the specified location within the set of roads, wherein a weight limit over specified time has been ascertained for the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units using the infrastructure data specifying the structural condition and state of wear for the first and second bridge structure infrastructure units;
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- controlling traffic over the set of roads so that, at a time of the high traffic event, traffic is reduced over the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units in order to satisfy the weight limit over specified time ascertained for the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units using the infrastructure data specifying the structural condition and state of wear for the first and second bridge structure infrastructure units.
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A system comprising:
- a receiver configured for receiving historical traffic data for a set of roads and infrastructure data specifying structural condition and state of wear of a plurality of bridge structure infrastructure units disposed within the set of roads;
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- processing circuitry configured for:
- predicting using the historical traffic data that a high traffic event will occur at a specified location within the set of roads;
- responsive to the predicting that that the high traffic event will occur at a specified location within the set of roads, determining whether respective ones of the plurality of bridge structure infrastructure units disposed within the set of roads are within a vicinity of the specified location within the set of roads;
- identifying from the determining first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units as being within the vicinity of the specified location within the set of roads, wherein a weight limit over specified time has been ascertained for the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units using the infrastructure data specifying the structural condition and state of wear for the first and second bridge structure infrastructure units;
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- controlling traffic over the set of roads so that, at a time of the high traffic event, traffic is reduced over the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units in order to satisfy the weight limit over specified time ascertained for the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units using the infrastructure data specifying the structural condition and state of wear for the first and second bridge structure infrastructure units.
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A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that when executed cause one or more processors to perform the method comprising:
- receiving historical traffic data for a set of roads and infrastructure data specifying structural condition and state of wear of a plurality of bridge structure infrastructure units disposed within the set of roads;
- predicting using the historical traffic data that a high traffic event will occur at a specified location within the set of roads;
- responsive to the predicting that that the high traffic event will occur at a specified location within the set of roads, determining whether respective ones of the plurality of bridge structure infrastructure units disposed within the set of roads are within a vicinity of the specified location within the set of roads;
- identifying from the determining first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units as being within the vicinity of the specified location within the set of roads, wherein a weight limit over specified time has been ascertained for the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units using the infrastructure data specifying the structural condition and state of wear for the first and second bridge structure infrastructure units;
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- controlling traffic over the set of roads so that, at a time of the high traffic event, traffic is reduced over the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units in order to satisfy the weight limit over specified time ascertained for the first and second bridge structure transportation infrastructure units using the infrastructure data specifying the structural condition and state of wear for the first and second bridge structure infrastructure units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.