Process and system for local traffic approximation through analysis of cloud data

A system for local traffic approximation through analysis of cloud data, comprising:

• a computerized traffic flow estimation controller of a host vehicle, operating programming to:
• monitor a planned navigational route of the host vehicle;
• detect along the planned navigational route a road section including cross-traffic which may pose an increased hazard to the host vehicle as compared to other road sections along the planned navigational route, wherein the road section including cross-traffic comprises a road section including merging traffic or an intersection of a first roadway along the planned navigational route upon which the host vehicle is planned to travel and a second roadway;
• monitor the cloud data related to a mobile cellular device disposed within a second vehicle, wherein the second vehicle is disposed within the road section including the cross-traffic and along the second roadway that is spaced from the planned navigational route;
• analyze the cloud data related to the mobile cellular device disposed within the second vehicle to identify traffic posing a hazardous condition to the host vehicle within the road section including the cross-traffic;
• and
• generate a vehicle alert to a driver of the host vehicle based upon the identified traffic.

A process for local traffic approximation through analysis of cloud data, comprising:

• within a computerized traffic flow estimation controller of a host vehicle, operating programming to:
• monitor a planned navigational route of the host vehicle;
• detect along the planned navigational route a road section including cross-traffic which may pose an increased hazard to the host vehicle as compared to other road sections along the planned navigational route, wherein the road section including cross-traffic comprises a road section including merging traffic or an intersection of a first roadway along the planned navigational route upon which the host vehicle is planned to travel and a second roadway;
• monitor the cloud data related to a mobile cellular device disposed within a second vehicle, wherein the second vehicle is disposed within the road section including the cross-traffic and along the second roadway that is spaced from the planned navigational route, the cloud data including one of global positioning service data or roaming cellular data acquired from a plurality of cellular towers;
• analyze the cloud data related to the mobile cellular device disposed within the second vehicle to identify the second vehicle as posing a hazardous condition to the host vehicle within the road section including the cross-traffic;
• and
• generate a vehicle alert to a driver of the host vehicle based upon the second vehicle.