Video analytics traffic monitoring and control

An edge unit device for controlling a semi-autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• an interface to a vehicle registration repository for receiving a local set of vehicle identities;
• an interface to a traffic signal at a controlled intersection, the local set of vehicle identities based on a subset of vehicles deemed proximate to the controlled intersection;
• a video analytics processor for computing, from an imaged detection of a vehicle corresponding to the set of vehicle identities, a distance of the vehicle approaching the controlled intersection;
• an interface to one or more cameras for transmitting the image for vehicle detection;
• and
• processor logic for controlling, based on a comparison of a speed threshold with the computed distance, the vehicle in order to conform a speed of the vehicle with a predetermined speed corresponding to the speed threshold.

A computer program embodying program code on a non-transitory medium that, when executed by a processor, performs steps for implementing a method of controlling a semi-autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

• propagating a local set of vehicle identities to an edge unit, the edge unit in communication with a traffic signal at a controlled intersection, the local set of vehicle identities based on a subset of vehicles deemed proximate to the controlled intersection;
• computing, from an imaged detection of a vehicle corresponding to the set of vehicle identities, a distance of the vehicle approaching the controlled intersection;
• and
• controlling, based on a comparison of a speed threshold with the computed distance, the vehicle in order to conform a speed of the vehicle with a predetermined speed corresponding to the speed threshold.