Systems and Methods for Roadway Management Including Feedback
AssigneeStc PLC
InventorBrad Cross
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Abstract
A system and method that enables individual travelers, including pedestrians or individuals on smaller conveyances, to communicate their location and direction of travel to signal light controllers at an intersection, enables traffic networks to receive this communication and output the detected data to the corresponding intersection traffic-signal controller to allow for individuals not in standard motor vehicles to be detected by traffic detection systems and to allow for priority of traveler flow either independent of vehicle use, or based on specifics of the vehicle used. The system also provides feedback to the traveler to provide information about the actions of the system or to alter the movement of the traveler.
Claims20
A method for assisting the scheduling of a vehicle pickup, the method comprising;
- a mobile communication device carried by a traveler requesting that said traveler be picked up by a first vehicle;
- prior to said traveler being picked up by said first vehicle, detecting said first vehicle and a second vehicle approaching an intersection;
- determining how said first vehicle will pass through said intersection to reach said traveler;
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- adjusting signaling at said intersection to allow said first vehicle to pass through said intersection before said second vehicle.
A method for assisting the flow of vehicles through an intersection, the method comprising;
- a mobile communication device carried by a traveler determining that said traveler is utilizing a first vehicle;
- receiving a location and direction of travel transmission from said mobile communication device when said first vehicle approaches an intersection;
- detecting a second vehicle approaching said intersection;
- determining said traveler and said first vehicle combination has priority over said second vehicle because said traveler is utilizing said first vehicle;
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- adjusting signaling at said intersection to stop said second vehicle from entering said intersection and allow said traveler to pass through said intersection first.
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