Three-dimensional traffic report
AssigneeTriangle Software LLC
InventorsAndre Gueziec, Paul Levy, Glenn Waldron
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality data are produced and issued to the traveler.
Claims33
A road traffic report dissemination system, comprising:
- at least one data source configured to provide current data relating to traffic conditions;
- a data processing engine configured to generate quality traffic data, the quality traffic data comprising current data that is as complete and timely as is presently available;
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- a publishing engine configured to generate a three-dimensional traffic report based on the quality traffic data, wherein the traffic report comprises traffic area images of a particular traffic area and a plurality of computer-generated traffic route images that follow the natural path of real-world traffic routes in the particular traffic area, the plurality of computer-generated traffic route images overlaid on the traffic area images.
A method for generating a traffic report, comprising:
- collecting current data relating to traffic conditions from at least one data source;
- generating quality traffic data, the quality traffic data comprising current data that is as complete and timely as is presently available;
- decomposing a plurality of computer-generated traffic route images that follow the natural path of real world traffic routes in a particular traffic area into one or more segments;
- mapping the quality traffic data to each of the one or more segments;
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- generating a three-dimensional traffic report based on the quality traffic data.
A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating a traffic report, the method comprising:
- collecting current data relating to traffic conditions from at least one data source;
- generating quality traffic data, the quality traffic data comprising current data that is as complete and timely as is presently available;
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- generating a three-dimensional traffic report based on the quality traffic data, wherein generating the three-dimensional traffic report includes:
- displaying a plurality of computer-generated traffic route images that follow the natural path of real-world traffic routes in a particular traffic area;
- decomposing the plurality of computer-generated traffic route images into one or more segments;
- mapping the quality traffic data to each of the one or more segments;
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- populating each of the one or more segments with one or more polygonal objects representative of traffic flow and as reflected by the quality traffic data.
A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating a three-dimensional traffic report based on quality traffic data and comprising traffic area images of a particular traffic area, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of computer-generated traffic route images that follow the natural path of real-world traffic routes in the particular traffic area, the plurality of computer-generated traffic route images overlaid on the traffic area images and comprising one or more segments;
- mapping the quality traffic data comprising current traffic data that is as complete and timely as is presently available to at least one of the one or more segments, the quality traffic data having been generated by a data processing engine receiving current data relating to traffic conditions from at least one data source;
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- displaying the current traffic data mapped to the at least one of the one or more segments, wherein the displayed current traffic data is color coded relative to particular real-world traffic conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.