Assessing traffic status with sensors
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsCsaba Zoltán Garay, Douglas Antony Rinckes
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for assessing traffic status with sensors is provided. The method includes receiving sensor readings from a plurality of mobile sensors for detecting a traffic parameter and obtaining traffic information associated with the received sensor readings. The method also includes identifying a change in traffic based on the obtained traffic information and the received sensor reading, and determining whether a traffic incident has occurred based on the identified change. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for assessing traffic incidents with sensors, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor readings from a plurality of mobile sensors for detecting a traffic parameter;
- obtaining traffic information associated with the received sensor readings;
- identifying a change in traffic based on the obtained traffic information and the received sensor readings;
- determining, for each received sensor reading, that the received sensor reading is a false alarm if the received sensor reading does not match general traffic information around the location where the sensor reading is taken;
- and
- determining, if at least one received sensor reading is not a false alarm, whether a traffic incident has occurred based on the identified change.
A system for assessing traffic status with sensors, the system comprising:
- a memory storing executable instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory configured to execute the stored executable instructions to:
- receive, from a plurality of mobile sensors for detecting a traffic parameter, sensor readings generated based on a change in the traffic parameter;
- obtain traffic information associated with the received sensor readings;
- identify a change in traffic based on the obtained traffic information and the received sensor readings;
- determine, for each received sensor reading, that the received sensor reading is a false alarm if the received sensor reading does not match general traffic information around the location where the sensor reading is taken;
- determine, if at least one received sensor reading is not a false alarm, whether a traffic incident has occurred based on the identified change;
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- if determination is made that a traffic incident has occurred, provide for communicating the traffic incident to a user.
A machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a plurality of mobile sensors for detecting traffic parameters, a plurality of sensor readings generated based on changes in the traffic parameters, wherein the plurality of sensor readings are associated with locations within predetermined distances from each other;
- obtaining traffic information associated with the received sensor readings;
- if more than a predetermined number of the plurality of sensor readings is received, identifying a change in traffic based on the obtained traffic information and the received sensor readings;
- determining, for each received sensor reading, that the received sensor reading is a false alarm if the received sensor reading does not match general traffic information around the location where the sensor reading is taken;
- determining, if at least one received sensor reading is not a false alarm, whether a traffic incident has occurred based on the identified change;
- and
- if determination is made that a traffic incident has occurred, providing for communicating the traffic incident to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.