Traffic incident location identification
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSebastien Blandin, Saif Eddin Jabari, Laura Wynter
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Abstract
A location for a traffic incident can be determined by a computer system, using data from a first and second sensor along a travel path. A receiving and sending symptom of the traffic incident are detected from a first and second sensor, using traffic flow data from the sensors. The locations of the first and second sensors are determined. The location and traffic flow data from each sensor are used to create a sending and receiving profiles. From the profiles, a convergence formula is build. Using the convergence formula and by determining a convergence point for the sending and receiving symptoms, a time and location of the traffic incident is identified.
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A computer implemented method for identifying a location of a traffic incident, from a first sensor and a second sensor, the method comprising:
- detecting, based on traffic flow data from the first sensor, a receiving symptom of the traffic incident relative to the first sensor;
- detecting, based on traffic flow data from the second sensor, a sending symptom of the traffic incident relative to the second sensor;
- determining a location of the first sensor and the second sensor;
- creating, based upon traffic flow data from the first sensor and the location of the first sensor, a receiving profile for the receiving symptom;
- creating, based upon traffic flow data from the second sensor and the location of the second sensor, a sending profile for the sending symptom;
- building, from the receiving and sending profiles, a convergence formula;
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- identifying, using the convergence formula and based upon a convergence point for the sending and receiving symptoms, a time and the location of the traffic incident.
A computer system for identifying a location of a traffic incident, from a first sensor and a second sensor, the system comprising:
- at least one processor circuit configured to:
- detect, based on traffic flow data from the first sensor, a receiving symptom of the traffic incident relative to the first sensor;
- detect, based on traffic flow data from the second sensor, a sending symptom of the traffic incident relative to the second sensor;
- determine a location of the first sensor and the second sensor;
- create, based upon traffic flow data from the first sensor and the location of the first sensor, a receiving profile for the receiving symptom;
- create, based upon traffic flow data from the second sensor and the location of the second sensor, a sending profile for the sending symptom;
- build, from the receiving and sending profiles, a convergence formula;
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- identify, using the convergence formula and based upon a convergence point for the sending and receiving symptoms, a time and the location of the traffic incident.
A computer program product for identifying a location of a traffic incident, from a first sensor and a second sensor, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to perform the method comprising:
- detecting, based on traffic flow data from the first sensor, a receiving symptom of the traffic incident relative to the first sensor;
- detecting, based on traffic flow data from the second sensor, a sending symptom of the traffic incident relative to the second sensor;
- determining a location of the first sensor and the second sensor;
- creating, based upon traffic flow data from the first sensor and the location of the first sensor, a receiving profile for the receiving symptom;
- creating, based upon traffic flow data from the second sensor and the location of the second sensor, a sending profile for the sending symptom;
- building, from the receiving and sending profiles, a convergence formula;
- identifying, using the convergence formula and based upon a convergence point for the sending and receiving symptoms, a time and the location of the traffic incident.
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