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| 20080201065 | PROGRAMMABLE ROUTE SPECIFIC DYNAMIC TRAFFIC WARNING SYSTEM WITH SEGMENTATION IDENTIFIERS - A method for selectively providing traffic information to a user without requiring the user to constantly monitor radio broadcasts is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: determining at least one area of interest including a plurality of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates; receiving traffic data including information related to a plurality of traffic events; parsing the traffic data for any of the traffic events located within at least one area of interest; and outputting a traffic event message to an output device if the latitudinal and longitudinal location of the related traffic event is located within the at least one area of interest. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080208441 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION ADAPTIVE TO A USER'S TRAVEL - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing a traffic information service user with traffic information adaptive to the user's travel are described. The user's origin information, such as departure location and departure time, are identified. Upon identifying the user's origin information, the user's expected arrival times at a plurality of distance segment ends are determined. Traffic information adaptive to the user's travel are output. The traffic information may pertain to travel time, traffic flow, traffic events. The user may receive traffic information via a plurality of communication devices, such as a personal computer, a portable navigation system, a phone, or the like. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080215231 | Method for Obtaining Information about Objects Outside of a Vehicle - Method and system for obtaining information about traffic-related devices providing variable information includes providing a vehicle with a map database including the location of the devices, determining the location of the vehicle, as the location of the vehicle is determined to be approaching the location of each device, as known in the database, obtaining an image of the device, and analyzing the image to determine the status of the device. The vehicle may be controlled based on the status of the device, which is optionally displayed to the driver or other occupant of the vehicle. For example, when the device is a stoplight, the method can detect if the driver of the vehicle is slowing the vehicle when the stoplight is red, and if not, automatically cause the vehicle the slow down or stop. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215232 | Driving assist system and vehicle-mounted apparatus - There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080221782 | Navigation device and method providing a traffic message channel resource - A method and a navigation device are disclosed for sharing at least one location message with at least one other device. The navigation device includes a receiver to determine a signal strength of a traffic message channel at a location, a memory to store information representing the signal strength of a traffic message channel, and at least one processor to correlate the information stored in memory to compile a traffic message channel resource and select a traffic message channel based on the traffic message channel resource and a location associated with a navigation device. The method includes determining a signal strength of a traffic message channel at a location, storing information representing the signal strength of a traffic message channel, correlating the information stored in memory to compile a traffic message channel resource, and selecting a traffic message channel based on the traffic message channel resource and a location associated with a navigation device. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221783 | Intelligent redirection of vehicular traffic due to congestion and real time performance metrics - An automated traffic control system provides real time alternative traffic flow solutions to address traffic congestion on a roadway. A process will pick routes to scan for real-time statistics on the traffic conditions and calculate an average vehicle speed (AVS) for that route, road, highway, etc. If the AVS drops below a historical threshold, a decision matrix is created, whereby all the real-time data is compared with historical data and provides an ideal or best alternative route for “route X”. The operator is provided this information within seconds and is allowed to make a decision to “accept pr decline” the proposed changes in routes. If the proposed changes are accepted, the changes begin to occur automatically such as but not limited to updating electronic signage, changing traffic control signals (all green to keep traffic moving), moving electronic barriers, etc. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080234920 | Remote Traffic Coordination and Control - A method is described that includes wirelessly transmitting from a mobile unit a traffic notification comprising information associated with a location of the mobile unit, and wirelessly receiving at the mobile unit a traffic instruction indicating whether or not to proceed. Also, a method is described that includes wirelessly receiving a traffic notification associated with a location of a mobile unit, determining a criterion associated with the traffic notification, evaluating the criterion, and wirelessly transmitting a first traffic instruction to the mobile unit to either proceed or not proceed based on an outcome of evaluating the criterion. Associated systems and devices are also described. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080243366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OF VEHICLE USING A MAGNETIC SENSOR EMPLOYING A MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT - Method using raw signal from magneto-resistive sensor through the use of recent variance (RV) of raw signal (RS) for first-capture of first time RV crosses variance detect, second-capture start enable for first time when RS crosses above raw detect and RV above variance detect, third-capture ending time when RS crosses below raw undetect and RV below variance undetect. Starting and ending times are products of the process, often used for traffic flow counts. Apparatus supporting this method as a processor and/or a vehicular sensor node. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080249700 | Method and an Apparatus For Transmitting and Receiving Traffic Information By Using File Transfer - A method for providing traffic information. The method includes providing information including an object of a first type having a file including the traffic information and an object of a second type including information about the file and information about a service provider providing the file. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080262709 | Pre-Tactical Control Facility - Disclosed is a pre-tactical control device ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262710 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON MULTIPLE CLASSES - A method of method of assigning routes for a plurality of users allocated to different classes is provided. A first group of users is identified based on a user classification, wherein each user of the first group of users has a first user classification. A second group of users is identified based on the user classification, wherein each user of the second group of users has a second user classification. The first user classification is different from the second user classification. A disutility value is calculated for each user of the first group of users and for each user of the second group of users using a travel disutility function based on an origin and a destination of each user of the first group of users and each user of the second group of users. A bi-level problem solver is executed to optimize the disutility value based on the user classification. A route is recommended for each user of the first group of users and for each user of the second group of users based on the bi-level problem execution. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270013 | Vehicle position information providing devices, methods, and programs - Vehicle position information providing devices, methods, and programs acquire a first current position of a vehicle based on a radio signal received from a GPS satellite and acquire a second current position of the vehicle based on a signal received by a communication device that communicates over a mobile phone network. The devices, methods, and programs determine whether the first current position and the second current position coincide. If the first current position and the second current position do not coincide, the devices, methods, and programs cause the communication device to transmit information relating to the first current position to an information center. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080275628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for communicating traffic information, that in certain embodiments performs the actions of associating ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080288162 | Combined short range and long range communication for traffic analysis and collision avoidance - A method and system for combining short range communication and long range communication for traffic related applications is presented. In one example, a central server is equipped and configured to receive information via long range communication from one or more individual traffic objects, analyze the received information to determine the short range communication needs, if any, between an identified subset of traffic objects and then initiate short range communication between the traffic objects in the identified subset of traffic objects. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080294330 | Apparatus and program for navigation - A navigation apparatus acquires a traffic event and accordingly determines whether or not to change a guiding route to a destination. Based on an affirmative determination, the navigation apparatus displays icons corresponding to traffic events causing the affirmative determination near a road containing the traffic event in a map image in a representation mode for an image of the traffic event different from a normal representation mode assigned to the traffic event. In this manner, the navigation apparatus changes the guiding route to the destination dynamically depending on information about traffic events on roads and allows a user to recognize a cause of changing the guiding route. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090005958 | Traffic probe in-vehicle map-based process to reduce data communications and improve accuracy - A system and method for combining sequential map segments to aggregate, analyze, and display traffic data collected from one or more probe vehicles located on one or more segments of road are provided. Vehicle travel data generation and storage are provided by a data processing center, partitioning a road into a plurality of connected segments, and calculating an estimate of the time required for a probe vehicle to traverse a particular segment. The calculations are performed by a processor that may be on-board the probe vehicle, and the resulting data are transmitted to the processing center, at which they are aggregated and optionally transmitted to one or more subscriber vehicles. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090005959 | Driving Aid System And Method Of Creating A Model Of Surroundings Of A Vehicle - In at least one embodiment of the present invention a driving aid system for mounting in a road vehicle is provided. The driving aid system comprises a detection system for detecting and storing profiles of characteristics of objects around the vehicle along a road on which the vehicle is being driven. A positioning system is for providing a current position of the vehicle. Profiles of characteristics of objects are stored in relation to the detected position of the vehicle. A processing arrangement compares currently detected profiles with earlier stored profiles and, if a match between a currently detected profile and an earlier stored profile is found, then the current position of the vehicle is determined relative to an object corresponding to the earlier stored profile, and the same or other earlier stored profiles is used to predict the future surroundings of the vehicle. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090018759 | Navigation Device - A navigation device displays predicted traffic information downloaded from a server device and statistical traffic information stored in a storage unit, on the same screen. Both information items may be displayed in such a manner that at least a part of them is overlaid (a superimposed display). The predicted traffic information may be superimposed on the statistical traffic information. When traffic information of the same time band of the same object (link, mesh area) exists in both the information items, one thereof may be selected to be displayed. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018760 | RUSH HOUR MODELING FOR ROUTING AND SCHEDULING - A rush hour modeling system that is configured for modifying existing travel time/distance data to reflect special traffic conditions, such as rush hour traffic conditions. The system is configured to receive information defining one or more time windows, geographic areas, and road segments in which special traffic conditions occur. The system is also configured to receive travel rules that reflect the special traffic conditions. The travel rules are used to modify a travel time/distance matrix to reflect the effect of the special traffic conditions on “normal” travel times and distances. Existing routing and scheduling systems can then use the modified travel matrix to plan and schedule routes for delivery vehicles more accurately. Additionally, the modified travel matrix can be used to model traffic conditions through a particular geographic area or on a particular road segment. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090024308 | METHOD OF PROVIDING PATH INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREOF - A device, computer program product and method for providing path information and a device using the method are disclosed. A method for providing path information comprises receiving broadcast signals comprising traffic information and cost information, extracting and storing traffic information and cost information from received broadcast signals, requesting information about navigation path after receiving a first position and a second position, and searching for paths leading to the second position from the first position and calculating cost required to reach the second position from the first position based on traffic information and cost information of each searched path and displaying the cost. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090030596 | Traffic Information Providing System, Apparatus, Method, And In-Vehicle Information Apparatus - When receiving a traffic information providing request, a traffic information providing apparatus analyzes which area's traffic information is requested based on the received request information. Traffic information of road links located in the requested area is read from the traffic information, and it is determined whether the road links' traffic information is similar or not. Similar links configure a link group, and traffic information corresponding to the link group is created. Traffic information of the configured link group is delivered to an in-vehicle information apparatus. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090037086 | Method for equalizing traffic flows and for avoiding and resolving congestion - In accordance with 37 C.F.R. §1.125, a substitute specification has been included in lieu of substitute paragraphs in connection with the present Preliminary Amendment. The substitute specification is submitted in clean form, attached hereto, and is accompanied by a marked-up version showing the changes made to the original specification. The changes have been made in an effort to place the specification in better form for U.S. practice. No new matter has been added by these changes to the specification. Further, the substitute specification includes paragraph numbers to facilitate amendment practice as requested by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037087 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, TRAFFIC INFORMATION INTEGRATING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention provides a traffic information processing apparatus and method, the apparatus comprises a format unifying device which unifies input traffic information with different formats to traffic information with unified format; and a traffic information integrating device which corrects and/or complements the traffic information with unified format based on a knowledge base to obtain traffic information which is consistent with each other, so as to integrate the traffic information, wherein the knowledge base is external to the apparatus or internal to the apparatus. The traffic information processing apparatus and method according to the present invention can process traffic information with spatial inconsistence, temporal inconsistence and semantic inconsistence so as to integrate effectively the traffic information from a variety of heterogeneous information sources and ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of traffic data. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037088 | RUNNING PLAN CREATING APPARATUS - A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time comprises road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run, action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information, characteristic information acquiring means for acquiring characteristic information in each of the other vehicles, risk degree estimating means for estimating respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information, risk degree distribution setting means for setting a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles, and running plan creating means for creating the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090043486 | Near Real-time Traffic Routing - A near real-time physical transportation network routing system comprising: a traffic simulation computing grid and a dynamic traffic routing service computing grid. The traffic simulator produces traffic network travel time predictions for a physical transportation network using a traffic simulation model and common input data. The physical transportation network is divided into a multiple sections. Each section has a primary zone and a buffer zone. The traffic simulation computing grid includes multiple of traffic simulation computing nodes. The common input data includes static network characteristics, an origin-destination data table, dynamic traffic information data and historical traffic data. The dynamic traffic routing service computing grid includes multiple dynamic traffic routing computing nodes and generates traffic route(s) using the traffic network travel time predictions. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090048767 | ROUTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A routing method and system. The method includes receiving by a global positioning satellite (GPS) transceiver, a user profile comprising user preference data and destination location data. The GPS transceiver retrieves first geospatial coordinate values for a current location of the user and a destination location. The GPS transceiver processes the user profile and the first geospatial coordinate values to identify a geographical route for traveling from the current location to the destination location. The GPS transceiver retrieves current traffic speed/traffic density data and historical traffic speed/traffic density data associated with second geospatial coordinate values for various locations located along the first geographical route. The GPS transceiver processes the current traffic speed/traffic density data and the historical traffic speed/traffic density data to determine if the first geographical route comprises an efficient geographical route for the user. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090048768 | DRIVING SCHEDULE CREATING DEVICE - A redundancy computing part | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090063030 | System and method for traffic condition detection - A system and method for detecting traffic conditions. Communications are performed wirelessly with a traffic detector. A determination is made whether a vehicle is approaching a traffic condition within safe parameters. A driver is alerted of the traffic condition in response to determining the vehicle is not approaching the traffic condition within the safe parameters. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063031 | Performance-based haulage management system - A method for managing haul routes in work environments comprises collecting performance data associated with a machine operating in a work environment. The method also includes determining a drive axle torque of the machine and estimating a total effective grade associated with the machine based on the drive axle torque. The estimated total effective grade is compared with a threshold level and, if the estimated total effective grade exceeds the threshold level, a design performance of the machine may be simulated based on the calculated total effective grade. Design performance data is compared with the collected performance data, and a payload limit of the machine is adjusted if the design performance is inconsistent with collected performance data. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090070024 | GPS TRAFFIC LOAD BALANCING SYSTEM CONGESTION PREVENTION - A routing system includes: at least one vehicular unit including a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving coordinate information, an interface for receiving destination information and a processing system adapted for two-way communications; and a load balancing system adapted for receiving the coordinate information and the destination information from the at least one vehicular unit and determining a route from congestion data and the information. A method that at least one of avoids congestion and prevents congestion is provided. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070025 | Dynamic Prediction of Traffic Congestion by Tracing Feature-Space Trajectory of Sparse Floating-Car Data - A traffic situation is predicted based on the correlation in the traffic situation between road sections. A base vector generation unit generates the base vectors constituting a feature space representing the correlation between a plurality of links by making a principal component analysis for the necessary time in the past recorded in a necessary time database. A projection point trajectory generation unit records a projection point trajectory of projecting the necessary time in the past recorded in the necessary time database to the feature space in a projection point database. A feature space projection unit projects the necessary time at present to the feature space, and a neighboring projection point retrieval unit retrieves a past projection point in the neighborhood of the concerned projection point from the projection point database, and a projection point trajectory trace unit traces the trajectory of past projection points starting from the retrieved neighboring projection point for a prediction target time width, and an inverse projection unit inversely projects the end point of the concerned trajectory to calculate the predicted value of the necessary time. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070026 | In-vehicle communication apparatuses, methods, and programs - In-vehicle communication apparatuses, methods, and programs store a database including a plurality of points set within the vicinity of an intersection and a plurality of frequencies associated with a each of the points. The apparatuses, methods, and programs receive a signal and detect a frequency of the received signal. The apparatuses, methods, and programs generate content of a warning about the intersection based on the stored database and the detected frequency and communicate the generated content of the warning. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090082948 | TRAFFIC INCIDENT DETECTION SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to provide a traffic information system that detects an unexpected incident such as a traffic accident or construction work from traffic information about surrounding road links. Historical traffic information is used to perform component analysis for a group of links that are targets of unexpected incident detection, and recovered traffic information for the historical traffic information is determined from computed top bases of the traffic information about the group of links. Difference statistical traffic information is generated from the difference between the historical traffic information and its recovered traffic information. For real-time traffic information, recovered traffic information for the real-time traffic information is determined from the top bases. The difference between the real-time traffic information and the recovered traffic information is compared with the difference statistical traffic information, and if the difference of the real-time traffic information is larger, the occurrence of an unexpected incident is determined. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090093952 | National Radio Network for Ground Vehicle Traffic Management - A “Traffic Reporting” Method and System utilizing a unique traffic data gathering and processing methodology consisting of both personal testimony and available commercial computer related traffic program data. Analysis of the gathered data is then achieved resulting in timely and accurate critical traffic related information and/or route evasion instructional information which shall be broadcast for public consumption on a continuous “Real-time” bases via FM-VHF radio broadcast utilizing a Localized National Network of Radio Broadcast Stations (RBS). The RBS shall be engineered in a Cellular Zone type areas or Radio Broadcast Zones (RBZ) which shall provide coverage to each assigned metropolitan area. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090105932 | METHOD OF PROVIDING DETAIL INFORMATION USING MULTIMEDIA BASED TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL INFORMATION MESSAGE AND TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - There is disclosed a method of providing detailed information using a multimedia based traffic and travel information message and a terminal for executing the same. A method of providing detailed information using a multimedia based traffic in accordance with this document may comprise receiving transport protocol expert group (TPEG) information, comprising a road traffic message and a multimedia based traffic and travel information message and comprised of a hierarchical structure, displaying one or more events comprised in the road traffic message, allowing a request for detailed information about any one of the events to be input, and receiving detailed information of a multimedia type from a multimedia data providing server through specific one of bearer information comprised in the multimedia based traffic and travel information message and providing the received detailed information. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090105933 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL INFORMATION OF A REMOTE LOCATION TO A USER OF A VEHICLE - In a system for providing visual information of a remote location to a user of a vehicle, one or more resources provide visual information of the remote location. Through an input unit, the user may select a remote location for which the visual information is to be requested and input a request for the visual information. A transmitting unit transmits the visual information from the resource to the user, and a display displays the requested visual information to the user. The system may also include a resource determining unit that determines the resource or the resources that are able to provide the requested visual information on the basis of positioning information of the remote location. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090112452 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH REAL TIME TRAFFIC IMAGE DISPLAY - Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying traffic status information to a user of a vehicle. An onboard vehicle methodology as described herein receives traffic image data corresponding to a picture of a road section, and displays the picture of the road section on an onboard display element of the vehicle. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090118994 | Vehicle and lane recognizing device - A lane recognizing device comprises: an image processing means which performs a process of estimating a lane of a road by processing an image of the road and outputs a result of the process as first lane information; a lane estimating means which performs a process of estimating the lane using a map data of the road and the current position information of a vehicle and outputs a result of the process as second lane information; and an actual lane recognizing means which recognizes an actual lane of the road on the basis of the first lane information and the second lane information. Thereby, even if there is an unpredictable skid mark or road repaired part, it is possible to detect the lane accurately while increasing the opportunities for detecting the lane as much as possible by processing the road image and obtaining the road information and the map data. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090118995 | AUTOMATED LOCATION-INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC NOTIFICATION SERVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal that is associated with the subscriber. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090125218 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Public Traffic Information - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for providing traffic information for a public transportation means, such as a bus, and utilizing the provided information. A method of encoding traffic information according to the present invention creates information about a bus stop, creates identification information for respective bus routes passing through the bus route and information about arrival time, creates identification information indicating that the type of traffic information to be encoded is stop-based public traffic information, and constructs a message segment including the created information. A sequence of multiple message segments constructed as described above are wirelessly transmitted. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090138186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVIDENTIAL REASONING FOR TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS - The system contains a programmable device. At least one camera is in communication with the programmable device. The camera is directed towards at least one road. The camera provides a camera signal to the programmable device. A map of an area, which includes the road, is stored in a memory of the programmable device. A plurality of traffic influences is defined in the map. A first program on the programmable device tracks vehicles on the road utilizing the camera signal. The first program recognizes at least one obstruction and communicates with the map to identify at least one of the traffic influences behind the obstruction. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090138187 | Method and device for the automatic generation of traffic management strategies - There is described a method and a device for automatically generating traffic management strategies in the event of suddenly occurring traffic events that lead to a disruption in the flow of traffic. During the method, a database is used in which information concerning elements of the influencing of traffic and control of traffic, which exist in the traffic network, local positions of the elements, switching states that can be adopted by the elements, and immediate effects of the respective switching states upon the traffic is contained in a form that can be processed by a computer program. Based on the incoming data concerning the traffic events or disruptions in the flow of traffic as well as an actual traffic situation, a simulation is automatically carried out with an analysis program, during which dynamics of the spread of the disruption in the traffic network are modeled and one or more new traffic-optimal route allocations with capacity values required therefore are calculated. A generation program selects from the database the elements that can make a contribution to the conversion of the new route allocation, and automatically parameterizes these elements using the adoptable switching states and their effect. The selected elements and their parameterization are suggested to an operator as a strategy. The method and the associated device make possible a quick reaction to unforeseeable events in the traffic network. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090138188 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING A ROAD NETWORK GRAPH - There is provided a method, device and system for modeling a road network graph, comprising the steps of receiving information data from a plurality of vehicles, said information data comprising at least positional data, and modeling said road network graph in accordance with said received data. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090138189 | Terminal for collecting traffic information and method of generating traffic information - The present invention provides a terminal for collecting traffic information generates a data set, including information about a measurement start point and a travel locus, periodically measured for a predetermined period from the start point, using DR information based on DR and GPS information, and transmits the data set to a remote traffic information center. The start point includes a vehicle ID, and absolute coordinates and an absolute time at the start point, and the travel locus information includes relative coordinates of each measurement location with respect to a previous measurement location. A method for generating traffic information in a remote traffic information center using information collected from the terminal is also provided. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce the amount of data provided by the terminal to the remote traffic information center, and can generate high-precision traffic information even in an area in which the reception of GPS signals is not possible and GPS signals are weak. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090143964 | VEHICLE DYNAMIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle navigation system is described, comprising an onboard navigation unit installed on board a vehicle that can be used by a user to set target destinations and an operations centre communicating with the onboard navigation unit. The onboard navigation unit is configured to transmit a target destination and a static road route to the operations centre. The operations centre is configured to calculate a dynamic road route based on the target destination, the static road route and information regarding the traffic conditions and road conditions of said road network and/or the static road route. In addition, the operations centre compares the calculated dynamic road route with the static road route and transmits information associated with a road route that is selected on the basis of the comparison to the onboard navigation unit. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090143965 | Vehicle dispatch system - A vehicle dispatch system includes a plurality of vehicle loading modules and a vehicle controlling server. The vehicle loading modules comprises a first wireless transmitting apparatus, a global positioning receiver for providing current coordinates of the vehicles, and a meter apparatus for transmitting an activating message when transporting a passenger. The vehicle controlling server comprises a geographic information system database apparatus for receiving and storing current coordinates of the vehicles, a plurality of road information, an operating interface platform for providing a user with a network apparatus to connect to the operating interface platform for inputting a calling request, and a second wireless transmitting apparatus for transmitting a request to a specified vehicle. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090157286 | Branch-Lane Entry Judging System - A branch-lane entry judging system includes a traffic-line detecting means for detecting traffic lines on right and left sides of a vehicle, a length and width detecting means for detecting lengths and widths of the traffic lines in a real space, a lane-type judging means for judging types of the traffic lines and a type of a lane in which the vehicle is running, a branch-lane detecting means for detecting a branch lane when one of the traffic lines changes from a solid line to a broken line having a predetermined length and a predetermined width, the branch lane existing near the changed traffic line, and a branch-lane entry judging means for judging that the vehicle will enter the branch lane when the vehicle moves toward the branch lane or a directional indicator is operated toward the branch lane while the branch lane is detected. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090171556 | Mutable Mobile Traffic Routing System - A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes receiving traffic routing parameters by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; selecting a traffic re-routing request parameters based on a traffic routing control parameter, from a portion of the traffic routing parameters at the client; sending the traffic re-routing request parameter from the client to the server; updating the traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with the traffic re-routing request parameter from the server to the client. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177373 | Navigation device and method - A method of providing a graphical indication of traffic congestion along a stretch of physical road notionally divided by a traffic information provider into one or more road segments is disclosed. The invention also covers a navigation system, portable navigation device, and or software capable of implementing such a method. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090192701 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF MAJOR TAXI-PATHS FROM AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE DATA - A method and computer program using airport surveillance data to define common paths taken by vehicles on the airport surface is presented. Position data points for a group of vehicles create separate paths for each of the vehicles in the group. A matrix is created including areas measured between the path of each vehicle in the group and each of the remaining vehicles in the group. A column-wise average for each of the columns in the matrix is calculated, the column having a lowest mean average of all of the columns is determined, and a vector A(J) including the areas and vehicle identifications is created from that column. A difference vector δA(J) is created having the difference between successive entries in the vector A(J), and subgroups with the group are recursively identified using the values in the difference vector. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090198440 | Inter-vehicle communication apparatus and inter-vehicle communication method - An inter-vehicle communication apparatus mounted to a subject vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes: reception section receiving information about a peripheral vehicle from the peripheral vehicle; a detection section configured to identify the peripheral vehicle that satisfies a predetermined condition as a same directing peripheral vehicle based on the information about the peripheral vehicle; a determination section configured to determine whether the subject vehicle is one of a lead vehicle and a tail vehicle in a group of vehicles including the subject vehicle and the same directing peripheral vehicle; and a transmission control section configured to control the transmission section based on the determination by the determination section. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198441 | Traffic Information Estimating System - A traffic information system includes: a past information database for storing past information, which is collected for road links in a predetermined area, of a past mobile object on a road; a current information database for storing running information, which is collected for the road links in the predetermined area, of a current mobile object; link correlation analyzing means in which correlations of traffic information among each road link in the predetermined area are calculated from the past information stored in the past information database, and output as link correlation information among the road links; combination calculating means for calculating weighting information for obtaining the current information as a sum of the link correlation information; and traffic information estimating means for calculating estimated traffic information for a link where the current information is not collected based on the link correlation information and the weighting information. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090210140 | DATABASE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING INTEGRATED DISPATCHING - A technique for integrating a pre-existing business system with a fleet management system. The preexisting business system includes, for example, an accounting system, a warehousing system, a dock management system, a yard management system. These fleet management system uses, for example, a combination of a raster map and vector data to provide an easy-to-read display for managing objects or articles, e.g., vehicle, container. The method uses a host gateway to provide a TCP/IP or like interface between the various systems. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090248283 | Method and System for Automatically Updating Traffic Incident Data for In-Vehicle Navigation - Aspects of the invention disclose a method and system for automatically updating traffic incident data for in-vehicle navigation. This includes, but is not limited to, a method and system of notifying one or more traffic providers of a traffic accident when a telematics provider receives an automated accident notification from a vehicle. The notification prompts the traffic provider to investigate the traffic accident immediately using manual techniques (monitoring police scanners, visual confirmation by aircraft, etc.) and accurately updates its traffic information in a more timely manner. In turn, the traffic information received by the telematics unit from traffic provider is more accurate. This allows the telematics unit navigation system to provide accurate navigation directions to the subscriber while driving through traffic congested areas. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248284 | TRAVEL SUPPORT SYSTEM AND TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD - Provided is a travel support system which sufficiently uses notified non-equipped vehicle information, and includes: an equipped-vehicle detecting unit ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248285 | ROUTE DETERMINING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE WITH NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A system for determining an optimum route to a destination by a navigation system of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a navigation system, a remote information system, and a data communication network linking the navigation system and the remote information system. A method is also disclosed that includes the steps of establishing a communication connection between the navigation system and the remote information system, and determining the optimum route to the destination where the optimum route is determined based on requested information received from the remote information system. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090265087 | METHOD FOR ENCODING MESSAGES, METHOD FOR DECODING MESSAGES, AND RECEIVER FOR RECEIVING AND EVALUATING MESSAGES - Method for encoding messages which are to be transmitted, method for decoding messages, and receiver for receiving and evaluating messages, in particular traffic messages, wherein the messages include message contents, and wherein a message contains at least one reference to an additional supplementary message which is to be transmitted separately and contains supplementary message contents. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090287401 | System and method for realtime community information exchange - System and method for traffic mapping service are disclosed for allowing plurality of users having each a navigation device to transmit their locations to a server and optionally to signal to the server their requested destination. The system and method are further capable of calculating traffic parameters such as current traffic speed at a given road based on the momentary locations of the users. The system and method of the invention may also calculate and advise the users of preferred roads to take in order to arrive at the requested location with minimum delay. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090287402 | VIRTUAL TRAFFIC SENSORS - Techniques are described for virtual traffic sensors (VTS). In an implementation, an electronic device provides a variety of functionality including at least functionality to determine position. The electronic device may be further configured to ascertain locations of one or more virtual traffic sensors. In at least some embodiments, locations of virtual traffic sensors are determined by the electronic device using a variety of VTS criteria. Using a determined position, the electronic device may detect proximity to the virtual traffic sensors. The electronic device may collect traffic related data when in proximity to the one or more virtual traffic sensors. The electronic device may then communicate the collected traffic data over a suitable network connection to a service provider. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090287403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FUSION OF TRAFFIC DATA WHEN INFORMATION IS INCOMPLETE - A method for merging imprecisely localized traffic reports with precisely localized traffic data includes obtaining a plurality of possible positions (x) of the localized traffic reports having imprecise position indications. The plurality of possible positions is evaluated using overlap functions. Substantially precise positions for the localized traffic reports are defined by solving an extremum problem. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090287404 | System for providing traffic information - A system for providing traffic information to a plurality of mobile users connected to a network. The system comprises a plurality of traffic monitors, each comprising at least a traffic detector and a transmitter, the traffic detector generating a signal in response to vehicular traffic and the transmitter transmitting the signal. A receiver receives the signals from the traffic monitors. A computer system is connected to the receiver and is further connected to the network. The computer system in response to a request signal received from one of the users transmits in response thereto information representative of the signals transmitted by the traffic monitoring units. Alternative systems for gathering traffic information are disclosed. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090299615 | Data mining in a digital map database to identify insufficient merge lanes along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection without traffic signals and without a sufficient merge lane. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where roads meet without a traffic signal and without a sufficient merge lane. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location of the insufficient merge lane. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location of an insufficient merge lane. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299616 | Data mining in a digital map database to identify intersections located over hills and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection located over a hilltop along a section of road. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an intersection located over a hilltop is located along a section of road. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the intersection located over a hilltop located along the section of road. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching an intersection located over a hilltop. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299617 | Data mining in a digital map database to identify curves along downhill roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a curve along a downhill road segment. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a curve is located along a downhill road segment. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location of the curve along the downhill road segment. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location of the curve in the downhill road segment. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090306880 | EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING VEHICLE DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM THROUGH SIMULATION VEHICLE DRIVING - There is provided an evaluation method for evaluating a vehicle driving assist system through simulation of vehicle driving. The method including: simulating assist information which the driving assist system generates concerning traffic circumstances of roads in response to a driving operation which a driver performs; simulating detection of an object on the road on the basis of the generated assist information; simulating a situation of communication of information concerning the detection-simulated object to a vehicle-mounted apparatus; simulating displays of the detection-simulated object in accordance with the simulated communication situation on a display device; and evaluating an effect by the vehicle driving assist system for safety of driving. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090319163 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Computer Program Products For Traffic Data Aggregation Using Virtual Trip Lines and a Combination of Location and Time Based Measurement Triggers In GPS-Enabled Mobile Handsets - A device for determining the traffic conditions between measurement locations associated with a roadway is provided. The device includes a processor that is capable of determining when a specified measurement location is passed or traversed and measure data as well as start a time period. If a device is traveling towards another specified measurement location but does not reach the location before the time period expires, a new measurement update may be sent by the device to a server. The information in this update may be utilized by the server to determine that there is a slowdown or blockage in traffic and/or that there is a traffic jam between the measurement locations. The device is capable of receiving a traffic update(s) from the server which may specify traffic conditions between the measurement locations. The traffic conditions may indicate that there is a traffic slowdown/blockage between the measurement locations. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100010729 | Changing An Operation Of An Engine Associated With A Transportation Device Based On A State Of A Traffic Light - Systems and methods to change an operation of an engine associated with a transportation device based on a state of a traffic light are disclosed. A first message is received at a receiver associated with a transportation device from a transmitter associated with a traffic light. A second message is sent based at least partially on the first message to an electronic control unit managing an engine of the transportation device. The second message causes the electronic control unit to stop an operation of the engine. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A device and method for providing traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to identify an upcoming traffic event expected to be first encountered by the device and select an icon corresponding to the identified category. The display is operable to present an indication of the selected icon. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100017102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS GENERATING AND/OR USING ESTIMATES OF ARTERIAL VEHICULAR MOVEMENT - A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. These components in turn are part of and/or communicate with means and/or processors for generating an/or using Vehicle Movement Estimates based upon the vehicle signatures. The VME are used to create traffic feedback that may be presented to programmable field devices that may present at least some of the traffic feedback to drivers of the vehicles, thereby optimizing the fuel usage and travel time of the roadway. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS GENERATING ESTIMATES VEHICULAR MOVEMENT INVOLVING MULTIPLE INPUT-OUTPUT ROADWAY NODES - A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes in a multiple input-output roadway node. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or its components including a travel time and/or vehicle count that may be created and/or used in response to a match tally exceeding a threshold or the stimulation of a timing signal. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS MATCHING INCOMING TO OUTGOING VEHICLE SIGNATURES TO ESTIMATE ARTERIAL VEHICULAR MOVEMENT - A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or its components including a travel time and/or vehicle count. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023245 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DRIVING STYLE RECOGNITION BASED ON HEADWAY DISTANCE - An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a drivers driving style based on vehicle headway control. The system reads sensor signals to identify the range and range rate between a subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle, where the range rate is close to zero if the distance between the subject vehicle and the preceding vehicle is relatively steady, the range rate is negative when the subject vehicle is closing in on the preceding vehicle and the range rate is positive when the subject vehicle is falling behind the preceding vehicle. The range rate, the subject vehicle speed and other signals are used to classify the drivers driving style based on how fast the subject vehicle closes in on the preceding vehicle or falls behind, and the following distance between the subject vehicle and the preceding vehicle. The system can then classify the headway-control maneuver using selected discriminant features. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023246 | AUTOMATED LOCATION-INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC NOTIFICATION SERVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal that is associated with the subscriber. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100036594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC DATA - Method and apparatus for determining traffic data The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining traffic data. The method comprises the steps of providing statistical data relating to traffic at links of a street map, providing condition data relating to links of the street map, and determining traffic data based on the statistical data and the condition data. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100057333 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Navigation techniques are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a receiver for receiving broadcast data including an update of traffic data, a decoder for extracting the update of the traffic data, a memory for storing standard traffic data, and a controller to generate traffic information based on the update of the traffic information and the standard traffic data. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100057334 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE VEHICLE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS - A method and system to estimate vehicle traffic conditions for use in a vehicle navigation system. The system includes a cellular network which receives position data from a plurality of GPS enabled cellular telephones. A processor in the cellular network is programmed to estimate the traffic conditions or density of traffic on at least one road link based upon the received position data while a transmitter at the base station then transmits that estimated traffic condition to automotive vehicles containing navigation systems. A processor in the navigation system then utilizes the estimated traffic conditions for route and/or arrival time calculations. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100063714 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS - The present disclosure is directed towards a method for determining traffic conditions. The method may comprise: detecting a signal, the signal comprising a radio frequency pulse that was emitted from a spark plug firing in an internal combustion engine; measuring a signal count over an interval of time; determining a speed condition based upon the measurement of the signal count, the speed condition comprising at least a speed reduction condition, a speed increase condition, or a no data condition; and displaying the speed condition to a driver. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100076670 | MOBILE DATA FLOW COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION - Described is a technology in which Bluetooth® devices, e.g., navigation devices, are enhanced with additional power amplification to allow long range radio communication links between moving vehicles and/or between moving vehicles and roadside hubs. In one example, collection and dissemination of traffic information, including aggregation and filtering, is facilitated via a Bluetooth® vehicle-to-vehicle and/or vehicle-to-roadside hub ad-hoc network. Also described is efficient connection establishment and data transfer for vehicle to vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside hubs via the enhanced Bluetooth® radio. The ad-hoc network comprising a mesh of vehicles/a supernode also facilitates the exchange of information that originated at an Internet source. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100094529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL-RELATED INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CALENDAR APPOINTMENT - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing travel-related information associated with a calendar appointment is presented. The method comprises monitoring a calendar application for travel-related appointments. In response to identifying a travel-related appointment, the method retrieves travel-related information associated with a location of the travel-related appointment and provides the travel-related information to a user. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094530 | Method of Developing Traffic Messages - A method is disclosed for developing traffic messages. The method obtains traffic data indicating collected traffic speeds at various locations on a road network. Traffic messages are developed from the traffic data. The method obtains ground truth data indicating ground truth speeds at a subset of the locations on the road network. The ground truth speed represents average speed of vehicles at one of the locations. For those locations for which ground truth speed has been obtained, the method computes a traffic quality value comparing the collected traffic speed to the ground truth speed for the location. The traffic messages and traffic quality data representative of the traffic quality values are transmitted. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100106395 | AGTM AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE - Systems, methods and apparatuses for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A system for managing ground transportation in a geographical area in accordance with the present invention comprises at least one airborne surveillance platform, a graphical information systems (GIS) database, receiving information from the airborne surveillance platform, the GIS database storing data that represents the geographical area, the GIS database including at least one node representing at least one geographical location within the geographic area and at least one arc representing at least one street within the geographic area, and a routing tool, coupled to the GIS database, wherein the dynamic routing tool accepts data from the GIS database and determines a transportation route for at least one vehicle within the geographical area using at least the data from the GIS database and the information from the airborne surveillance platform. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100114465 | PROVIDING AND USING OF INFORMATION ON VIDEO RELATED TO TRAFFIC SITUATION - Encoding and decoding of application information is disclosed. An encoding method includes creates multimedia object information on video and/or audio data related to content carried by a traffic information message provided through traffic information service, creates reference information indicating the traffic information message, and organizes a multimedia information message that includes the multimedia object information and the reference information. While using a traffic information provided by a traffic information service, a user can, if necessary, recognize visually and/or audially a special traffic situation of which information is provided by a traffic information service. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100125402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE ENGINE RUNNING STATE AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS FOR INCREASED FUEL CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY - The present disclosure is directed to a method for managing engines in response to a traffic signal. The method may comprise establishing communications with participating vehicles; responding to a stop status indicated by the traffic signal, further comprising: receiving a position data from each participating vehicles; determining a queue of participating vehicles stopped at the traffic signal; determining a remaining duration of the stop status; sending a stop-engine notification to the list of participating vehicles stopped at the traffic signal when the remaining duration is greater than a threshold of time; responding to a proceed status indicated by the traffic signal, further comprising: sending a start-engine notification to a first vehicle in the queue; calculating an optimal time for an engine of a second vehicle in the queue to start; and sending the start-engine notification to the second vehicle at the optimal time. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100138140 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The data communication device and method include storing road map information indicating locations of nodes and links, a time when a vehicle enters one link and an identifier of the link, and a vehicle location and the link identifier in a memory, periodically acquiring vehicle position data, identifying the link based on the road map information, and comparing the identified link with the link the vehicle has passed through a node. The device rewrites the position data and acquired time stored in the memory when receiving a result that the vehicle has not passed, determines an exit time based on the acquired time and the time of last acquired position data when receiving a result that the vehicle has passed, calculates a travel period of the vehicle, writes the exit time as an entry time, rewrites the link identification data, and transmits the travel period to a given communication destination. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100161204 | Method for identification of traffic lane boundary - The invention provides a method for identification of traffic lane boundary. Firstly the microwave signal is received, and the noise reduction is treated for the microwave signal. Then the frequency domain information is employed to calculate the legal set of closed interval, in order to form the frequency span information. Finally, the probability density function model is employed to calculate the frequency span information in order to identify the traffic lane boundary. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100179748 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM USING DIGITAL MAP FOR COLLECTING TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a traffic information providing system and method using a traffic information collecting digital map. A traffic information collecting terminal receives GPS data from at least one GPS satellite, and generates traffic information target location information with reference to traffic information established based on the GPS data. The traffic information target location information includes a coordinate and a time and can further include a type or an order on the traffic information target location information. The traffic information providing system matches traffic information target location information provided by the terminals on nodes and links for collecting traffic information of a traffic information collecting digital map, generates section communication information for a section, processes the section communication information, and provides it as traffic information. Therefore, accurate communication information is generated and more accurate traffic information is provided. For example, it is possible to generate accurate traffic information excluding a traveling time (or a traveling speed) error caused by a probe vehicle's entrance to a rest area from the link having an expressway rest area. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100198487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING THROUGH TRAFFIC - In a method and an apparatus for identifying through traffic, entry into and exit from a predefined area are ascertained and the transit time is used to determine whether unauthorized transit through the area has occurred. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198488 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING TRAFFIC-RELEVANT INFORMATION - A method is presented for recognizing traffic-related information (I) in a driving motor vehicle, in which sensor data (B) from a sensor and map data (K) from a navigation system are interpreted for recognition purposes, wherein the sensor data (B) is inspected in a first scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant sensor data (B | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100241342 | DYNAMIC TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING - A vehicle communication system is capable of calculating a plurality of routes between two locations. The system can also overlay traffic data for each route to determine a “real time” travel estimate. Then, one or more optimal routes can be presented to a user along with traffic data. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING TRAFFIC LINE - An apparatus for recognizing traffic lines on a roadway includes an image division unit for dividing an image of the roadway into a specific number of areas; a traffic line detection unit for detecting a traffic line from the respective divided areas of the roadway images; a traffic line representation unit for obtaining a traffic line equation representing the traffic line in the detected traffic line; a location detection unit for detecting a current location of a vehicle using movement direction and velocity of the vehicle sensed by a location detector; and a traffic line prediction unit for predicting a location of the traffic line to be displaced, using the detected current location, and the movement direction and velocity of the vehicle on a basis of traffic line equation. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100250106 | USING V2X-BASED IN-NETWORK MESSAGE GENERATION, AGGREGATION, DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING PROTOCOLS TO ENABLE ROAD HAZARD CONDITION WARNING APPLICATIONS - A method for providing messages indicating potential hazardous road conditions using a wireless communications network. Vehicles using the network include sensors that are able to detect various potentially hazardous road conditions, such as rain, fog, icy road conditions, traffic congestion, etc. A plurality of vehicles that detect a specific road condition provide a confidence value that the condition exists. The confidence value is then aggregated by the vehicles with the confidence value of the detected condition from the other vehicles to provide an aggregated result that identifies the probability that the detected road condition is occurring. The aggregated result is then transmitted to other vehicles approaching the road condition, possibly in a multi-hop manner. Alternately, the confidence value from all of the vehicles that detect the condition can be transmitted to approaching vehicles who will provide the aggregated result identifying the potential that the condition exists. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100286896 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING NAVIGATION DATA - While a vehicle travels in a regular point, an absolute position of the vehicle is detected based on detection signals of a GPS sensor, a gyro sensor and a vehicle speed sensor. Then, a map matching process is performed such that the detected absolute position is corrected to be matched with a road map of map data. While the vehicle travels at a specific point, track position information of the vehicle based on the detected absolute position is stored independently of the map data. In particular, when the track position information regarding the specific point at which the vehicle is traveling at this point has been already stored, the information is sent to a light control unit, whereby the light control unit performs the optical axis control according to the traveling track indicated by the track position information. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286897 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Traffic Flows With Hazardous Goods Transport Vehicles Moving Through a Safety Critical Traffic Area in a Road Network, in Particular Through a Road Tunnel - A method and a device for controlling traffic flows with vehicles transporting hazardous goods, the vehicles moving through a security-critical traffic area of a road network, in particular through a road tunnel. When a vehicle approaches the traffic area it is established whether it is a vehicle transporting hazardous goods, and a traffic signal is output to the vehicle approaching the traffic area. In that a digital image is recorded of a vehicle approaching the traffic area, and in that the recorded image is digitally analyzed to recognize a feature which identifies a vehicle transporting hazardous goods, vehicles transporting hazardous goods may be recognized and controlled simply, reliably, and largely independently of vehicle equipment. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100305839 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING CONSUMPTION AND/OR EMISSION VALUES - A method for ascertaining consumption and/or emission values of at least one vehicle in a traffic area, includes the following steps: determining a number of traffic-technology variables for the traffic area, ascertaining a driving profile of the vehicle based on the traffic-technology variables, assigning an individual consumption and/or emission model and/or a consumption and/or emission model related to the vehicle type group to the driving profile of the vehicle, calculating consumption and/or emission values based on the driving profile and the consumption and/or emission model. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding method for ascertaining consumption and/or emission values of the vehicle target group of vehicles present in a traffic area and to a method for traffic control employing the consumption and/or emission values. Furthermore, the invention relates to ascertainment systems for ascertaining consumption and/or emission values and to a traffic control system. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100312461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VITALLY DETERMINING POSITION AND POSITION UNCERTAINTY OF A RAILROAD VEHICLE EMPLOYING DIVERSE SENSORS INCLUDING A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SENSOR - A system vitally determines a position of a train. The system includes a plurality of diverse sensors, such as tachometers and accelerometers, structured to repetitively sense at least change in position and acceleration of the train, a global positioning system sensor, which is diverse from each of the diverse sensors, structured to repetitively sense position of the train, and a track map including a plurality of track segments which may be occupied by the train. A processor cooperates with the diverse sensors, the global positioning system sensor and the track map. The processor includes a routine structured to provide measurement uncertainty for each of the diverse sensors and the global positioning system sensor. The routine cross-checks measurements for the diverse sensors, and cross-checks the global positioning system sensor against the track map. The routine provides the vitally determined position of the train and the uncertainty of the vitally determined position. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312462 | Touch Screen Based Interaction with Traffic Data - Touch screen based interaction with traffic data is disclosed. A virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a virtual broadcast presentation. A signal generated by a touch screen may be received. The generated signal may be processed and the virtual broadcast presentation may be updated in response to the processed signal. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100318285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDNG AND USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for providing traffic information of public transportation means, such as a bus, and utilizing the provided information. A method of encoding public traffic information according to the present invention creates an identifier of bus information system, an ID of bus route, and travel time on each section wherein the section is link between neighboring two stops among bus stops pertaining to the bus route. The created information is organized to status information that is in turn incorporated into a transfer message. A sequence of transfer messages, each being constructed as described above, is wirelessly transmitted. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110015851 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A system and method for providing traffic information is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises, for each segment of a route between an origin point and a destination point, performing a time-dependent journey planning calculation, based on a time during which a vehicle is predicted to be traveling through the segment, to produce a segment result; forming at least one route result, the at least one route result being formed based on a plurality of the segment results; storing the at least one route result in a digital storage means; and accessing the rapid access means for use in responding to a user request for traffic information for a journey between the origin point and the destination point. In another embodiment, a method comprises pre-determining at least a portion of a recommended most economic route between an origin point and a destination point; storing the pre-determined portion of the recommended most economic route in a rapid access means in a digital storage means; and accessing the rapid access means for use in responding to a user request for traffic information for a journey between the origin point and the destination point. In another embodiment a method comprises determining, with reference to a first network of geographical boundaries and a second network of digital map nodes, a recommended most economic route between an origin point and a destination point; and transmitting the recommended most economic route to a user. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110046867 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) and a plurality of accelerometers to provide information related to said vehicle's current state. A controller is provided to predict concurrent presence of at least two of said vehicles at a location at some future time. At least one of said vehicles further includes an indicator to indicate the potential for concurrent presence at said location in adequate time for the operator of said at least one of said vehicles to take appropriate evasive action to avoid concurrent presence at said location. Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a GPS and a plurality of accelerometers to provide information related to said vehicle's current state, a controller to identify vehicle speed, and an interface between the controller and said vehicle's throttle to control acceleration and deceleration. Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a GPS to provide information related to said vehicle's current state and a transceiver. A controller is provided for controlling traffic flow through an intersection during periods when traffic flow through said intersection is below a predetermined threshold. The controller includes a transmitter for communicating with the transceiver in each said vehicle. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110098908 | Synchronized Express and Local Trains for Urban Commuter Rail Systems - A computerized system and method of managing subway trains along a two-track subway line to allow express travel in combination with local service. Express trains catch up to local trains at express stations along the line, and provision is made to allow the express trains to physically or “virtually” pass the local train at those stations. Embodiments in which the express trains physically pass the local train include direct train-to-train transfer facilitated by side-by-side tracks at the express station occupying reduced footprint. In other embodiments, virtual passing is accomplished by changing the type of service provided by trains at express intervals: a local train “transforms” into an express train and vice versa. Embodiments enable passengers to transfer between trains at express stations so that these “relay” passengers can travel faster than any specific train. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110112746 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - An information processing unit displays a pop-up window in a display area of a display unit when the own vehicle is in an area of a set distance or less away from an extracted intersection, when the own vehicle stops, when a brake switch is ON, and when a display request for an image of traffic conditions of vehicles at the intersection by the driver is recognized. If an accelerator operation is performed in a predetermined way after the pop-up window is displayed, the display of the pop-up window is finished. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110118965 | NAVIGATION DEVICE & METHOD - A digital processing apparatus is disclosed for processing live traffic information in order to predict future evolution of the live traffic information. The apparatus includes, in at least one embodiment, a processing resource configured to: receive an item of live traffic information representing a traffic journey-time delay, at a respective time of incidence; store information indicating the journey-time delay and the respective time in a memory, to create a history of variation of the respective journey-time delay with respect to incidence time; and determine from the history at least one characteristic of the journey-time delay indicative of predicted evolution into the future of the journey-time delay from time of incidence of a most recent item of live traffic information. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110118966 | Traffic data services without navigation systems - A non-navigation data system for providing traffic data service in a mobile environment can include a data decoder for decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, location determining means (such as GPS or cellular location determining schemes) for determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, a display for displaying traffic data corresponding to the current location, and a plurality of static maps wherein the traffic data corresponding to the current location is overlaid at least over a portion of the static maps. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110118967 | TRAIN-OF-VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE - A train-of-vehicle travel support device which enables a train-of-vehicle travel of a plurality of vehicles even on a running road in which no magnetic marker is embedded. The train-of-vehicle travel support device includes a sensor unit obtaining road line shape data of a feature on a road surface, a processor unit obtaining running control data based on comparison of the road line shape data obtained by the sensor unit and reference data which has been previously stored, and an inter-vehicle communication device transmitting wirelessly the running control data obtained by the processor unit to a following vehicle. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110144896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC CONDITION COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for communicating with traffic detectors. A location of a vehicle is determined. A search is performed continuously for any of a number of traffic detectors in a wireless environment. A communication session is established with one of the number of traffic detectors in response to entering a range of one of the number of traffic detectors. A message associated with the one of the number of traffic detectors is communicated to the vehicle while the vehicle is within the range of one or more traffic detectors. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153183 | Traffic analysis based on historical global positioning system data - A method of analyzing traffic by a system includes receiving sequential location measurements from users of the system, mapping the received sequential location measurements to a digital map and determining traffic information for a first time period based on mapped sequential location measurements corresponding to the first time period. A system may include a database configured to store sequential location measurements received from users of the system and a processor configured to extract sequential location measurements from the database and determine traffic information for a first period based on the extracted sequential location measurements. The sequential location measurements include periodic times and associated coordinates. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153184 | TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM USING ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE - The present invention relates to a transportation system using an electric automobile. The transportation system using the electric automobile comprises the electric automobile and an electricity-supply unit which supplies electricity to the electric automobile. The electric automobile charges a battery included when the electricity is supplied from an external source in motion, using some or all of the electricity and is driven by the electricity of the battery when the electricity supply to the automobile in motion is stopped. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110160986 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC INFORMATION CONVERSION USING TRAFFIC INFORMATION ELEMENT KNOWLEDGE BASE - A method and apparatus for conversion of traffic information based on traffic information element knowledge base are provided. According to the present invention, a road network is described using roads, intersections and sections as traffic information elements and a correspondence between these elements and a road topological network in a digital map is established, so that a universal traffic information describing model, which is compatible with language used in people's daily life, can be established. Further, a traffic information element knowledge base can be generated based on the roads, intersections and sections, their respective attributes and the relationship between them, to support inter-conversion between road topological network traffic information and text-based traffic information. With the universal traffic information describing model and the traffic information element knowledge base according to the present invention, it is possible to support fusion and conversion for traffic data from various sources and to support various forms of presentation and interaction for traffic information, such as presentation of traffic information on digital navigation map, textual description of traffic information, map presentation of traffic information for urban trunk roads, interaction for natural language queries of traffic information, etc. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110160987 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TRAFFIC INFORMATION BASED ON INTERSECTIONS AND SECTIONS - A method and apparatus for representing a road network and a method and system for processing traffic information data using the method for representing a road network are provided. The method for processing traffic information data comprises: conversion step of converting traffic information data based on road networks of one or more types of road maps into traffic information data of intersections and sections, based on correspondence between the road networks of one or more types of road maps and the road network represented by the intersections and the sections, wherein the road network represented by the intersections and the sections is obtained by the method for representing a road network; and fusion step of fusing the converted traffic information data of intersections and sections to obtain unified traffic information data. The present invention proposes using a road network represented by intersections and sections as an intermediate model, which emphasizes the importance of intersections as hub nodes of the road network, and is compatible with various forms of map representations and universal. In this way, more accurate and comprehensive information can be obtained by fusing traffic information data from different data sources, which is advantageous for services such as traffic information prediction. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110184634 | Traveling Vehicle System - A controller ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191011 | System and Method for Modeling and Optimizing the Performance of Transportation Networks - A method and system are provided for modeling and optimizing the performance of transportation networks, e.g. for traffic signal retiming. The modeling and optimization may be implemented by obtaining a video signal from a camera at a first intersection; processing data from the video signal to determine at least one value indicative of a corresponding traffic flow through the first intersection; sending the at least one value to a remote processing entity via a wireless network to enable the remote processing entity to update a model of the transportation network, the transportation network comprising the first intersection and at least a second intersection; receiving from the remote processing entity, an instruction for a controller at the first intersection, the instruction having been determined from an update of the model based on data from at least the second intersection; and having the instruction implemented by the controller at the first intersection to optimize at least a portion of the transportation network. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191012 | Device, System and Method for Traffic Prediction - A method is provided for predicting load of traffic of vehicles that are travelling according to non reference route plan, provided with Dynamic Route Guidance capability of their PMMS, in a Forward Time Interval related Route Segment and according to a predetermined protocol between mobile systems and a non mobile system of a SODMS. Using mobile units, a traffic prediction query is receiving according to a predetermined differential traffic load match process. A match process is performed by each of the mobile units and, according to a match, a predetermined response procedure is enabled, wherein a response procedure in each mobile unit uses a predetermined random process to select an allocated slot in which to transmit a predetermined signal, which provides an improved way to predict traffic in conjunction with off line database statistics, preferably with such that are being adaptively corrected by prior data and method to predict traffic which do not include, or lack sufficient erratic traffic information. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110208414 | METHOD AND DETERMINING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING EMISSION LOCATIONS, AND METHOD AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BASED THEREON FOR IMMISSION-DEPENDENT TRAFFIC CONTROL - A method for automatically determining emission locations of selected emitted substances originating from a selected immission location. In this context, on the basis of input values which relate directly or indirectly to the emitted substances and by using defined rules of a propagation model suitable for determining propagation of the emitted substances, the emitted substances are traced back spatially, with accompanying indication of distribution values. Furthermore, a determining system carries out the determining method, and a traffic control system carries out a traffic control method. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110224891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING TRAFFIC INFORMATION USING RICH TRIP LINES - Techniques to aggregate traffic information with rich trip lines include a traffic service that, in response to receiving data indicating a current position, determines an ordered plurality of trip lines that indicate positions where a traffic condition is to be reported, and returns data that indicates the ordered trip lines. The trip lines are ordered such that a traveler encountering two trip lines of the plurality of trip lines in a different sequence indicates that a position near a third trip line was not detected by the traveler. A client process includes determining whether two trip lines are encountered in a different sequence than in an ordered plurality of trip lines received from the traffic service. If the two trip lines are in a different sequence, then sending, to the traffic service, data indicating an undetected trip line between the two trip lines. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110246051 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND DISPLAYING TRAFFIC CAMERA VIEW FOR VEHICLE SYSTEMS - A method or a system for displaying a traffic camera view of a road on a display within a vehicle. The method or the system may include monitoring a movement of the vehicle, determining an existence of a traffic event based on the movement of the vehicle, receiving a traffic camera view on the road, and displaying the traffic camera view if the traffic event is detected. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110264360 | EMERGENCY ROUTING WITHIN A CONTROLLABLE TRANSIT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a solution for an orderly and well-considered evacuation of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in the event of declared emergency. It describes the mapping of evacuation points and subsequent routing of PRT vehicles according to both the nature/location of the emergency and outflow capacity at each evacuation point. A PRT is defined as an automatic method by which personal transport vehicles (a/k/a “pods”) can be used to efficiently and rapidly move people between various points within a closed area (for example, a city center). In an ideal world, these pods can be thought of as intelligent automated vehicles (similar to driverless taxis) that can adapt to changing demand to optimize the movement of people. For example, an emergency may be declared within a PRT system which does not cause widespread power loss, but which does require an orderly evacuation (e.g., smoke or flooding). In such events, PRT vehicles will be routed through the means described here to an evacuation point capable of handling such outflow in an orderly manner. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110270513 | ROW RUNNING CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A row running control system is a system that controls the running state of each vehicle by optimum control (LQ control) so that five vehicles, for example, run in a row. Acceleration instruction values for the succeeding four vehicles among the five vehicles are determined as values minimizing predetermined evaluation functions, and the evaluation functions are calculated based on the errors of the distances between the respective vehicles, relative speeds between the respective vehicles and the acceleration instruction values for the respective vehicles. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270514 | ROW-RUNNING CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A vehicle platooning control system is a vehicle platooning control system that controls a relative relationship between vehicles so that a plurality of vehicles runs in a row. In this system, each target value of a relative relationship between vehicles continuous in the longitudinal direction of a row is determined on the basis of a relative relationship error propagation ratio which is a ratio of an error of the relative relationship propagated to the rear vehicles running in the row. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276257 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, PROBE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORING PROBE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROGRAM, AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE - When a vehicle passes through an intersection that is stored in a collection target intersection database and for which direction-specific probe information is collected, a CPU of a navigation device generates a plurality of direction-specific probe information (entry link, exit link, section travel time, and the like) from a plurality of unit distance section information that is collected within a direction-specific traffic information acquisition section until the vehicle passes through the intersection, an entry link traveled before entering the intersection; and an exit link traveled after passing through the intersection, and transmits these to an information distribution center. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276258 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A driving assistance device which performs driving assistance for an assisted vehicle A traveling on a non-priority road | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110282564 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A vehicle management system is provided, which includes an RFID tag storing vehicle information, a mobile vehicle management device generating management information from position information and the vehicle information received from the outside, and a server generating operation information by analyzing the management information. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282565 | SURFACE HOLD ADVISOR USING CRITICAL SECTIONS - The Surface Hold Advisor Using Critical Sections is a system and method for providing hold advisories to surface controllers to prevent gridlock and resolve crossing and merging conflicts among vehicles traversing a vertex-edge graph representing a surface traffic network on an airport surface. The Advisor performs pair-wise comparisons of current position and projected path of each vehicle with other surface vehicles to detect conflicts, determine critical sections, and provide hold advisories to traffic controllers recommending vehicles stop at entry points to protected zones around identified critical sections. A critical section defines a segment of the vertex-edge graph where vehicles are in crossing or merging or opposite direction gridlock contention. The Advisor detects critical sections without reference to scheduled, projected or required times along assigned vehicle paths, and generates hold advisories to prevent conflicts without requiring network path direction-of-movement rules and without requiring rerouting, rescheduling or other network optimization solutions. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282566 | COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to provide communication equipment, an inter-vehicle communication control method, and an inter-vehicle communication system by which information can be efficiently transmitted to a designated range even at a blind intersection or on a curved road. Communication equipment that received transfer data including data to be transferred, position information of a destination of the data to be transferred, position information of relay points used to determine a route to the destination, and position information of the last transferring vehicle determines a standby time that becomes shorter as a distance between the position of the last transferring vehicle and the position of the host vehicle becomes longer in the case where the host vehicle is not located in a predetermined range on the basis of the relay points. In addition, the communication equipment determines the standby time that becomes longer as a distance between the position of the host vehicle and the position of the relay point becomes longer in the case where the host vehicle is located in the predetermined range, and performs a process of transmitting the transfer data after the standby time passes. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110288754 | VEHICLE GROUP CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE - The invention provides a vehicle group control method that controls the traveling of a vehicle group including a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle group control method includes: a process of controlling vehicles in each of a plurality of small vehicle groups which are divided from the vehicle group and controlling the relative relationship between the vehicles in each small vehicle group using communication between the vehicles in the same small vehicle group; and a small vehicle group control process of controlling the relative relationship between the small vehicle groups using communication between representative vehicles in the small vehicle groups. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288755 | MUTABLE MOBILE TRAFFIC ROUTING SYSTEM - A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes: sending traffic routing parameters with a traffic segment from a server for displaying on a client; receiving a traffic re-routing request parameter based on a traffic routing control parameter including the traffic routing parameters with the traffic segment; updating the traffic routing parameters based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with an updated traffic segment with the traffic re-routing request parameter for displaying on the client. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110295496 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIRECTING TRAFFIC ON A SITE - In a method for automatically directing traffic on a site, information is received regarding a plurality of selected entities on the job site. An indication of a first priority assigned to a first of the plurality of selected entities is received. An indication of a second priority assigned to a second of the plurality of selected entities is received. It is then determined that the first of the plurality of selected entities has a right of way over the second of the plurality of selected entities based upon a comparison of the first priority and the second priority. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110320110 | Methods and Systems for Delivering Travel-Related Information - Methods and systems are provided for delivering travel related information with an intelligent network. One method embodiment includes establishing a communication with the intelligent network through an access device, determining a location of the access device, and obtaining the travel-related information with the access device through the intelligent network, wherein the travel-related information includes data related to a location of the access device. Additional system and computer-readable media embodiments of the present methods and systems are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120010803 | VEHICLE ARRIVAL PREDICTION USING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES INCLUDING PASSENGER BUS ARRIVAL PREDICTION - A system, method and computer program product for estimating a vehicle arrival time. The system receives information representing prior travel times of vehicles between pre-determined vehicle stops along a vehicle route. The system receives real-time data representing a current journey. The current journey refers to a movement of a vehicle currently traveling along the route. The system calculates a regular trend representing the current journey based on the received prior travel times information and the received real-time data. The system computes a deviation from the regular trend in the current journey. The system determines a future traffic status in subsequent vehicle stops in the current journey. The system estimates, for the vehicle, each arrival time of each subsequent vehicle stop based on the calculated regular trend, the computed deviation and the determined future traffic status. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120016574 | GPS TRACE FILTERING - A mobile device can function as a probe to sense conditions on roads and other areas of interest. A mobile device can have a GPS receiver to receive traces of GPS fixes. In a system with many such probes, it may be desirable to reduce an amount of GPS data reported by each device. To reduce such data reporting, a trace of GPS fixes is approximated by a selection of representative GPS fixes. Examples of how such a selection can be made are disclosed. Parameters and other behaviour by each device functioning as a probe can be set by central controller; for example, probes can be turned on and off, reporting frequencies can be adjusted, and thresholds used in the approximation can be set. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120029798 | Signal Control Apparatus and Method with Vehicle Detection - A roadside equipment (RSE) system that can be used for controlling traffic signals and other equipment and corresponding method. A method includes wirelessly receiving vehicle data by an RSE system and from an onboard equipment (OBE) system connected to a vehicle. The vehicle data includes location data, time data, and vehicle identification data related to the vehicle. The method includes determining a most recent location of the vehicle by the RSE system and from the vehicle data, comparing the most recent location of the vehicle to a previous location of the vehicle, and producing a control signal based on the comparison. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029799 | System and Method for Lane-Specific Vehicle Detection and Control - A roadside equipment (RSE) system that can be used for controlling traffic signals and other equipment and corresponding method. A method includes wirelessly receiving vehicle data from an onboard equipment (OBE) system connected to a vehicle, the vehicle data including location data, time data, and vehicle identification data related to the vehicle. The method includes determining motion data for the vehicle and determining the current state of at least one traffic device. The method includes determining a roadway lane corresponding to the vehicle, based on the motion data and the current state of the at least one traffic device, and storing the vehicle and associated roadway lane. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029800 | PROVIDING COST INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH INTERSECTIONS - A method and device for providing cost information associated with intersections of a road network are provided. Driving data indicative of at least one condition of a vehicle upon passage of the vehicle through a plurality of intersections are retrieved. For each intersection of the plurality of intersections, a set of feature values associated with the respective intersections is determined based on map data. Parameters of an intersection cost module are adjusted. The intersection cost module is configured to provide a cost value in response to a set of feature values associated with an intersection. The parameters of the intersection cost module are adjusted based on the received driving data and the sets of feature values determined for the plurality of intersections. The intersection cost module may also be used for route searches. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120035839 | Optimizing Traffic Predictions and Enhancing Notifications - Travel-demand forecasting methods are described for predicting traffic volume based, at least in part, on user-entered data in the form of anticipated traffic routes, demographic data and/or other types of socioeconomic data. This data can source a prediction algorithm or be used to forecast traffic patterns. Methods and systems are described for, among other things, optimizing traffic predictions, forecasting traffic patterns using user-assigned trip patterns, associating rich attribute information to navigation routes, exposing personal-logistic information to a group, communicating traffic-situation-generated alerts based on user information, optimizing a presentation of user-defined traffic routes, and presenting location indications based on proximity (temporal or geographical). | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120041669 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Conventionally, different traffic information cannot be sent in accordance with an output reason of a request to send. According to the present invention, a request to send traffic information, which is output in response to an instruction given by a user operation or an automatically given instruction, is acquired, an output reason of the request to send is determined, and a communication unit is controlled so that the traffic information on different areas is sent depending on the cases where the output reason is the instruction given by the user operation or the automatically given instruction. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120046855 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD SIGNS - Various embodiment include a system and a method for recognizing road signs. An image of a road sign may be captured by least one image sensor. A vehicle computer may receive the image data representing one or more road signs along a route and display one or more images of the road sign based on the image data. The display may be capable of presenting one or more status of the road sign based on one or more travel states for the vehicle. These travel states may include at least one of an amount of elapsed travel time, distance travelled, or speed. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120078493 | ADVANCED MAP INFORMATION DELIVERY, PROCESSING AND UPDATING - An illustrative method of data gathering includes determining that a vehicle traveling characteristic has changed beyond an expected parameter. The method further includes recording the GPS coordinates of the vehicle and ceasing recording the GPS coordinates of the vehicle when the vehicle traveling characteristic resumes the expected parameter. Finally, the method includes determining and storing a traffic control feature associated with at least one set of the GPS coordinates, if the recorded GPS coordinates of the vehicle correspond to previously recorded GPS coordinates. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120095671 | VEHICLE GROUP FORMING DEVICE AND VEHICLE GROUP FORMING METHOD - Disclosed are a vehicle group forming device and a vehicle group forming method capable of effectively using a priority lane. A vehicle group forming device which forms a vehicle group with a plurality of vehicles includes vehicle group forming means for selecting vehicles forming a vehicle group or determining the order of the vehicles on the basis of the degree of conformity to the traveling condition of a priority lane. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095672 | METHOD FOR LOCATING ROAD SHAPES USING ERRONEOUS MAP DATA - A system includes a transmitting apparatus having a first digital map and a receiving apparatus having a second digital map. The second digital map shows a road segment at a different location from the first digital map due to errors. The transmitting apparatus transmits location information to the receiving apparatus. The location information includes coordinates information, attribute information, and relative information. After receiving the location information from the transmitting apparatus, the receiving apparatus identifies the location of a road segment on the second digital map by using the coordinates information and the attribute information and identifies a location of a traffic event on the road segment on the second digital map by using the relative information. The relative information includes a distance from a start point of a road segment on the first digital map to the location on the road segment on the first digital map. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120109504 | System And Method For Detecting A Turning Vehicle - A sensor system for a host vehicle may detect whether another in-path vehicle is turning. The sensor system may include a transmitter, a receiver and a controller. Signals may be emitted by the transmitter over a detection area. The emitted signals may reflect off an object vehicle in the detection area and be received by the receiver. The receiver may include a number of channels, each corresponding to a different region of the detection area. The sensor system may determine whether the in-path vehicle is turning and in what direction based on the reflected signals received at each channel. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109505 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION BASED ON TRUSTED GROUP BEHAVIOUR - A method of providing real-time traffic information entails defining a trusted group of mobile devices traveling to a common destination, obtaining traffic data from the mobile devices of the trusted group, and determining traffic information based on the traffic data for a plurality of routes to the common destination. This enables a mobile device user to determine which one of a plurality of alternate routes to a destination is optimal given prevailing traffic conditions. Since the data derives from a trusted group, unlike aggregated data, it is more likely to be considered reliable by the end user. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120116658 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a traffic information providing system and terminal and a method of providing traffic information. More specifically, the traffic information providing system includes a first module, within a vehicle, which is configured to receive a range associated with a route calculated by a terminal from a web server, wherein a plurality of ranges are previously set based on a traveling route, a specific region and a present position. Additionally the present invention also includes a second module that is configured to receive a traffic information request for any one of a plurality of ranges from the terminal via a command. A third module is configured to collect traffic information within the provided range corresponding to the command. Upon doing so the second module transmits the traffic information collected by the third module to the traffic information providing terminal to be conveyed to the driver. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120130624 | Methods and Systems for Filtering Traffic Information for Display - A method and a system for displaying an airport or runway moving map with traffic information on a display screen in the cockpit or flight deck of an aircraft. Symbology representing surface and near-surface aircraft and surface vehicle traffic and associated traffic data are filtered to prevent or limit clutter on the display screen. Traffic symbology is automatically and manually filtered to display only relevant traffic. Traffic data is selectively displayed and displayed as/when relevant or needed. The displayed traffic information may be derived from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, traffic information system-broadcast, automatic dependent surveillance-rebroadcast, traffic collision avoidance system or other source. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136559 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND BROADCASTING THE INFORMATION - A system and method for identifying emergency vehicles and broadcasting their location is provided. The system and method gather and process information and data to identify emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars. Further, the system and method is integrated with a locational information system to determine the exact location of the emergency vehicle. Further, the system and method include auxiliary devices to determine the speed and direction of the vehicle and broadcast the location to other drivers in the area. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136560 | TRAFFIC-RELATED INFORMATION DICTIONARY CREATING DEVICE, TRAFFIC-RELATED INFORMATION DICTIONARY CREATING METHOD, AND TRAFFIC-RELATED INFORMATION DICTIONARY CREATING PROGRAM - Devices, methods, and programs acquire provided information and position information that corresponds to the provided information from a provided information storage unit. The provided information has been provided to the provided information storage unit by an information provider and stored in the provided information unit with the position information. The position information specifies a position at which the provided information was provided by the information provider. The devices, methods, and programs acquire traffic-related information from a traffic-related information distribution unit. The traffic-related information includes information that specifies an occurring traffic-related event and information that specifies a range of the occurring traffic-related event. Based on the acquired position information and the acquired traffic-related information, the devices, methods, and programs identify the provided information that is provided within the range of the occurring traffic-related event, and associate and store a phrase included in the identified provided information with the occurring traffic-related event. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120150421 | Dynamic Transitioning Between Intersection Controller Traffic Engines - A method of transitioning from one traffic engine to a second traffic engine on a single advanced traffic controller is provided. A user enters, or the controller is programmed to enter, a request to change from the first traffic engine to a second traffic engine. The first traffic engine transitions to the red rest state. Then the second traffic engine takes control of the traffic signals and enters the flash exit mode, thus completing the transition. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DEPARTURE NOTIFICATIONS - The present invention provides a system and method for determining the necessary departure time to allow for an on-time or desired arrival time at a particular location over a particular route based on the evaluation of historic, present, and predicted road conditions. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150423 | CLOSED AIRPORT SURFACE ALERTING SYSTEM - A system and a method alerts the occupant of a vehicle that the vehicle is in, or approaching, a zone of awareness associated with a closed surface at the airport. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120173130 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND IN-VEHICLE UNIT - Traffic information is provided to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle located in a shadow portion of a large-sized vehicle and to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle at a location separated from an intersection | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120221230 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND SUPPLYING TRAFFIC-RELEVANT INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for generating and supplying traffic-relevant information, wherein each of a plurality of road users ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120226434 | ACTIVE TRAFFIC AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing incentives for the public to travel during time windows and routes that help alleviate traffic congestion. The systems described herein include at least two components: a computer server software system that includes various algorithms and database sub-systems; and a mobile device application. Generally, a user may enter an origin, destination, and preferred time of travel for an intended trip into the mobile device application, which transmits the information to a remote server. The server computes a route for the trip and provides the user with available incentives for traveling the route at one or more departure time windows. The user's mobile device transmits GPS data to the server, which allows the server to verify whether the user has traveled the route during the specified time window. If so, the server then provides the incentive to the user via the user's mobile device or through email. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120232776 | Transportation Information Systems and Methods Associated With Degradation Modes - An exemplary method includes determining whether real-time vehicle location information deviates from at least one of historical real-time vehicle location information or scheduled vehicle location information. The exemplary method further includes generating a schedule degradation mode based on a deviation of real-time vehicle location information from at least one of historical real-time vehicle location information or scheduled vehicle location information. The exemplary method also includes generating first scheduling information for a user based on the user data and public transportation data when the deviation does not exceed a threshold. The exemplary method farther includes generating second scheduling information, different from the first scheduling information, that includes an indication of the schedule degradation mode for the user based on user data, public transportation data, and the deviation when the deviation exceeds the threshold. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239281 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A system provides a description of a road segment using location reference points. The system may receive traffic information about a road segment along a road. The system may determine two sets of location reference points based on the traffic information. The system may generate a description of the road segment based on the two determined sets of location reference points. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120245833 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE DEVICE, VEHICLE GUIDANCE METHOD, AND VEHICLE GUIDANCE PROGRAM - A vehicle guidance device includes: an inter- vehicle distance specification unit that specifies an inter-vehicle distance, which is an inter-vehicle distance in a prescribed lane, between vehicles up to a reference point of a lane change; a recommended section specification unit based on the specified inter-vehicle distance, specifies a recommended section in which a lane change to the prescribed lane should be made before reaching the reference point; and a communication unit that, based on the specified recommended section, outputs guidance information pertaining to the lane change to the prescribed lane. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253646 | REAL TIME ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC - A method and system for managing vehicle traffic is provided in which a request for traffic information of a traffic lane is received. Responsive to the request, a count of a number of vehicles establishing wireless communication links in the traffic lane is determined, such that a wireless communication link is established between at least a consecutive pair of vehicles in the traffic lane. In at least one embodiment, unique information associated with each of the vehicles establishing wireless communication links in the traffic lane is collected. Further, at least one or more of the count of number of vehicles or the unique information associated with each of the vehicle is sent to a control unit that controls traffic signal indicators provided to the vehicles in the traffic lane. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253647 | RELIABILITY OF TRAVEL TIME ESTIMATION - A method and system for increasing accuracy in estimating average time taken to travel through a chosen road segment is provided. The method includes determination of time taken by one or more vehicles to travel through the road segments. Further, correlated road segments for which time taken to travel through the correlated road segments is correlated with the time taken to travel through the chosen road segment, are identified. A data repository stores a list of the one or more correlated road segments. Among the correlated road segments, one or more preferred road segments that increases the accuracy in determining the average time taken to travel through the chosen road segment, is determined by at least one processor. Further, the processor estimates the average time taken to travel through the chosen road segment using, data corresponding to time taken to travel through, the preferred road segments and the chosen road segment. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120271538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHOOSING PRIORITY CONTROL OBJECT, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OBJECT - Provided are an apparatus and a method that chooses an object to be preferentially controlled based on an accident risk degree and hazard and controls the chosen object. In the present invention, it is possible to choose and control a ship having high hazard calculated with trajectory prediction, current operation state information, and past history information under a traffic situation in which the ships are concentrated, by priority. The ship having high hazard is chosen by calculating and applying various history information including an accident record, an entry history of an operator, an aging degree history of the ship, and a steering feature history by using a collision risk on a real-time trajectory collision risk and past history information and different warnings are given during a control for each level. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120290198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF DATA - A method for the classification of data includes receiving a first message that is a vehicle-to-vehicle or a vehicle-to-infrastructure message. The first message includes first mobility data of a vehicle. An expected route of the vehicle is determined based on the first mobility data. A second message that is a vehicle-to-vehicle or a vehicle-to-infrastructure message is received. The second message includes second mobility data of the vehicle. An actual route of the vehicle is determined based on the second mobility data. Whether the expected route deviates from the actual route by at least a predetermined threshold value is determined. If the expected route deviates from the actual route by at least the predetermined threshold value, a type of momentary driving maneuver of the vehicle is determined and the first mobility data and the second mobility data are classified on the basis of the type of momentary driving maneuver. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120296559 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC DATA AND DRIVING EFFICIENCY DATA - Current and predicted traffic information is provided from incident data, traffic flow data, and media related to traffic received from multiple sources. The crowd sourced data may be provided passively by applications on remote mobile devices or actively by users operating the remote mobile devices. An application on a mobile device may receive the multiple data types, aggregate and validate the data, and provides traffic information for a user. The traffic information may relate to the current position and route of the user or a future route. The present technology may also provide driving efficiency information such as fuel consumption data, carbon footprint data, and a driving rating for a user associated with a vehicle. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120316763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING A PERSON REACHES A DESTINATION ON TIME - A system includes a first interface module and a route determining module. The first interface module interfaces with a scheduling program and retrieves from the scheduling program a meeting time and a meeting location for a meeting scheduled by a user using the scheduling program. The route determining module determines (i) a route from a first location to the meeting location and (ii) a departure time for the user to depart from the first location to reach the meeting location at the meeting time. The route determining module determines the route and the departure time based on (i) predicted traffic conditions and (ii) predicted weather conditions surrounding the first location and the meeting location prior to the meeting time. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS IN A VEHICLE CONSIST - A method for communications in a vehicle consist (e.g., for managing network services among a plurality of networked locomotives or other vehicles in the consist) includes monitoring a first available device of a first locomotive (or other first vehicle) in the consist to determine an operational status of the first available device, and maintaining information of the operational status of the first available device in a database. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323472 | COEFFICIENT OF VOLATILITY TOOL - A system for monitoring a vehicle's contribution to the efficiency of flow and throughput in traffic includes: a computation unit that determines the fluctuation in velocity of the vehicle over a time or a distance; and a notification unit that provides a notification related to the determined fluctuation in velocity of the vehicle. The notification unit may be a display that displays a visual representation of the fluctuation in velocity of the vehicle over a period of time or over a distance. The notification unit may provide an audible notification related to the fluctuation in velocity of the vehicle. The system may further include a sensor that determines the velocity of the vehicle and provides the velocity to the computation unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323473 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes travel condition detection means for detecting conditions around a vehicle and performs travel control of the vehicle according to the conditions around the vehicle by controlling a plurality of actuators according to information detected by the travel condition detection means. The vehicle control device has a plurality of the travel condition detection means. A control amount of at least one of the actuators, from among the plurality of actuators, is restricted according to reliability of a plurality of pieces of the information detected by the plurality of travel condition detection means. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323474 | Intra-Vehicle Information Conveyance System and Method - System and method for conveying data between vehicles includes a data generating system arranged on a first vehicle to obtain or generate information about the first vehicle or conditions around the first vehicle, a first communications system arranged on the first vehicle and coupled to the data generating system for communicating with a wireless Internet service provider (ISP) and a second communications system arranged on a second vehicle and communicating with an ISP. The first communications system enables the information obtained or generated by the data generating system to be transmitted via the Internet to the second communications system. The first and second communications systems can communicate with the same ISP or different ISPs linked to one another. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330540 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF VEHICLES - A method for causing vehicles to travel improves work efficiency by minimizing stop time of the vehicles while avoiding deadlock, wherein reservation-requested routes are generated for the respective vehicles. The reservation-requested routes are parts of travel routes and between the current positions and travel stop positions, and are generated in so that a position not interfering with an interference region shown on a map and the terminal position of the reservation-requested routes for other vehicles becomes a terminal. Then, an already reserved route, is generated on conditions that the reservation-requested route for the vehicle does not interfere with the already reserved routes for the other vehicles and that deadlock does not occur. Then, the respective vehicles are controlled to travel from the current positions to the terminal positions of the already reserved routes. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006508 | Intersection-Stopping-Rate Specifying Apparatus, Navigation Apparatus, Computer Program for Specifying Intersection-Stopping-Rate, Computer Program for Conducting Navigation - Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically creating stopping rates of vehicles at signal-equipped intersections. A signal-equipped intersection to be subjected to specifying of stopping rates at signal-equipped intersections is selected from a signal-equipped-intersection information storage unit as a target intersection, a pass-through-intersection extraction that extracts a signal-equipped intersection that was passed-through just before reaching the target intersection as a pass-through intersection is conducted according to a prescribed rule, driving-history data of a probe car is classified for each of the routes that start from the pass-through intersection and pass through the target intersection, and the rate at which the probe car stopped at the target intersection is specified as a stopping rate, for each of the classified routes. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006509 | Monitoring a Mobile Device - Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring traffic, such as vehicle traffic on a roadway, using identification information acquired using a Bluetooth protocol. A sensor is configured to scan for discoverable Bluetooth devices within a flow of vehicle traffic and to create a log of identified Bluetooth devices. A system includes multiple sensors at known locations along a route and is operable to identify a Bluetooth device identified at multiple sensors. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013178 | Intelligent Traffic Control Mesh - An approach is provided that gathers observational traffic data at traffic controller nodes. Each of the traffic controller nodes communicates observational traffic data other traffic controller nodes via a network. The traffic controller nodes negotiate traffic control parameters. The negotiating process receives timing proposals from the other traffic controller nodes included in the related set. The nodes analyze the proposed timings based on the traffic controller's gathered observational traffic data. The traffic controller node prepares responses in response to the analysis. The traffic controller node sends the negotiation responses to the other traffic controller nodes. The traffic controller node also adjusts its traffic control parameters that control the node's cycle times based on the analysis. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013179 | System and Method for Self-Optimizing Traffic Flow Using Shared Vehicle Information - A system and method for self-optimizing traffic flow using shared vehicle information that utilizes multiple controllers in dynamic communication to optimize the flow of traffic. The system and method utilizes one or more traffic synchronization controllers (TSCs) (receivers) that receive information from one or more vehicle based transmitters called vehicle information agents (VIAs) and/or a network of traffic control devices (TCDs) associated with the traffic synchronization controllers to determine a variety of information related to traffic within a geographic region, including volume, speed, destination, intended route of the vehicle, as well as other vehicle related information, in order to determine the optimal flow of traffic within the region. The system and method then transmits traffic control signals to the various traffic control devices within the region or adjacent regions in order to optimally control the flow of traffic. The system and method may also share information amongst traffic synchronization controllers within the network in order to optimize the flow of traffic over a larger region. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013180 | CONTEXT-BASED TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL - Providing traffic flow control services includes receiving requests at an arbiter of a traffic control subsystem. The traffic control subsystem is in a first state, and the requests are received from vehicle transmitters in proximity of the traffic control subsystem. Traffic flow control services also include applying a pre-defined condition to the requests and implementing a traffic flow control activity responsive to application of the pre-defined condition. The traffic flow control activity includes maintaining the first state or changing the first state of the traffic control subsystem to a second state. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130024100 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ROADWAY MONITORING - An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring traffic and roadway water conditions. Traffic flow and roadway flooding is monitored concurrently through a wireless sensor network. The apparatus and system comprises ultrasound rangefinders monitoring traffic flow, flood water conditions, or both. Routing information may be calculated from the traffic conditions, such that routes are calculated to avoid roadways that are impassable or are slow due to traffic conditions. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130030680 | EVALUATING ROAD CONDITIONS USING A MOBILE VEHICLE - A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product evaluates a real-time condition of a construct of a roadway. A processor receives a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor that is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle as it travels along a roadway. This set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and a tire on the terrestrial vehicle. The processor also receives a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle. This transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway. The set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data are input into an analysis algorithm to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, such that the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130041573 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VEHICLE QUEUE LENGTH, METHOD FOR MEASURING VEHICLE QUEUE LENGTH, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MEASURING VEHICLE QUEUE LENGTH - An apparatus includes: a processor that executed a procedure, the procedure including: detecting a moving vehicle as the moving vehicle approaches a vehicle queue based on a signal from a sensor, acquiring a position and a speed of the moving vehicle based on the signal, calculating a stop position of the moving vehicle based on a change in the position and the speed of the moving vehicle, and calculating a length of the vehicle queue based on the stop position of the moving vehicle. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130046456 | ASSESSING INTER-MODAL PASSENGER TRAVEL OPTIONS - Techniques are described for using information regarding road traffic and other types of transportation-related information to determine and/or assess alternative inter-modal passenger travel options in a geographic area that supports multiple modes of transportation. For example, a particular user may have multiple alternatives for travel from a starting location to a destination location in the geographic area, including to use alternative modes of transportation (e.g., private vehicle, bus, train, walking, etc.) for some or all of the travel, and these alternatives may have different travel-related characteristics in different situations (e.g., depending on current road traffic; mass transit schedules and current actual deviations; travel-related fees for gas, parking, mass transit, etc; parking availability; etc.). Multiple alternative travel options are thus assessed for a given situation based on multiple types of information, enabling one or more preferred travel options for the given situation to be identified and used. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046457 | METHOD AND GUIDANCE-UNIT FOR GUIDING BATTERY-OPERATED TRANSPORTATION MEANS TO RECONDITIONING STATIONS - Methods and apparatus for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations, comprising determining a position of the battery, determining a condition of the battery, forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means, evaluating an achievable range of mobility of the transportation means, assigning the selected reconditioning station of the set of reconditioning stations, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target and guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, an optimization of the assignment and/or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual and/or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets of transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130060456 | Synchronizing car movements in road to reduce traffic - This invention describes a method (System requirements for Car Movement Control System, 1-10) to improve traffic by coordinating the car movements. This algorithm can be implemented using an embedded software that runs on especial computerized device installed on a car. The car should have already been utilized with an “Adaptive cruise control system” (Computerized system that allows a car to move with a fixed speed and can adjust car speed to avoid collision when required) or “Automatic car navigation system” (Computerized system that allows a car move from source to destination automatically without driver intervention using GPS or road transponders). | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130080040 | CONVOY TRAVEL APPARATUS - A convoy travel apparatus enables a convoy travel of a subject vehicle by regularly transmitting convoy travel information including the latest measurement of GPS positioning coordinates and predetermined number of preceding measurements of GPS positioning coordinates. By receiving the convoy travel information from other vehicles, the convoy travel apparatus of the subject vehicle identifies a sender vehicle of a current convoy travel information based on a comparison between a travel locus generated from the current convoy travel information and a past travel locus generated from a convoy travel information previously received. The identification of the sender vehicle leads to the identification of the information from a leader vehicle to be followed in the convoy travel control of the subject vehicle, thereby enabling a convoy travel of the subject vehicle based on the identified information. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080041 | CONVOY TRAVEL APPARATUS - A convoy travel apparatus transmits convoy travel information including a whole convoy ID and a sub-convoy ID when a subject vehicle is in a convoy travel state, and performs a convoy travel control by utilizing the sub-convoy ID. Further, a second vehicle of the whole convoy is a leader vehicle of a sub-convoy and is also a follower vehicle in a forward sub-convoy, thereby (i) determining the convoy travel control of itself by receiving the convoy travel information of the sub-convoy in which the subject vehicle is traveling as the follower vehicle and (ii) transmitting the convoy travel information including the content of the determined convoy travel control. Thus, the follower vehicle in the sub-convoy lead by the subject vehicle performs the convoy travel control based on the convoy travel information from the leader vehicle of the sub-convoy in which the subject vehicle is traveling as the follower vehicle. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130096813 | LOCATION ENHANCED MEETINGS AND COLLABORATION - A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on the geographical diversity of the attendees. A user can view a location enhanced meeting map for particular meeting, and obtain directions to the meeting. The user can also request to view attendee's locations to the meeting on the map prior to the meeting. If an attendee is expected to be late, the user may establish a voice conference with that attendee. If a user is expected to be late to a meeting, the user may provide a notification to the other attendees of the meeting. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103290 | TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS EMPLOYING TIMED FINGERPRINT LOCATION INFORMATION - The disclosed subject matter provides for traffic analysis employing timed fingerprint location information. In an aspect, TFL information can be associated with location characteristics for a UE. These location characteristics can describe the motion of the UE. As such, with proper analysis, the motion of the UE can be correlated to traffic patterns. Transportation analytics can employ TFL information to provide real time or near real time traffic information, forecast traffic conditions, or automate response to traffic conditions based on TFL information. Whereas TFL can provide advantages over other types of location information systems, leveraging TFL information in traffic analysis can reflect these advantages. Further, whereas TFL information can be gathered from nearly all modern and many legacy mobile devices, large volumes of TFL information can be employed in related transportation analytics. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103291 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL CYCLE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL CYCLE ESTIMATION METHOD - A traffic signal cycle estimation device | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103292 | TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING A SIGNAL INCLUDING PREDETERMINED INFORMATION - A modem unit receives a signal broadcasted by a base station apparatus. A storage unit extracts information included in the received signal and stores the extracted information. A detection unit detects a fact that the signal broadcasted by the base station apparatus is not received. A generation unit measures a period of time starting when the storage unit has stored the information. When the detection unit detects the fact and when the measured period of time is shorter than a threshold, the generation unit broadcasts a signal including the information stored in the storage unit. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110384 | METHODS FOR ESTIMATING ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110385 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLEET NAVIGATION, DISPATCHING AND MULTI-VEHICLE, MULTI-DESTINATION ROUTING | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130116915 | Methods and Systems For Coordinating Vehicular Traffic Using In-Vehicle Virtual Traffic Control Signals Enabled By Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications - Systems, methods, software, and apparatuses for coordinating traffic proximate to a potential conflict zone, such as a roadway intersection, where travel conflicts, such as crossing traffic, can arise. Coordination involves forming an ad-hoc network in a region containing the conflict zone using, for example, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and developing a dynamic traffic control plan based on information about vehicles approaching the conflict zone. Instructions based on the dynamic traffic control plan are communicated to devices aboard vehicles in the ad-hoc network, which display one or more virtual traffic signals to the operators of the vehicles and/or control the vehicles in accordance with the dynamic traffic control plan. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130131968 | TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes an energy module and a scheduling module. The energy module is configured to determine a first consumption parameter representative of a first amount of energy that is projected to be expended by a first vehicle during an upcoming movement event involving the first vehicle. The energy module is configured to determine the first consumption parameter as the first vehicle moves along a route toward a destination location and prior to the first vehicle taking part in the upcoming movement event. The scheduling module is configured to receive the first consumption parameter from the energy module and to at least one of create or modify a first schedule for the first vehicle to move along the route based on the first consumption parameter. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130138330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE MASS TRANSPORT VEHICLE ROUTING BASED ON TON-MILE COST INFORMATION - A system and method to optimize mass transport vehicle routing based on additional ton-mile cost information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a starting location and a plurality of customer locations associated with a warehouse and a plurality of customers, respectively, are identified. Furthermore, a plurality of pairs of locations is identified using the starting location and plurality of customer locations. Mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information are then dynamically computed for each of the plurality of pairs of locations. In addition, sets of mass transport vehicle routes between the starting location and plurality of customer locations are dynamically determined using the pairs of locations and a number of vehicles to be used. Moreover, trip cost information is computed, in real-time, for each set of mass transport vehicle routes. Also, an optimized set of mass transport vehicle routes is determined, in real-time, using the trip cost information. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138331 | HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW OPTIMIZATION - There is provided a method for heavy vehicle traffic flow optimization. The method includes determining location information and destination information of qualifying heavy vehicles. The method further includes modifying one or more traffic signal sequences to optimize a traffic flow of the qualifying heavy vehicles responsive to the location information and the destination information. Each of the qualifying heavy vehicles has a respective associated weight greater than a predetermined weight threshold. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130151133 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES - A method includes determining an operational parameter of a first vehicle traveling with a plurality of vehicles in a transportation network and/or a route in the transportation network, identifying a failure condition of the first vehicle and/or the route based on the operational parameter, obtaining plural different sets of remedial actions that dictate operations to be taken based on the failure condition, simulating travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network based on implementation of the different sets of remedial actions, determining potential consequences on travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network when the different sets of remedial actions are implemented in the travel that is simulated, and, responsive to the potential consequences, receiving a selection of at least one of the different sets of remedial actions to be implemented in actual travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151134 | METHOD OF PROVIDING DETAIL INFORMATION USING MULTIMEDIA BASED TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL INFORMATION MESSAGE AND TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - There is disclosed a method of providing detailed information using a multimedia based traffic and travel information message and a terminal for executing the same. A method of providing detailed information using a multimedia based traffic in accordance with this document may comprise receiving transport protocol expert group (TPEG) information, comprising a road traffic message and a multimedia based traffic and travel information message and comprised of a hierarchical structure, displaying one or more events comprised in the road traffic message, allowing a request for detailed information about any one of the events to be input, and receiving detailed information of a multimedia type from a multimedia data providing server through specific one of bearer information comprised in the multimedia based traffic and travel information message and providing the received detailed information. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130158845 | Planning A Route For A Convoy Of Automobiles - Planning a route for a convoy of automobiles, including: identifying a plurality of automobiles included in a convoy; planning, for the convoy by a route planning module, a route from an origin to a destination in dependence upon current automobile traffic between the origin and the destination, automobile characteristics of the convoy, and aggregate user preferences of convoy automobile users; and providing for display, by the route planning module to a route display module of each automobile in the convoy, the convoy's route. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158846 | INTELLIGENT URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ORIENTED TO PASSENGER TRAVEL AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF - A passenger behavior-oriented smart urban public transport system and its implementation, which includes a field system mounted on a vehicle and a control center controlling the field system. The field system is connected to the control center via a wireless connection means. The control center is for receiving trip instructions from a passenger, generating a bus running route and sending said route to the field system mounted on the bus. The bus will then travel along the route received from the control center. The control center will also send the information of the route to the passenger while the bus is on its way. This invention provides an entirely new type of urban public transport automatic management system, which centers around the response to passenger travel demands, providing bus service at suitable places for passengers to get on and get off through the control center's intelligent scheduling and dispatching of the vehicles in the system. The present invention also discloses a method of implementing such system. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166187 | METHOD OF SELECTING A TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR USE BY A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method for selecting a traffic pattern for use by a navigation system is disclosed. When unusual traffic conditions exist, a message is sent to the navigation system. The message includes a code that identifies a traffic pattern. The navigation system uses the code to select a traffic pattern to use when calculating a route or to provide other navigation system functions. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166188 | Determine Spatiotemporal Causal Interactions In Data - Techniques for detecting outliers in data and determining spatiotemporal causal interactions in the data are discussed. A process collects global positioning system (GPS) points in logs and identifies geographical locations to represent the area where the service vehicles travelled with a passenger. The process models traffic patterns by: partitioning the area into regions, segmenting the GPS points from the logs into time bins, and identifying the GPS points associated with transporting the passenger. The process projects the identified GPS points onto the regions to construct links connecting GPS points located in two or more regions. Furthermore, the process builds a three-dimensional unit cube to represent features of each link. The points farthest away from a center of data cluster are detected as outliers, which represent abnormal traffic patterns. The process constructs outlier trees to evaluate relationships of the outliers and determines the spatiotemporal causal interactions in the data. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173146 | TRANSPORT AND HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF TRANSPORTING A COMMODITY - A transportation system for use in transporting commodities is described herein. The transportation system includes a transportation network that includes a plurality of predefined paths of travel extending between a plurality of locations, and a plurality of transport vehicles. Each transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles is configured to independently travel along the transportation network. A plurality of motor assemblies is oriented along the transportation network. Each motor assembly of the plurality of motor assemblies is oriented with respect to a predefined segment of the transportation network, and configured to move the transport vehicle along the predefined segment. A control system is operatively coupled to each motor assembly to selectively operate each motor assembly to independently convey each transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles along the transportation network. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130179056 | System for Constructing a Spanning Forest in a Vehicular Network - A first leader vehicle system and method for forming a first group including the first leader vehicle system is disclosed. The first leader vehicle system comprises a requesting module, a determination module and an aggregation module. The requesting module identifies a second leader vehicle system within a transmission range. The second leader vehicle system is in a second group. The requesting module chooses a first merging direction and receives a second merging direction chosen by the second leader vehicle system. The determination module determines that the first merging direction matches the second merging direction. The aggregation module aggregates probe vehicle data from the second leader vehicle system based at least in part on the determination that the first merging direction matches the second merging direction so that the first leader vehicle system merges with the second leader vehicle system to form the first group. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179057 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK SERVICES - To provide remote services, including dynamic, interactive assistance to electric vehicle (EV) users, a central server is arranged for electronic communications with EVs ( | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179058 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING CELLULAR DATA FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENGINEERING - Using data from a wireless telephony network to support transportation planning and engineering. Data related to wireless network users is extracted from the wireless network to determine the location of a mobile station. Additional location records for the mobile station can be used to characterize the movement of the mobile station: its speed, its route, its point of origin and destination, and its primary and secondary transportation analysis zones. Aggregating data associated with multiple mobile stations allows characterizing and predicting traffic parameters, including traffic speeds and volumes along routes. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130184977 | Automated Ground Handling of Aircraft - In a system and method of navigating a plurality vehicles consisting of one or more standalone tugs, or one or more tug propelled aircraft, or some combination thereof on the grounds of an airport, a virtual safety zone is electronically defined around each vehicle. Movement of each vehicle on the grounds of an airport is controlled based on the virtual safety zones defined around the plurality of vehicles. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130197789 | TRAVEL MANAGEMENT - A travel management system may include a client module to generate a request to update and/or search for data related to a trip. A database module may receive the request and communicate with a database. The database may include data organized in a trip data store table including unique keys respectively identifying trips. The database may further include index tables related to attributes of the trips and identified by the unique keys. The database module may obtain data related to the request from an index table corresponding to a unique key and forward a response to the client module. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130211699 | PARKING LOT DETECTION USING PROBE DATA - Parking lot ( | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211700 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AND VALIDATING NAVIGATIONAL PRIORITY SETTINGS UTILIZING PROBE DATA - A method for determining vehicle priority settings ( | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218445 | TRAFFIC PORTAL ENQUIRY AND ALERT SYSTEM - A method for monitoring travel by a vehicle includes monitoring location of a vehicle as it travels along a plurality of routes from each of a plurality of origins to a plurality of destinations. Frequently-traveled routes are determined from the monitored location of the vehicle. The frequently-traveled routes are displayed to the user. Current traffic conditions may also be displayed on routes between the current location of the vehicle and potential destinations, which are determined based upon previous destinations, contacts, or calendar events. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130253808 | Estimating Incident Duration - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for incident duration prediction. The method includes obtaining incident data for at least one traffic-related incident in a selected geographic area, obtaining traffic data for the selected geographic area, spatially and temporally associating the at least one traffic-related incident with the traffic data to generate incident duration data for the at least one traffic-related incident, and predicting incident duration of at least one additional traffic-related incident based on the incident duration data for the at least one traffic-related incident. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253809 | COLLABORATIVE NEAR-MISS ACCIDENT REPORTING - Illustrative embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for collaborative near-miss accident reporting. A computer receives, from a source among several sources, data relating to a near-miss accident. The computer determines whether the data relating to the near-miss accident is indicative of an event whose information should be distributed. The computer distributes, responsive to the determining being affirmative, near-miss accident information corresponding to the data relating to the near-miss accident. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130289858 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A SWARM OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING ONE-TOUCH OR ONE-CLICK GESTURES FROM A MOBILE PLATFORM - A method for controlling a swarm of autonomous vehicles to perform a multitude of tasks using either a one touch or a single gesture/action command. These commands may include sending the swarm on an escort mission, protecting a convoy, distributed surveillance, search and rescue, returning to a base, or general travel to a point as a swarm. A gesture to initiate a command may include a simple touch of a button, drawing a shape on the screen, a voice command, shaking the unit, or pressing a physical button on or attached to the mobile platform. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130289859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS OCCURRED ON ROAD - The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing vehicles with information about an event occurred on a road, capable of effectively providing information about an accident on a road to vehicles driving toward the region where the accident has occurred, even during hours or in regions in which vehicle traffic is low. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130289860 | Traffic Data Services Without Navigation Systems - A non-navigation data system for providing traffic data service in a mobile environment can include a data decoder for decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, location determining means (such as GPS or cellular location determining schemes) for determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, a display for displaying traffic data corresponding to the current location, and a plurality of static maps wherein the traffic data corresponding to the current location is overlaid at least over a portion of the static maps. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130297195 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR MISBEHAVIOR DETECTION - An autonomous vehicle positioning system for determining a position of a remote vehicle relative to a mobile host vehicle based on safety alert messages broadcast from the remote vehicle relating to an event in a road of travel. A host vehicle communication unit communicates with the remote vehicle for receiving the broadcast messages from the remote vehicle. A host vehicle control unit identifies reference points along the road of travel. Each reference point identifies a position of the host vehicle and associated signal reception properties, for example time-of-arrival, angle-of-arrival and received signal strength when the host vehicle receives the broadcast message. The control unit of the host vehicle selects a set of the reference points having identified positions and associated times, angles and signal strength. The control unit determines a position of the remote vehicle as a function of the time difference-of-arrival, angle-of-arrival or received signal strength between each selected reference point in the set. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130304363 | IDENTIFYING PURPOSE-BASED ORIGIN-DESTINATION USING CALL DETAILED RECORDS - Access is obtained to call data records (or other data) for a plurality of mobile telephony users. The call data records (or other data) include location-time sequences. For each of the mobile telephony users, corresponding ones of the location-time sequences are segmented into trips; a home-work-school classification model is used to determine a home location and a work-school location, based on the trips; and a trip purpose classification model is used to assign each of the trips a purpose label, based at least on comparing at least one of a start location and an end location for each one of the trips to at least one of the home location and the work-school location determined using the home-work-school classification model. The trips are aggregated into purpose based origin-destination categories based at least on the purpose labels, time ranges of the location-time sequences, and the start and end locations. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304364 | Method for Analyzing Traffic Flow at an Intersection - A method for advising a driver of a host vehicle on traffic conditions at a road intersection. It is determined that a host vehicle is approaching the intersection. Information is received from a plurality of other vehicles via a wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication system indicating respective positions and timing of the other vehicles approach to and/or arrival at the intersection. The times at which the other vehicles have stopped at the intersection are detected, and the times at which the other vehicles proceed through the intersection. A past order-of-progression of vehicles through the intersection is determined based upon the stopping times and the proceeding times. The driver of the host vehicle is then advised whether it is safe to proceed through the intersection in view of the past order-of-progression. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304365 | Method for Analyzing Traffic Flow at an Intersection - A method for assisting a driver includes determining that a host vehicle and first and second surrounding vehicles are approaching an intersection on at least two different road segments; determining when the first and second vehicles have stopped at the intersection; determining when the first and second vehicles proceed through the intersection; and identifying an actual order-of-progression of the first and second vehicles through the intersection. Simultaneously or sequentially with determination of the actual order-of-progression, attempting to determine a present geographic location of the host vehicle and consulting an on-board database to attempt to identify a regulatory order-of-progression for the present geographic location. If the regulatory order-or-progression is identified, the driver is advised regarding the regulatory order-of-progression. If the attempt to identify the regulatory order-or-progression is not successful, the driver is advised regarding the actual order-of-progression. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304366 | Map Display System and Method - Provided are a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304367 | OPTIMIZING TRAFFIC PREDICTIONS AND ENHANCING NOTIFICATIONS - Travel-demand forecasting methods are described for predicting traffic volume based, at least in part, on user-entered data in the form of anticipated traffic routes, demographic data and/or other types of socioeconomic data. This data can source a prediction algorithm or be used to forecast traffic patterns. Methods and systems are described for, among other things, optimizing traffic predictions, forecasting traffic patterns using user-assigned trip patterns, associating rich attribute information to navigation routes, exposing personal-logistic information to a group, communicating traffic-situation-generated alerts based on user information, optimizing a presentation of user-defined traffic routes, and presenting location indications based on proximity (temporal or geographical). | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311075 | MOTORCYCLE AND HELMET PROVIDING ADVANCE DRIVER ASSISTANCE - A safety system for motorcycle comprises at least one sensor mounted to the motorcycle to sense a feature of an environment surrounding the vehicle. An electronic control unit is configured to receive a signal from the at least one sensor and determine a probability that a safety incident may occur based upon the at least one feature. The probability is compared to at least a first threshold and the electronic control unit is configured to send at least one indicator signal when the at least one feature is above the first threshold. The indicator signal may be displayed on a helmet display. The safety system may be one of blind spot detection, forward collision alert, rear collision alert, cross-traffic alert, merging-traffic alert, lane departure warning, and traffic sign recognition. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130325305 | Mobile Terminal Relaying of Event Notifications in an Intelligent Transportation System - Embodiments include a mobile terminal and an intelligent transportation system (ITS) application client associated with a vehicle. The mobile terminal establishes a first communication link between the mobile terminal and the ITS application client. The mobile terminal also establishes a second communication link, via an infrastructure-based wireless communication network, between the mobile terminal and an ITS application server. Having established these links, the mobile terminal relays one or more event notification messages between the ITS application client and the ITS application server via the first and second links. These one or more messages each indicate the occurrence of an event pertinent to travel conditions. Relaying of messages by the mobile terminal in this way advantageously allows the ITS application client associated with the vehicle to send messages to and/or receive messages from the ITS application server, even if the vehicle itself is not configured to connect to the infrastructure-based network. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325306 | COOPERATIVE DRIVING AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE BY DISTRIBUTED RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL - Distributed control of vehicles with coordinating cars that implement a cooperative control method, and non-coordinating cars that are presumed to follow predictable dynamics. A cooperative control method can combine distributed receding horizon control, for optimization-based path planning and feedback, with higher level logic, to ensure that implemented plans are collision free. The cooperative method can be completely distributed with partially synchronous execution, and can afford dedicated time for communication and computation, features that are prerequisites for implementation on real freeways. The method can test for conflicts and can calculate optimized trajectories by adjusting parameters in terminal state constraints of an optimal control problem. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325307 | PROVIDING RESULTS TO PARAMETERLESS SEARCH QUERIES - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a parameterless search request, which was provided to a mobile computing device, for information that is relevant to a user of the mobile computing device. The method also includes, in response to the received parameterless search request, identifying with a digital computer system one or more results that are determined to be relevant to the user of the mobile computing device based upon a current context of the mobile computing device. The method further includes providing the results for display to a user of the mobile computing device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325308 | EVALUATING ROAD CONDITIONS USING A MOBILE VEHICLE - A method, system, and/or computer program product evaluates a real-time condition of a construct of a roadway. A processor receives a set of roadway acoustic sound patterns from a mobile microphone that is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle as it travels along a roadway. This set of roadway acoustic sound patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and a tire on the terrestrial vehicle. The processor also receives a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle. This transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway. The set of roadway acoustic sound patterns and the set of transient data are input into an analysis algorithm to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway. Data describing the real-time physical condition of the construct of the roadway is then transmitted to a remote computer. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332056 | Harvesting Traffic Information From Mobile Devices - A method for collecting the information from the mobile devices for producing real-time traffic data is provided. The process ensures that the collection of data from a mobile device to be non-intrusive to the user of the mobile device by using only communication channels that are already open and by using only Global Positioning System (GPS) data from an application that is already running on the mobile device. The mobile device will participate in the data collection only if its battery power is above certain threshold level or if its battery is currently being charged. The method will not let a mobile device participate in the data collection process if the mobile device has already provided more than a threshold amount of data to the traffic data collection during a particular period of time. The method let only mobile devices that are moving beyond certain speed to participate. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130345953 | CONTEXTUAL TRAFFIC OR TRANSIT ALERTS - A computing system is described that can provide a user with alerts based on traffic information related to the user's expected travel route. In some embodiments, a user can be alerted if a traffic delay exists on the user's expected travel route. In other embodiments, a user can be alerted when their usual bus or train is delayed. In further embodiments, a user can be alerted when traffic on an expected route to the user's next event location might impact the user's ability to arrive at that location on time | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130345954 | REGULATION INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A regulation information analysis system determines transit regulations imposed on a target road or intersection to be analyzed based on probe information sent from a plurality of vehicles. An analysis terminal determines if transit regulations are in effect or not by detecting if the probe information indicating a transition that violates a method of transition to be analyzed, such as right/left turn prohibition is present at the target road or intersection. The analysis terminal determines, based on the geometric shape and the like of the target road or intersection, if there is an avoidance factor which a driver would desire to avoid transiting the target rode or intersection. The quantity of the probe information used for determining the presence or absence of the transit regulations is increased if the avoidance factor is found, whereby the determination accuracy is increased while the overall quantity of the probe information is suppressed. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140005915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A VEHICLE CONSIST | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140012489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY POSITIONING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MOTION - A computer-implemented method is provided for automatically guiding a first vehicle to maintain a position relative to a second vehicle traveling in a given area. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving location data on the first and second vehicles; (b) determining a legal travel path in the given area from the first vehicle toward an expected position of the second vehicle; (c) automatically controlling the first vehicle to travel along the legal travel path; and (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) to automatically move the first vehicle to a relative position from the second vehicle and then to automatically maintain the relative position as the first and second vehicles travel through the given area. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019031 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LATERAL CONTROL OF A HOST VEHICLE DURING TRAVEL IN A VEHICLE PLATOON - An apparatus and method are described for lateral control of a host vehicle (F) during travel in a vehicle platoon. The apparatus and method include acquiring a control signal u and a lateral error ε relative to a target vehicle (L) of a preceding vehicle (T) travelling in the vehicle platoon, filtering the received lateral error ε, filtering the received control signal u, and executing a control algorithm for actuating lateral control of the host vehicle (F). | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140032087 | REDUCING FUEL CONSUMPTION BY ACCOMMODATING TO ANTICIPATED ROAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS - Utilizing a database of route segments, calculating optimal velocity and acceleration profiles, and suggesting these profiles to a user or the cruise control system of the vehicle, based on a route analysis and incorporating external and local data sources relating to environmental (e.g. topographic, meteorological) conditions, traffic conditions and user preferences and characteristics. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032088 | METHOD OF TRAFFIC CONDITION NOTIFICATION AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of traffic condition notification, adapted to a traffic information center, the method has steps are: receiving at least one travel information in a observing period, the travel information includes at least a travel time which had been taken on a predetermined distance; according to at least two travel information, determining a trend; and updating the travel information based on the trend, and broadcasting the new traffic information. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVER BEHAVIOR CLASSIFICATION AT INTERSECTIONS AND VALIDATION ON LARGE NATURALISTIC DATA SETS - A system and method for predicting whether a vehicle will come to a stop at an intersection is provided. Generally, the system contains a memory; and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of: generating a prediction of whether the vehicle will or will not stop at the intersection before a first time based on vehicle data measured during a first time window; and at a second time, the second time being before the first time and approximately equal to a time at which the time window ends, providing an indication that the vehicle will not stop at the intersection before the first time based upon the prediction, wherein generating the prediction comprises using a classification model, the classification model configured to indicate whether the vehicle will or will not stop at the intersection before the first time based on a plurality of input parameters, and wherein the plurality of input parameters are selected from the group consisting of speed, acceleration, and distance to the intersection. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140046580 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECEIVING INFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM EXECUTING METHOD OF RECEIVING INFORMATION - The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and method for receiving various pieces of information, after setting various search conditions, based on the set search conditions. According to the present invention, the electronic apparatus comprises: a communication unit; and in the case that a particular event occurs, a control unit transmitting search conditions including at least one of a search direction, search range and search region, related to the event through the communication unit, and receiving information corresponding to the search conditions. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052365 | BUS STOP AND SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROVIDING DETAILED BUS SCHEDULES - A bus stop includes a storage unit, a communicating unit, an input unit, a control unit, and a display unit. The communicating unit communicates with a server storing relationships among bus terminals, stop information of bus stops and current locations of the bus terminals. The server determines which one or ones travel toward the bus stop according to the current locations of the bus terminals and the location of the bus stop. The display unit displays the current locations of the bus terminals determined by the server. A related system is also provided. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140058652 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROCESSING - Traffic information processing method and apparatus. The method includes the steps of: obtaining road traffic data of a plurality of road sections; predicting for at least two road sections of the plurality of road sections, based on the obtained data, traffic flow information at an expected time when arriving at the road section from a current position, the traffic flow information being used for describing a traffic state of a road; displaying via a display apparatus the predicted traffic flow information of at least two road sections in the at least two road sections. In addition, the present invention provides a traffic information processing apparatus, a GPS navigation device, and a variable message board. By applying the technical solution provided in the present invention, the road traffic condition can be effectively transferred to users so that it is convenient for the users to plan routes for their travel. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140067243 | CENTRALIZED ROUTE DETERMINATION - A method for route guidance of a user includes steps of transmitting a first item of information with respect to a planned journey from an instantaneous position to a destination position from the user to a central authority, determining, by way of the central authority, a traffic situation in an area of a route from the instantaneous position to the destination position, and transmitting a second item of information, which provides information about the traffic situation, from the central authority to the user. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATING GROUP DRIVING OF MOVING OBJECT - A method authenticates a group driving service of a moving object. The method includes authenticating the moving object when an authentication request for the registration of the group driving service is received from the moving object, generating a certain group having group driving service registration information based on group driving registration information when a registration request for the group driving service is received from the moving object, the registration request including the group driving registration information, and transmitting the group driving service registration information of the certain group to the moving object. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074388 | Method and Device for the Prediction and Adaptation of Movement Trajectories of Motor Vehicles - The present invention relates to a method for the prediction and adaptation of movement trajectories of a motor vehicle for assisting the driver in his task of driving and/or for preventing a collision or reducing the consequences of an accident. The present invention further relates to a device for carrying out the method. According to the present invention and in order to carry out a prediction and adaptation of movement trajectories of a motor vehicle, an intersection of situatively required movement trajectories, which are determined using an environment sensor system, and physically possible movement trajectories, which result from properties which are characteristic of the driving dynamics of the motor vehicle and from the coefficient of friction obtained between tyres and road up to a maximum possible threshold coefficient of friction, is formed. According to the invention, only movement trajectories are taken into account which lie within this intersection. In this way, it is ensured that only movement trajectories are taken into account which, on the basis of the forces exerted on the wheels and resulting from the calculated movement trajectories by combining braking forces and/or steering forces, lie below the maximum possible threshold coefficient of friction. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140088855 | DETERMINING CHANGES IN A DRIVING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON VEHICLE BEHAVIOR - A method and apparatus are provided for determining whether a driving environment has changed relative to previously stored information about the driving environment. The apparatus may include an autonomous driving computer system configured to detect one or more vehicles in the driving environment, and determine corresponding trajectories for those detected vehicles. The autonomous driving computer system may then compare the determined trajectories to an expected trajectory of a hypothetical vehicle in the driving environment. Based on the comparison, the autonomous driving computer system may determine whether the driving environment has changed and/or a probability that the driving environment has changed, relative to the previously stored information about the driving environment. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140095058 | AD-HOC MOBILE IP NETWORK FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A method and system for intelligently managing a transportation network are provided. The method includes dynamically establishing an ad hoc data communications network that includes vehicle nodes provided by respective vehicles in a transportation network. Behavior of one or more of the vehicles can be controlled remotely in response to automated traffic analysis performed based on real-time information received via the ad hoc network. Remote control of the one or more vehicles can include controlling vehicle motion by controlling vehicle subsystems via real-time command data transmitted to the respective vehicles via the ad hoc network. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140100766 | TRAFFIC DATA PREDICTION DEVICE, TRAFFIC DATA PREDICTION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A traffic data prediction device includes an original link traffic data storage unit ( | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140114554 | MODULAR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140114555 | MODULAR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140121953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A system includes a first communication module and a second communication module. The first communication module is configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist, and the second communication module is configured to be disposed onboard a second vehicle of the vehicle consist. The first and second communication modules are communicatively coupled by first and second communication paths. The first and second communication modules are configured to communicate first information over the first communication path and second information over the second communication path. At least a portion of the first information includes a first command corresponding to a first operation of at least one of the first or second vehicles. At least a portion of the second information includes a second command corresponding to the first operation. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129121 | Routing Based On Detected Stops - In some implementations, a mobile device can transmit traffic information to a server for analysis. The traffic information can include movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information can be analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information can be analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops can be associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes can be determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129122 | EMERGENCY ROUTING WITHIN A CONTROLLABLE TRANSIT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a solution for an orderly and well-considered evacuation of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in the event of declared emergency. It describes the mapping of evacuation points and subsequent routing of PRT vehicles according to both the nature/location of the emergency and outflow capacity at each evacuation point. If an emergency is declared within a PRT system, which does not cause widespread power loss, but which does require an orderly evacuation (e.g., smoke or flooding), PRT vehicles will be routed to an evacuation point capable of handling such outflow in an orderly manner. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129123 | Data Exchange Protocol to Enable Server-Based Traffic Related Alert Systems via Mobile Devices - Object of the present invention is to provide a data exchange protocol to enable mobile device based alert systems to deliver traffic related alerts to drivers. The protocol is based on running first order Kinematic model for motion of vehicles on both Client and Server sides. Each Client only sends to the server minimum samples of the motion that are sufficient enough to keep lateral (perpendicular to moving direction of vehicle) and longitudinal (along moving direction of vehicle) position errors bounded. Position error here is defined as difference between original motion sample and sample derived from transmitted samples on the server. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129124 | ESTIMATING TIME TRAVEL DISTRIBUTIONS ON SIGNALIZED ARTERIALS - Systems and methods are provided for estimating time travel distributions on signalized arterials. The systems and methods may be implemented as or through a network service. Traffic data regarding a plurality of travel times on a signalized arterial may be received. A present distribution of the travel times on the signalized arterial may be determined. A prior distribution based on one or more travel time observations may also be determined. The present distribution may be calibrated based on the prior distribution. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136088 | Method for Predicting Travel Times Using Autoregressive Models - Future travel times along links are predicted using training and prediction phases. During training, seasonal intervals, a seasonal component of the training inflows are learned. The seasonal component is subtracted from the training inflows to obtain training deviations from the training inflows to yield statistics, which along with the seasonal components form a model of traffic flow on the link. During prediction, current travel times on the link are collected for current seasonal intervals to determine current inflows. A most recent travel time is subtracted from a most recent inflow to obtain a current deviation. For a future time, a predicted deviation is estimated using the statistics. The seasonal component is added to the predicted deviation to obtain a predicted inflow from which the future travel time is predicted. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140142834 | SITUATION-AWARE MOBILE TRAVEL ADVISORY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMMUTERS - A method for managing a public transport system comprises receiving information indicating a change of status of a component of a public transport system; identifying a commuter who is affected by the change of status; generating an alternative travel advisory for the commuter based on the change of status; and transmitting the alternative travel advisory to the commuter. In some embodiments the change of status includes a delay in an expected time of arrival of a public transport vehicle; identifying the commuter includes locating the commuter in the vehicle; and the alternative travel advisory includes a message advising the commuter to leave the vehicle. In some embodiments, locating the commuter in the vehicle is based on comparing a location of the commuter with a location of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the method further comprises receiving from the commuter information indicating that the commuter has boarded the vehicle. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140149026 | METHOD OF COMBINING TRACKLESS VEHICLE AND DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed are a method of combining a trackless vehicle and a device thereof, the method including receiving running information about automobiles from a plurality of terminals, searching for terminals each having provided running information that satisfies a predetermined standard based on a similarity in the running information, and providing combining information to the searched terminals, so that energy consumption is reduced when compared to running in the form of an independent trackless vehicle and an automobile user is able to move to a desired destination. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149027 | TRAFFIC ALERTING SYSTEM - Systems and method including receiving at a server, commute information, said commute information including at least a start location and a destination location and a drive time. Requesting current transit time for the commute information from a remote server, said remote server operable to provide substantially real-time commute information. Receiving at said server the current transit time and comparing the current transit time the drive time, and sending a notification in response to said comparing. Some embodiments may include determining if the current transit time is at or below the drive time and sending messages by email, text message or a web-site posting. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156176 | MANAGING VEHICLES ON A ROAD NETWORK - A system and method for managing vehicles on a road network can include a processor that performs operations including accessing a matrix of vehicle parameters of a plurality of communicating vehicles on the road network and representing the plurality of communicating vehicles in a graph with a plurality of nodes corresponding to the plurality of communicating vehicles and edges corresponding to the vehicle parameters. The system and method can include partitioning, with a processing device, the graph to reduce disruptions to the road network below a threshold level to support safe and efficient traffic flow and assigning one or more exclusion zones within the road network to each partition of the graph by associating the vehicle parameters for each vehicle. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156177 | MANAGING VEHICLES ON A ROAD NETWORK - A system and method for managing vehicles on a road network can include a processor that performs operations including accessing a matrix of vehicle parameters of a plurality of communicating vehicles on the road network and representing the plurality of communicating vehicles in a graph with a plurality of nodes corresponding to the plurality of communicating vehicles and edges corresponding to the vehicle parameters. The system and method can include partitioning, with a processing device, the graph to reduce disruptions to the road network below a threshold level to support safe and efficient traffic flow and assigning one or more exclusion zones within the road network to each partition of the graph by associating the vehicle parameters for each vehicle. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140163848 | Traffic Information System - A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicles in a second road segment having similar properties to those of the first road segment, comparing the determined values of the first vehicle and the one or more second vehicles and providing an evaluation of the driving behavior of the first vehicle, responsive to the comparison. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140172282 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR ESTIMATING AFTER-CHARGE DRIVABLE RANGE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A method and module for estimating after-charge drivable range of an electric vehicle and a driving assistant device are provided. The method includes a power supplement location selecting step, a planned charging time determining step, an after-charge total power estimating step, and an after-charge drivable range estimating step. The planned charging time determining step calculates an estimated driving time for arriving at each power supplement location and an estimated charge waiting time, and determines a planned charging time at each power supplement location. The after-charge total power estimating step calculates an estimated power increment of the electric vehicle and an estimated after-charge total power. The after-charge drivable range estimating step calculates an estimated after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle centering at each power supplement location according to the current driving information and each estimated after-charge total power. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140188375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY CONTROLLING A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A method includes identifying power outputs to be provided by propulsion-generating vehicles of a vehicle system for different locations along a route and calculating handling parameters of the vehicle system at the locations along the route. The handling parameters are representative of at least one of coupler forces, coupler energies, relative vehicle velocities, or natural forces exerted on the vehicle system. The method also includes determining asynchronous operational settings for the propulsion-generating vehicles at the locations. The asynchronous operational settings represent different operational settings that cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to provide at least the power outputs at the locations while changing the handling parameters of the vehicle system to designated values at the locations. The method further includes communicating the asynchronous operational settings to the propulsion-generating vehicles in order to cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to implement the asynchronous operational settings at the different locations. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140222320 | OPERATING METHOD OF ROAD GUIDE SYSTEM AND ROAD GUIDE METHOD OF PORTABLE DEVICE - Provided is an operating method of a road guide system including collecting traffic information around a portable device through the portable device; delivering, to a server, the traffic information collected from the portable device and travel path information; updating the delivered travel path information based on the delivered traffic information; and feeding back the updated travel path information from the server to the portable device. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222321 | TRAFFIC STATE ESTIMATION WITH INTEGRATION OF TRAFFIC, WEATHER, INCIDENT, PAVEMENT CONDITION, AND ROADWAY OPERATIONS DATA - An integrated traffic state estimation framework ingests information from multiple input data sources having an impact on traffic flow and correlated to specific road links in a segmented roadway network, and generates output data representative of predictive traffic states. The predictive traffic states are then modeled to generate routing information for traffic on a particular section of roadway. These multiple input data sources include general traffic data collected from one or more sensors or third parties, weather data, incident data, pavement condition data, and roadway operations data, each of which includes data relevant to traffic congestion. The input data is weighted and modeled with data processing modules configured to integrate known and predicted information to produce accurate routing information for particular roadway segments for media, telematics, and consumer uses. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222322 | Method and System for Using Intersecting Electronic Horizons - A method and system for using data associated with a first vehicle and a given road segment defined for a road network and using data associated with a second vehicle and the given road segment to determine a multi-vehicle probability value that indicates a probability that the first vehicle and the second vehicle will arrive at a common position of the given road segment simultaneously. The multi-vehicle probability value can be compared to a threshold probability value to determine whether the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle should take a responsive measure to avoid those vehicles arriving at the common position of the given road segment simultaneously. The data associated the first vehicle and the data associated with the second vehicle can each include a respective electronic horizon for that vehicle, and time parameters and probability values associated with those vehicles being on the given road segment. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222323 | ROGUE VEHICLE DETECTION - The present subject matter relates to a method for rogue vehicle detection. The method includes receiving at least one violation report for a vehicle from at least one mobile communication device. The at least one violation report is indicative of a traffic violation made by the one or more vehicles. The method further includes categorizing the vehicle as a rogue vehicle, based on at least one rogue vehicle detection metric, the at least one rogue vehicle detection metric being determined from the violation report. The method also includes compiling a traffic observation record based on at least one of the violation report and the rogue vehicle detection metric. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236462 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS THAT ENHANCE DRIVER AWARENESS - Navigation systems that enhance driver awareness are provided. Information associated with a location of a vehicle may be determined. Based at least in part upon the determined location, awareness information associated with the vehicle may be collected. The awareness information may include at least one of crime information, accident information, legal information, or future traffic information. Based at least in part upon the collected awareness information, output information may be generated for presentation, and the generated output information may be output. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236463 | ENHANCED CLEAR PATH DETECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE INDICATOR - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing analysis of a plurality of images generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the images. The images are analyzed including determining a clear path upon which a potential road surface can be estimated from other portions of the images that do not indicate a potential road surface, and determining an image of a traffic infrastructure indication. The method further includes determining the content of the traffic infrastructure indication, modifying the clear path based upon the content of the traffic infrastructure indication, and utilizing the modified clear path in navigation of the vehicle. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236464 | CROWD SOURCED TRAFFIC REPORTING - A traffic reporting service may allow for the generation of more reliable and accurate traffic reports, maps, and forecasts based on various data types and sources. Data sources include public sector sources, private entities, and end users providing crowd sourced data. Crowd sourced data is collected, verified, and used to generate a traffic report which is displayed to a user via a computing device. A user may use various information presented in the traffic report to make informed decisions when choosing travel routes and a departure time to reach a desired destination. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244143 | Method and Apparatus for Automatic Estimated Time of Arrival Calculation and Provision - A system includes a processor configured to receive information relating to a vehicle location. The processor is also configured to determine one or more filters, based on the received information, for filtering out a plurality of non-specified locations from varied location types. Further, the processor is configured to apply filters for each varied location type to select a plurality of non-specified locations. The processor is also configured to calculate an estimated time of arrival (ETA), for each of the selected locations, and deliver the selected locations and the calculated ETAs to a vehicle. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244144 | VEHICLE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PLATOON TRAVEL AND METHOD FOR SELECTING LEAD VEHICLE - A vehicle apparatus, a platoon travel control system and a method for selecting a lead vehicle using the vehicle apparatus and the platoon travel control system. Specifically, charges for platoon travel of surrounding vehicles is calculated based on input charge calculation conditions and the calculated charges are output by matching the conditions with images of surrounding vehicles. Additionally, a vehicle selected by the user is designated as a lead vehicle, thereby performing a platoon travel procedure. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244145 | WIRELESS VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS HAVING ENHANCED RESPONSE TIME - Embodiments of the invention include a wireless vehicle detection systems and associated methods with extended range and battery life. The wireless vehicle detection system can include a plurality of sensor pods in communication with an access point without repeaters. Embodiments of the sensor pod can include a vehicle detector controller adapted to determine the presence of vehicles and a communication controller connected to the vehicle detector and adapted to transmit data 300 feet or more to an access point, which in turns communicates with the base station. To extend the battery life of the sensor pod, the sensor pod can be adapted to detect received communication signal strength and adjust transmitting power based upon said strength to thereby conserve power. Embodiments of the sensor pod can also include a battery connected in parallel to an HLC capacitor to further extend the life of the battery. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244146 | Vehicle Wrong-Way Travel Detection Device - A vehicle wrong-way travel detection device includes a map information storage unit where map information is stored, a decision-making point setting unit that sets, based upon the map information stored in the map information storage unit, the connecting point located ahead along a subject vehicle traveling direction as a decision-making point, a wrong-way travel decision-making area setting unit that sets wrong-way travel decision-making areas for at least one of a plurality of roads connected to the decision-making point, and a wrong-way travel decision-making unit that makes a decision, based upon the direction of traffic flow set for a unidirectional traffic road connected to the decision-making point and the subject vehicle traveling direction, as to whether or not the subject vehicle is traveling against the flow of traffic on the unidirectional traffic road. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249734 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC DATA AND DRIVING EFFICIENCY DATA - Current and predicted traffic information is provided from incident data, traffic flow data, and media related to traffic received from multiple sources. The crowd sourced data may be provided passively by applications on remote mobile devices or actively by users operating the remote mobile devices. An application on a mobile device may receive the multiple data types, aggregate and validate the data, and provides traffic information for a user. The traffic information may relate to the current position and route of the user or a future route. The present technology may also provide driving efficiency information such as fuel consumption data, carbon footprint data, and a driving rating for a user associated with a vehicle. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REALTIME COMMUNITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE - System and method for traffic mapping service are disclosed for allowing plurality of users having each a navigation device to transmit their locations to a server and optionally to signal to the server their requested destination. The system and method are further capable of calculating traffic parameters such as current traffic speed at a given road based on the momentary locations of the users. The system and method of the invention may also calculate and advise the users of preferred roads to take in order to arrive at the requested location with minimum delay. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140257681 | Leveraging Information for Use in a Traffic Prediction Scenario - Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for leveraging information for use in a traffic prediction scenario. A method includes extracting transportation-related information pertaining to a geographic region from multiple user-driven information systems, processing said transportation-related information by merging the transportation-related information across the multiple user-driven information systems and one or more transportation-related databases, and determining a supply and demand estimation for one or more aspects of transportation in the geographic region based on said processing of said transportation-related information. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140278026 | Apparatus and system for monitoring and managing traffic flow - An apparatus and system for monitoring and managing traffic flow. The system includes a plurality of remote sensor devices arranged in a plurality of vehicles, a plurality of remote communication devices arranged along one or more roadways and in communication with the plurality of remote sensor devices, a central server, a network interface in communication with the central server and the plurality of remote communication devices over a network, and a shared database in communication with the central server. The central server is configured to receive traffic data from the plurality of remote sensor devices over the network, update traffic data in the shared database, periodically calculate an optimal traffic flow for one or more of vehicles traveling along the one or more roadways based on the updated traffic data, and transmit timing adjustments over the network to one or more traffic light intersections based on the optimal traffic flow calculations. The network interface is configured to send and receive traffic data, wherein the traffic data includes vehicle location information. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278027 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSOCIATING VEHICLES EN ROUTE TO A COMMON DESTINATION - Methods and systems are provided for associating vehicles en route to a common destination. A request is received from a first vehicle as to an identification of one or more additional vehicles en route to the common destination. The first vehicle is associated with the additional vehicles as part of a caravan. Information is provided as to each of the vehicles in the caravan. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278028 | SECURITY SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC MONITORING - The present disclosure relates to approaches for providing real time traffic information to a user using a control panel of a building automation system. The control panel includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory that are executable by the processor to couple the control panel to at least one of a sensor and a controller of the building automation system, receive traffic data for a geographic area associated with the control panel, and generate at least one audible notification to communicate the traffic data to a user through the control panel. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278029 | Methods And Software For Managing Vehicle Priority In A Self-Organizing Traffic Control System - Methods and software for managing vehicle priority proximate to a potential travel-priority conflict zone, such as a roadway intersection, where travel conflicts, such as crossing traffic, can arise. Coordination involves forming an ad-hoc network in a region containing the conflict zone using, for example, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and developing a dynamic traffic control plan based on information about vehicles approaching the conflict zone. Instructions based on the dynamic traffic control plan are communicated to devices aboard vehicles in the ad-hoc network, which display one or more virtual traffic signals to the operators of the vehicles and/or control the vehicles (for example, in autonomous vehicles) in accordance with the dynamic traffic control plan, which may account for a priority level associated with one or more of the vehicles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140288810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ARTERIAL ROADWAY THROUGHPUT - The present invention provides systems and methods for calculating the health of an intersection, including lane-level impacts, using traffic data obtained from the intersection. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140297167 | VEHICLE POSITION INDEXING - A method and apparatus for vehicle position indexing. The method includes: obtaining position information of a vehicle in real time, and monitoring a current road segment where the vehicle is located based on the position information and road segment information divided by road network information; in response to having monitored that the vehicle enters into the current road segment, building a road segment index record that includes identification information of the vehicle, identification information of the current road segment, and a time when the vehicle enters into the current road segment; and in response to having monitored that the vehicle leaves the current road segment, adding the time when the vehicle leaves the current road segment, into the road segment index record. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140303880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING DRIVERS OF SPACE REQUIRED FOR OTHER VEHICLES - An approach is provided notifying a user while he or she is driving of an unmapped crossing to prevent the user from unintentionally obstructing access to the crossing. A traffic platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of traffic information associated with at least one crossing to determine one or more traffic conditions. The traffic platform determines that the one or more traffic conditions may at least potentially cause at least one obstruction of at least one other crossing by at least one vehicle. The traffic platform further causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one notification regarding the at least one obstruction to at least one device associated with the at least one vehicle, at least one other vehicle that is potentially affected by the at least one obstruction, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more traffic conditions. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140303881 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED TERMINAL, ROADSIDE DEVICE - There is a need to reduce the certificate verification time in a communication system. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140309913 | Relay and Exchange Protocol in an Automated Zone-Based Vehicular Traffic Control Environment - Methods and systems for a traffic control system provide arrangements and processes for managing automated vehicles. The traffic control system can register vehicles and then control the operation of the vehicles through a section of roadway. The automated control includes the communication of directions and other messages that ensure the proper function of the vehicle while under the guidance of the traffic control system | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140316685 | ONBOARD-INSTALLATION FOR A VEHICLE - The present subject matter relates to an onboard unit for a traffic telematics system, comprising: a first communication module, designed for near-range radio communication with a first external communication device, a second communication module, designed for far-range radio communication with a second external communication device, and a non-volatile memory, which can be accessed both by the first and the second communication module, wherein each communication module has a power-supplied communication mode and a powerless or power-saving rest mode, and wherein the power supply of the memory during an access thereto is effected by the accessing communication module. The present subject matter further relates to an onboard system for a vehicle comprising such an onboard unit, and to a communication device for said system. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316686 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ROUTE DATA FOR TRAFFIC TELEMATICS - A method for providing traffic telematics information about the travel route of a vehicle traveling on a road system having multiple roads interconnected between road junctions includes: determining a probability of the vehicle approaching a road junction and assigning the probability to the respective road junction, and transmitting information regarding the road junctions for which the probability of being driven through is above a specified threshold. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140324326 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING TRAFFIC FLOW - An apparatus and system for monitoring and managing traffic flow. The system includes a plurality of remote sensor devices arranged in a plurality of vehicles, a plurality of remote communication hub devices operatively arranged along one or more roadways and in communication with the plurality of remote sensor devices, a central server, a network interface in communication with the central server and the plurality of remote communication hub devices over a network, and a shared database in communication with the central server. The central server is configured to receive traffic data from the plurality of remote sensor devices over the network, update traffic data in the shared database, periodically calculate an optimal traffic flow for one or more of vehicles traveling along the one or more roadways based on the updated traffic data, and transmit timing adjustments over the network to one or more traffic light intersections based on the optimal traffic flow calculations. The network interface is configured to send and receive traffic data. The traffic data includes vehicle location information and network traffic congestion information. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324327 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING GEOTEMPORAL GRAPHS - Technology for generating geotemporal graphs is disclosed where geotemporal graphs provide representations of areas based on an expected travel time between points, instead of the geographical distance between points. Travel times may vary based on travel conditions, and geotemporal maps may be generated that show travel times that account for travel conditions. Generating geotemporal maps may include obtaining a graph, determining for several points a warp vector indicating graph how each point should be moved to represent a travel time to that point, and warping the graph according to the determined warp vectors. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330505 | PREDICTIVE TRAVEL NOTIFICATIONS - Various embodiments can predict a user's intended driving route in order to provide the user with traffic warnings for traffic conditions along the same. A user's driving route, in at least one embodiment, is predicted by collecting travel data, such as information associated with the date, time, location, and direction for trips made within a network of roads over time. Instead of keeping the travel data anonymous, the travel data is associate or linked to the user's account or stored in a user profile in order to build a history of travel patterns for the user over time. The travel patterns can then be used to predict when a user is going to travel or make a trip and, upon identifying a context indicative of a travel pattern, traffic information for a route associated with the pattern is obtained and provided to the user's computing device. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140336912 | Method and device for detecting a starting intention of a stopped vehicle - In a method for detecting a starting intention of a stopped vehicle, a starting intention criterion is ascertained upon detection of a stopped vehicle, and decision data are formed based on the starting intention criterion, which decision data include an item of information on whether or not the stopped vehicle will start. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140336913 | Routing Based on Detected Stops - In some implementations, a mobile device can transmit traffic information to a server for analysis. The traffic information can include movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information can be analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information can be analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops can be associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes can be determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140343832 | USING PASS CODE VERIFICATION TO ORGANIZE A VEHICLE CARAVAN - A reference pass code is received from a first user. Location information of a vehicle of the first user is received from a first computer. A pass code is received from a second user. Location information of a vehicle of the second user is received from a second computer. One or more computer processors verify that the pass code received from the second user matches the reference pass code. Based on verification of the pass code received from the second user, the location information of the vehicle of the first user is transmitted to the second computer and the location information of the vehicle of the second user is transmitted to the first computer. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140350830 | TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for facilitating traffic congestion control, comprising traffic related sensors and a system server and database, adapted to receive traffic information from the traffic related sensors and facilitate substantially real time traffic control decision making algorithms in accordance with the traffic information, where the server includes a file with instructions to execute commands to enable execution of the traffic control decisions, the system being operable to receive input information from vehicle control devices and transmit output information to the vehicle control devices in accordance with the traffic control decisions. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350831 | System and Method for Inventory Management Using Mobile Drive Units - A method for inventory management includes deploying a first mobile drive unit having first dimensions and deploying a second mobile drive unit having second dimensions, the first and second dimensions being different. The first and second mobile drive units are operable to transport inventory items to a plurality of inventory stations in the same workspace. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358409 | Location-Based Features for Commute Assistant - Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358410 | User Interface Tools for Commute Assistant - Some embodiments provide a commute application that receives a selection of a route from several different routes. Each route in the several different routes includes several stops. In response, the commute application also provides a dynamic focus table that includes a first portion for displaying a schedule of stops along the selected route and a second portion for displaying metadata regarding the selected route. The metadata presented in the second portion is automatically updated whenever a different schedule of stops is displayed in the first portion of the dynamic focus table. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358411 | Architecture for Distributing Transit Data - Some embodiments provide a program that receives from several data providers route data and graphical representation of route data (e.g., transit systems, schedules, stops, etc.) for different localities. The program also stores this data on a set of servers for later retrieval and transmission to commute applications operating in different localities. The program further retrieves from external vendors location data of transit vehicles that traverse routes based on the route data and schedule data. The location data is for transmitting to commute applications. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358412 | Method for operating a driver assistance system and method for processing vehicle surroundings data - A method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle including the following: detecting a vehicle surroundings, transmitting vehicle surroundings data corresponding to the detected vehicle surroundings to a server, evaluating the transmitted vehicle surroundings data with the aid of the server, characterized by a transmission of a result corresponding to the evaluated vehicle surroundings data to the vehicle to operate the driver assistance system as a function of the result. Also described is a method for processing vehicle surroundings data, and a corresponding systems and computer program. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365102 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING INTERLOCKINGS OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS - A system includes a detection module, a control module, an input module, and a determination module. The detection module is configured to obtain information from one or more detectors corresponding to a condition of a transportation network. The control module is configured to issue control messages using the information obtained. The input module is configured to receive a request for the control module to enter a test mode corresponding to an alteration of at least one of an input or an output of the control module from an operational mode. The determination module is configured to determine if an authorization condition corresponding to a physical state of one or more functional activity module of the transportation network is satisfied. The control module is transferred to the test mode if the authorization condition is satisfied and maintained in the operational mode if the authorization condition is not satisfied. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372015 | PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE ROUTING - A method and apparatus for routing public-safety vehicles to an incident are provided herein. During operation a server will receive an emergency notification. In response, the server will determine an emergency type and vehicles that will be dispatched to the emergency. Routes will be tailored for each vehicle and then provided to each vehicle. The specifically-tailored routes will facilitate the arrival of vehicles on site in an appropriate order. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372016 | METHOD FOR COORDINATING THE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES - A method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles with a coordination device having a sensor, a computing device and a communication device includes determining from sensor data location and movement information of the motor vehicles, calculating an expected trajectory for each motor vehicle from the location and movement information, checking whether trajectories of different motor vehicles spatially and temporally overlap so as to create a conflict, in the event of a conflict transmitting a driving instruction to at least one motor vehicle, and executing the driving instruction or displaying the driving instruction on a display device of the at least one motor vehicle. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372017 | VEHICLE PERFORMANCE DETECTION, ANALYSIS, AND PRESENTATION - Methods, systems, and software for monitoring and analyzing driver event data is disclosed. The system may include a personal communication device and the report may be scaled such that most, or all of the drivers, are indicated as being above average. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379244 | AVOIDANCE MANEUVER ASSISTANT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An avoidance maneuver assistant for a motor vehicle includes: a sensory system for monitoring the traffic environment of the vehicle; and an electronic control device, in which an emergency avoidance function is implemented. The emergency avoidance function checks, using sensory data, if an emergency avoidance maneuver is necessary, and then intervenes in the dynamics of the vehicle via an actuator system, using an intervention force varying within predefined limits, to assist in the emergency avoidance maneuver. The control device implements a limiting function, which varies the limits for the intervention force as a function of a difference between actual dynamics determined by actions of the driver and setpoint dynamics determined by the emergency avoidance function. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150019115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING INFORMATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A system for providing driving information of an electric includes a telematics terminal configured to collect driver information, internal state information, and external environment information, and transmitting the collected driver information, internal state information, and external environment information. A path information server is configured to transmit road information and traffic information to the outside. A telematics server is configured to accumulate information received from the telematics terminal and the path information server, calculate a driving pattern of a first driver based on the accumulated information, calculate one or more candidate paths based on the driving pattern, and transmit the calculated one or more candidate paths to the telematics terminal. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019116 | SYNCHRONIZED DRIVING ASSIST APPARATUS AND SYNCHRONIZED DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM - A synchronized driving assist apparatus includes: a first acceleration power spectrum acquisition section that acquires a first acceleration power spectrum according to acceleration of a first vehicle; a second acceleration power spectrum acquisition section that acquires a second acceleration power spectrum according to acceleration of a second vehicle; a cross power spectrum calculation section that calculates a cross power spectrum between the first vehicle and the second vehicle by using the first acceleration power spectrum and the second acceleration power spectrum; a coherence calculation section that calculates coherence from the cross power spectrum; and a correlation evaluation section that evaluates correlation in a synchronized driving of the first vehicle and the second vehicle on the basis of the coherence. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150025783 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A MAP VIEW AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - Techniques of displaying a map view ( | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150039210 | ROUTE CALCULATING METHOD, ROUTE ACQUISITION METHOD OR TERMINAL FOR SAME - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for calculating the route of a journey (trip) identified by an origin and a destination using traffic information on a terminal, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving updated traffic information relating to a first route, while the terminal or a moving object on which the terminal is mounted is running on the first route; calculating a second route by using the updated traffic information; and transmitting, to a server, an entire route or a partial route of the calculated second route. Here, the calculated second route is compared with the first route, information about a partial route comprising one or more changed segment sequences is transmitted to the server, the segment sequence comprises one or more continuous segments, and the information relating to the partial route can comprise first segment information and final segment information about the segment sequence of the first route that will be substituted by respective segment sequences comprised in the partial route. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARKING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE - A method and system for parking assistance for a vehicle, wherein the parking of said vehicle on a parking space at least partly occupied by a second vehicle is enabled by transmitting a maneuver request to the second vehicle. The method includes the steps of: allocating a priority to the driver of the first vehicle, wherein said priority implements a classification of said driver with respect to the extent to which the driver is entitled to the prioritized use of the parking space; and transmitting the maneuver request to the second vehicle based on said priority. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039212 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle exterior environment recognition device includes a traveling path predicting module that predicts a traveling path on which a vehicle travels, based on a current traveling condition of the vehicle, a traveling path restricting module that restricts the predicted traveling path in the width direction of the vehicle, according to at least one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of a traveling speed of the vehicle, an indicating state of a blinker, an angular speed of the vehicle, and a steering angle, and a control input identifying module that identifies a traffic indicator that exists ahead of the vehicle based on the restricted traveling path and that is to be used as the control input. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT OF A PARKED MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and an apparatus for autonomous movement of a parked motor vehicle out of a parking space in which it is blocking an entranceway to a facility such as private driveway. A method has the following steps: is parked in a blocking position blocking relative to an entranceway, detecting that a second vehicle requires passage through the entranceway, and operating a parking assistance system to autonomously remove the vehicle from the blocking position to permit passage of the second vehicle. The parking assistance system returns the vehicle to the original parking position after passage of the second vehicle through the entranceway is complete. The requirement for a second vehicle to pass through the entranceway may be detected using wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or using a remote sensing system on-board the vehicle to detect the second vehicle. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046073 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING VEHICLE BUNCHING - The present invention contemplates a distributed automatic control system for preventing the vehicle bunching. Information of vehicle locations is automatically detected and used to determine the positions and velocities of vehicles along a route. Vehicles pass predetermined points, such as stations, along the route. Information about whether the vehicle skipped the station, arrived at the station, or departed from the station, is automatically calculated based on the position and velocity information. This information is distributed among the vehicles that belong to the same route. An in-vehicle controller dynamically calculates holding times at each station and displays the information to the driver so that buses do not get too close to one another, thereby preventing bunching while maintaining appropriate speeds of the vehicles. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING LIGHTING NETWORKS - A lighting network ( | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046075 | WIRELESS VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS HAVING ENHANCED RESPONSE TIME - Embodiments of the invention include a wireless vehicle detection systems and associated methods with extended range and battery life. The wireless vehicle detection system can include a plurality of sensor pods in communication with an access point without repeaters. Embodiments of the sensor pod can include a vehicle detector controller adapted to determine the presence of vehicles and a communication controller connected to the vehicle detector and adapted to transmit data 300 feet or more to an access point, which in turns communicates with the base station. To extend the battery life of the sensor pod, the sensor pod can be adapted to detect received communication signal strength and adjust transmitting power based upon said strength to thereby conserve power. Embodiments of the sensor pod can also include a battery connected in parallel to an HLC capacitor to further extend the life of the battery. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150057913 | TRAFFIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING WIRELESS NETWORKING DEVICES - A traffic monitoring system ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150057914 | UNEXPECTEDNESS PREDICTION SENSITIVITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An unexpectedness prediction sensitivity determining apparatus determines a standard driving operation level of a driver when turning to the right or left at an intersection for each intersection based on intersection travel information received from plural vehicles. Subsequently, the unexpectedness prediction sensitivity determining apparatus determines the unexpectedness prediction sensitivity of the driver when turning to the right or left at the intersection based on the intersection travel information associated with the intersections where determined standard driving operation levels of the drivers are identical to one another. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066340 | SINGLE CYCLE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS - Embodiments include a method for single cycle offset adjustment for a traffic signal includes receiving a current signal control plan and a new signal control plan. The method also includes calculating an offset between the current signal control plan and a new signal control plan and determining if the offset is less than a threshold percentage of a cycle length of the new signal control plan. If the offset is less than a threshold percentage of the cycle length, the method includes reducing a time period of each phase of a next cycle of the new signal control plan. If the offset is greater than the threshold percentage of the cycle length, the method includes increasing the time period of each phase of the next cycle of the new signal control plan. The method also includes executing the new signal control plan. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066341 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DRIVING RECOMMENDATION FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A DRIVING RECOMMENDATION FOR A VEHICLE - A method for determining a driving recommendation for a vehicle is provided. The method is carried out while using a social media Internet platform and an Internet-capable navigation device, which is situated in the vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the social media Internet platform. The method has a step of receiving an item of traffic event information and an item of position information, which is associated with the item of traffic event information, from the social media Internet platform with the aid of the navigation device. The method also has a step of comparing the item of position information to an item of route information, which represents a route to be traveled by the vehicle, with the aid of the navigation device, to ascertain whether a position represented by the item of position information lies on the route to be traveled by the vehicle. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150073686 | TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENCY DEPLOYMENT AND SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION FOR EVENT PLANNING - Embodiments relate to traffic control resource planning. An aspect includes receiving information about available routes in a transportation network and receiving an estimate of a traffic demand in the transportation network. Traffic control planning is performed and it may include: simulating a traffic flow based on the available routes and the traffic demand; applying a model that varies traffic control agent (TCA) placement and traffic signal settings in the transportation network to minimize a cost associated with the traffic flow, the cost including a TCA deployment cost and a traffic delay cost; and outputting a traffic control plan based on the applying, the traffic control plan including a TCA placement and traffic signal setting plan. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073687 | TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENCY DEPLOYMENT AND SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION FOR EVENT PLANNING - Embodiments relate to traffic control resource planning. An aspect includes receiving information about available routes in a transportation network and receiving an estimate of a traffic demand in the transportation network. Traffic control planning is performed and it may include: simulating a traffic flow based on the available routes and the traffic demand; applying a model that varies traffic control agent (TCA) placement and traffic signal settings in the transportation network to minimize a cost associated with the traffic flow, the cost including a TCA deployment cost and a traffic delay cost; and outputting a traffic control plan based on the applying, the traffic control plan including a TCA placement and traffic signal setting plan. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150088406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE PRESENCE OF INCIDENTS - A method (and structure) for adjusting control parameters of a traffic management system in a presence of one or more incidents on a network, including representing, using a tree format, a prioritization across network junctions prior to an incident. An incident-affected junction is elevated higher in priority on the tree, depending upon a severity level of the incident. Weights are associated with each junction as a function of its height in the tree. A real-time optimization of the control parameters for the network is solved, using the weights on the junctions. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150094940 | Method for Transforming Probe Data Across Transportation Modes - Disclosed herein is a method. A relationship between a first probe type and a second different probe type is determined. The first probe type includes one of a deficient probe or an abundant probe. The second different probe type includes the other of the deficient probe or the abundant probe. A time estimate based on data corresponding to the deficient probe and/or the abundant probe is provided. Abundant probe information is converted to deficient probe information based on the time estimate. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100223 | Operator Free System For Self-Propelled Small Cars For Children - An operator free system permitting use by children of self-propelled vehicles has a track delimited by a fence. An input door device allows access into the track by only one child a time, an access detector signaling each child's entry. One exit door device allows exit from the track, an exit detector signaling at each child's exit. Each vehicle is equipped with a traction motor, a seat provided with a presence sensor, and a safety belt detector. A management and control unit receives signals from the access detector, exit detector, presence sensor, and seat belt detector, being configured to remotely control each traction motor. The management and control unit determines on the basis of the received signals, a number of children within the fence and will activate the traction motors only if the number of occupied vehicles, with seatbelts fastened, corresponds to a number of children within the fence. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100224 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND IN-VEHICLE UNIT - Traffic information is provided to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle located in a shadow portion of a large-sized vehicle and to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle at a location separated from an intersection | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150112579 | TRAFFIC DATA SERVICES WITHOUT NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A non-navigation data system for providing traffic data service in a mobile environment can include a data decoder for decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, location determining means (such as GPS or cellular location determining schemes) for determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, a display for displaying traffic data corresponding to the current location, and a plurality of static maps wherein the traffic data corresponding to the current location is overlaid at least over a portion of the static maps. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150127243 | Traffic Data Simulator - In one embodiment, traffic data that originates from sensors, cameras, or observations is analyzed. The traffic data is associated with multiple repeating time epochs or intervals. The traffic data is divided into clusters using a clustering technique. The clustering technique may include clusters of variable sizes. Each of the clusters is analyzed to calculate statistical parameters including but not limited to an average value for one or more clusters and a standard deviation value for one or more clusters. In response to a request for traffic data, simulated traffic data may be generated by providing the average value and the standard deviation value for one or more of the clusters. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127244 | Dynamic Location Referencing Segment Aggregation - In one embodiment, road segments are aggregated for DLR. A plurality of connected road segments and corresponding traffic information for each of the connected road segments are identified. A processor aggregates the connected road segments into a fewer number of dynamic location reference (DLR) segments than the plurality. By testing different possible combinations, road segments with similar congestion are grouped. The processor calculates a traffic value for each of the DLR segments. Each traffic value is a function of the traffic information for the connected road segments of the respective DLR segment. An indicator of the aggregated DLR segment and the traffic value for at least one of the DLR segments is output. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127245 | Traffic Data Simulator - In one embodiment, traffic data that originates from sensors, cameras, or observations is analyzed. The traffic data is associated with multiple repeating time epochs or intervals. The traffic data is divided into clusters using a clustering technique. The traffic data may be collected on specific days such as holidays. The holiday traffic data may be divided data into clusters and a dominant traffic pattern cluster that represents a holiday classification is identified. The dominant traffic pattern cluster is stored in a traffic prediction model. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING FEATURES OF ADAPTIVE AND/OR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC CONTROL - Systems and method are disclosed for adaptive and/or autonomous traffic control. In one illustrative implementation, there is provided a method for processing traffic information. Moreover, the method may include receiving data regarding travel of vehicles associated with an intersection, using neural network technology to recognize types and/or states of traffic, and using the neural network technology to process/determine/memorize optimal traffic flow decisions as a function of experience information. Exemplary implementations may also include using the neural network technology to achieve efficient traffic flow via recognition of the optimal traffic flow decisions. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150294563 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A traffic information processing system includes on-board unit configured to be installed in a vehicle, an on-board unit-equipped vehicle number-detecting unit configured to detect the number of vehicles equipped with on-board unit entering a sample area based on information received from the on-board unit, a total vehicle number-detecting unit configured to detect the number of all vehicles entering the sample area, a vehicle ratio operation unit configured to calculate a value related to a ratio based on the number of vehicles equipped with the on-board unit detected by the on-board unit-equipped vehicle number-detecting unit and the number of all vehicles detected by the total vehicle number-detecting unit, and a total vehicle number-estimating operation unit configured to calculate a total number of vehicles in the zone. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294564 | System and Method for Surface Vehicle Trajectory Description - System and method including a plurality of surface vehicles and a plurality of events to be performed by each of the surface vehicles. Each of the vehicles is equipped with an electronic control unit including a receiver and a decoder for the instructions received from a vehicle movement optimizer. The plurality of events include instructions of movements from an origin to a destination, and actions for each of the surface vehicles. The decoder decodes instructions received from the surface vehicle movement optimizer. The optimizer configures an optimized schedule of the preliminary plan by modifying the events based on either the vehicle attributes or updates submitted by the electronic control unit from the vehicle to the optimizer. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150302743 | REAL-TIME TRAFFIC REPORTING BASED ON RATE OF CHANGE OF TRAFFIC DELAYS - A device may receive location information associated with mobile devices. The location information may identify locations associated with the mobile devices. The device may determine speed information associated with the mobile devices. The speed information may identify speeds associated with the mobile devices. The device may identify a traffic segment to be analyzed, and may determine a length of the traffic segment based on the location information and the speed information. The device may calculate a traffic delay associated with the traffic segment based on the length and the speed information. The device may calculate a rate of change of the traffic delay based on calculating the traffic delay, and may provide traffic information based on the rate of change of the traffic delay. The traffic information may identify an expected traffic delay at a future point in time. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310738 | Method for communication within an, in particular wireless, motor vehicle communication system interacting in an ad-hoc manner, device for the traffic infrastructure and road user device - The invention relates to a method for communication on the basis of an, in particular wireless, motor vehicle communication system interacting in an ad-hoc manner, wherein the communication takes place between road users themselves and/or between road users and traffic infrastructure, in which, in the vicinity of a node for traffic routes, particularly junctions or intersections between traffic routes such as road or rail junctions, a radio transmission/radio reception device associated with a first road user continuously sends a message to at least one second radio transmission/radio reception device, which is situated in the radio coverage area of the first radio transmission/radio reception device and is associated with a device for the traffic infrastructure, the message is sent such that, on the basis of the received message, for each manoeuvre that is possible at the node, at least one value correlating to a probability of execution of the manoeuvre at the node is ascertained, and the road users are controlled on the basis of the correlating value. The invention also relates to a device for the traffic infrastructure and to a road user device having means for carrying out the method. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING DEVICE USERS OF A BOTTLENECK STATUS - An approach is provided for alerting device users engaged in various modes of travel they are creating a bottleneck. A notification platform causes, at least in part, a detection of movement pattern information associated with at least one device and at least one neighboring device. The notification platform also processes the movement pattern information to determine that the at least one device represents at least one potential bottleneck to a movement of the at least one neighboring device. The notification platform also causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one message to the at least one device, the at least one neighboring device, or a combination thereof regarding the at least one potential bottleneck. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317900 | NEW ROAD DETECTION LOGIC - An analyzer of the invention adequately analyzes a change in road network by using probe information generated with driving of a vehicle. This analyzer determines a traffic amount of vehicles passing through a specified section included in the road network from a plurality of the probe information accumulated over a predetermined period. The analyzer also determines a discontinuity rate, which is a rate of incidents that vehicle locations are discontinuous in the specified section, from the plurality of probe information accumulated over the predetermined period. The analyzer detects a change in the road network, based on a degree of change between traffic amounts in two different periods with respect to the specified section included in the road network and a degree of change between discontinuity rates in the two different periods. The detected change in the road network can be used for survey of the road network. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEARNING TRAFFIC EVENTS, AND USE OF THE SYSTEM - A method for learning traffic events, the traffic events being transmitted to a data network using vehicle-to-X communication. The traffic events include position data and time data assigned to the traffic events, and the traffic events are stored electronically in the data network. The method is characterized in that an individual storage duration is determined for each traffic event, and the traffic event is deleted from the data network after the storage duration expires. The invention further relates to a corresponding system and to the use thereof. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317902 | HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW OPTIMIZATION - There is provided a method for heavy vehicle traffic flow optimization. The method includes determining location information and destination information of qualifying heavy vehicles. The method further includes modifying one or more traffic signal sequences to optimize a traffic flow of the qualifying heavy vehicles responsive to the location information and the destination information. Each of the qualifying heavy vehicles has a respective associated weight greater than a predetermined weight threshold. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150323333 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE UNITS WITH OR WITHOUT PACKAGE DELIVERY OBLIGATION FOR TRANSPORTING ONE OR MORE END USERS - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving a request for transporting one or more end users; identifying one or more transportation vehicle units for transporting the one or more end users to one or more destination locations based, at least in part, on determining whether the one or more transportation vehicle units have one or more delivery package obligations; and transmitting one or more directives that direct the one or more transportation vehicle units to rendezvous with the one or more end users in order to transport the one or more end users to the one or more destination locations. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150329129 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VEHICLE MOVEMENT PLANS IN A LARGE RAILWAY NETWORK - Disclosed is method and system for continuously re-generating reactive on-line train schedules for trains running in a large railway network. Railway network partitioned based on user configuration, into first type comprising trunk line and feeder line sub-networks, and second type comprising supervisory dispatch control territories. Sense and respond cycle is continuously executed on multi-processor computing environment, senses dynamic data from field about train movements, and other changes from users. For each first type sub-network, degree of deviation is computed from incumbent plans and congestion in sub-networks. Using degree of deviation and congestion, trains are rerouted and suitable scheduling methods are chosen for each sub-network and executed in parallel and first level train schedules are sent to second level train schedulers working on second type sub-networks which in parallel identify and resolve conflicts among first level train schedules. Second level train schedules are collated to generate reactive on-line network train schedule. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339593 | VEHICLE GENERATED SOCIAL NETWORK UPDATES - A vehicle system includes a navigation system, a communication interface, and a processing device. The navigation system determines a first vehicle location. The communication interface receives social network information over a communication network. The social network information includes a second vehicle location. A processing device determines the proximity of the first vehicle location to the second vehicle location and generates a message based on the proximity. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150344033 | APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING DRIVER OF VEHICLE - In a driver assisting apparatus, a predicting unit predicts, based on information including at least a current location and a behavior of each of a preceding vehicle and a target vehicle, an overtaking course from the current location of the target vehicle to a future location of the target vehicle when assuming that the target vehicle will safely overtake the preceding vehicle. The target and preceding vehicles are running on a road. A determining unit determines whether there are one or more physical impediments for an overtaking of the preceding vehicle through the predicted overtaking course based on at least traffic information associated with at least a portion in the road in front of the current location of the target vehicle. An adjusting unit adjusts assistance for the driver of the target vehicle for the overtaking of the at least one preceding vehicle according to a result of the determination. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348410 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING TIME TO ARRIVAL OF TRANSPORTATION - Embodiments are directed to a method, a system, and an apparatus that estimate an arrival time of a vehicle. A method according to an embodiment includes measuring travel times of a plurality of vehicles through a section in a transportation route using location information on the plurality of vehicles, calculating travel times using at least one of a moving average, exponential smoothing, and a service pattern of the plurality of vehicles with respect to the section using the measured travel times of the plurality of vehicles, calculating an error value between a measured travel time of a first vehicle with respect to the section and each travel time calculated using at least one of the moving average, the exponential smoothing, and the service pattern, and estimating a travel time of a second vehicle with respect to the section, based on the calculated error value. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348419 | METHOD OF ASSIGNING PLANNED PATHS TO MULTIPLE MACHINES TO COOPERATIVELY COVER AREA - A method includes providing proximally in time over a wireless medium a first plurality of different just-in-time wayline segments for a given field to a plurality of agricultural machines, respectively, at least one of the different just-in-time wayline segments separated from another of the different just-in-time wayline segments by a length greater than one of the plurality of agricultural machines. Status updates are received from the plurality of agricultural machines and responsive to the status updates, a second plurality of different just-in-time wayline segments for the field to at least a portion of the plurality of agricultural machines are provided over the wireless medium. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150353110 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Managing Conditional Authorities in a Vehicle Network - A computer-implemented method for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network for a target train, including: generating at least one conditional authority for the target train, the at least one conditional authority comprising authority data related to at least one identifying train; establishing at least one direct or indirect communication link between the target train and the at least one identifying train; determining position data for the at least one identifying train; comparing at least a portion of the position data with at least a portion of the authority data; and based at least partially on the comparison, generating at least one indication that the target train is authorized to proceed. Systems for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network for a target train are also disclosed. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150371537 | TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A traffic surveillance and guidance system comprising a traffic server system is disclosed. The traffic server is configured to receive and update and record data of geographical positions of registered road users, and wherein each registered road user is registering a replaceable and modifiable geometrically shaped model of a field of view representing the respective road users observation space and observation ability of possible traffic incidents around geographical positions the respective road users are located on at any time. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150377634 | AUTOMATIC CONTENT ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of analyzing images over time is provided herein. The method includes: capturing a plurality of images each associated with specified objects in specified locations such that a specified area is covered; specifying regions of interest (ROI) in each of the captured images; repeating the capturing with at least one of: a different location, a different orientation, and a different timing such that the captured images are associated with the specified covered area; and comparing the captured imaged produced in the capturing with the captured imaged produced in the repeating of the capturing to yield comparison between the captured objects by comparing specified ROI. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379869 | Use of Relationship between Activities of Different Traffic Signals in a Network to Improve Traffic Signal State Estimation - Methods and devices for using a relationship between activities of different traffic signals in a network to improve traffic signal state estimation are disclosed. An example method includes determining that a vehicle is approaching an upcoming traffic signal. The method may further include determining a state of one or more traffic signals other than the upcoming traffic signal. Additionally, the method may also include determining an estimate of a state of the upcoming traffic signal based on a relationship between the state of the one or more traffic signals other than the upcoming traffic signal and the state of the upcoming traffic signal. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160005310 | TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Adjustment values, including a station stop time or a departure interval, are set for each vehicle. Next, the set adjustment values and a traveling pattern are used to calculate the power consumption by and regenerative power from each vehicle when in operation for each time point. Next, the total vehicle power at each time point is calculated by subtracting the total regenerative power from braking vehicles from the total power consumption by powering vehicles one a per time point basis. Next, a positive value or a negative value is extracted from the total vehicle power at each time point. Next, an evaluation value is calculated using the absolute value of the total of the extracted values. Next, adjustment values that produce the smaller evaluation value are identified. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012721 | DATA COLLECTION AND AGGREGATION WITH AN ELECTRICALLY MOTORIZED VEHICLE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160027306 | RIDE CHAINING - A system for determining a dispatch includes an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface is to receive a request for a first pickup including a first pickup location and a first destination. The processor is configured to determining a driver to dispatch to the first pickup location. The output interface is to provide a first pickup indication to the driver to go to the first pickup location. The input interface is further to receive a first pickup arrival indication indicating the driver arrived at the first pickup location. The output interface is further to provide a first destination indication indicating to the driver to go to the first destination. The input interface is further to receive a request for a second pickup including a second pickup location and a second destination. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027307 | SHORT-TERM AUTOMOBILE RENTALS IN A GEO-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT - A method, device, and system of a short-term automobile renting system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a dispatch server includes associating a user with a ride request system and determining that the user has requested to be picked-up at a geo-spatial location associated with a pick-up address of the user. The geo-spatial location is determined based on any of a current geo-spatial location of a mobile device through which the user requests the pick-up and/or a manually entered address in the mobile device of the user that is communicatively coupled with the dispatch server in this aspect. A private vehicle is automatically dispatched in the geo-spatial vicinity of the geo-spatial location associated with the pick-up address of the user using a processor and a memory. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160035220 | Method and System to Assess Abnormal Driving Behaviour of Vehicles Travelling on Road - The invention concerns a method for assessment of abnormal driving behaviour to improve driving safety of a vehicle travelling on a road, using position information and motion information about said vehicle and/or at least one neighbouring vehicle travelling in the proximity of said vehicle on said road. The method comprises a step of obtaining and memorizing ( | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035222 | DRIVING ENVIRONMENT RISK DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND DRIVING ENVIRONMENT RISK NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - A driving environment risk determination apparatus includes a driver status acquisition module that acquires a status of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the driving environment risk determination apparatus, an other-vehicle status acquisition module that acquires a driving status of the another vehicle, a driving environment acquisition module that acquires a driving environment in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, a risk determination module that calculates a degree of risk from information acquired through the driver status acquisition module, the other-vehicle status acquisition module, and the driving environment acquisition module and thereby determines whether the degree of risk is minor or major. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160042639 | TRANSPORTATION PLAN CREATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN CREATION SUPPORT METHOD - In order to obtain a traffic flow when a specific condition is given to a target transportation network, transportation condition data which is data representing time constraints of traveling by first transportation means whose operation is not scheduled, a transportation parameter which is a parameter related to an operation of second transportation means whose operation is scheduled, and a travel demand which is data representing the number of traveling users for each desired arrival time and destination are respectively acquired. In addition, a template for generating a mathematical model representing travel of users between nodes is stored. By applying the transportation condition data, the transportation parameter, and the travel demand to the template, a mathematical model representing travel of users between nodes is generated. A traffic flow is obtained by solving an optimization problem that is formulated by the mathematical model. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042645 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS (AS AMENDED) - A vehicle driving assistance apparatus has a sensor that detects an object around an own vehicle; and a processing apparatus that determines whether the object detected by the sensor is a static vehicle or a roadside static object, carries out driving assistance if a first driving assistance carrying-out condition is satisfied when determining as a static vehicle and carries out the driving assistance if a second driving assistance carrying-out condition is satisfied when determining as a roadside static object. A threshold concerning the first driving assistance carrying-out condition is lower than a threshold concerning the second driving assistance carrying-out condition. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160046293 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A driving support system includes a detector, a memory and a controller. The detector detects a present position of the vehicle. The memory stores lane information of a travelling lane and traffic light information in a state of being associated with each other. The traffic light information includes existing position information of a traffic light. The traffic light informs whether the vehicle travelling along the travelling lane is allowed to pass through the traffic light. The controller specifies the travelling lane on which the vehicle is travelling based on the lane information and the present position and supports the driving of the vehicle in accordance with the traffic light information and the traffic light associated with the travelling lane. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160054135 | Measuring Quality in Optimal Navigation Routes by Navigation Systems - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for measuring quality in optimal navigation routes. A plurality of nodes having latitude and longitude coordinates is received for analysis. The nodes may be map matched with a road network and a traveled route of the navigation device may be determined. Alternative routes may be calculated between the origin and destination of the traveled route at a time after the traveled route is completed. Comparisons may be made between the traveled route and the alternative routes. The comparison data may be used to develop an improved traffic database or the data may be reported to a navigation device or navigation service provider. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055745 | Method and Device for Communication Between Road Users and/or Pedestrians and a Traffic Infrastructure on the Basis of an Ad-Hoc Wireless Motor Vehicle Communications System for Traffic Control - The invention relates to a method and a stationary device for communication on the basis of an ad-hoc interacting motor vehicle communication system, particularly of the wireless variety. Communication occurs between the road users and/or pedestrians themselves and/or between road users and/or pedestrians and the traffic infrastructure wherein, in the near field of a traffic route junction, particularly T-junctions or intersections of traffic routes such as road or railway junctions, a radio transmission/receiving device associated with a first road user continuously transmits a message to at least one second radio transmission/receiving | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055747 | LAW BREAKING/BEHAVIOR SENSOR - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete vehicle ecosystem. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063857 | Lane Level Congestion Splitting - A controller receives probe data from a vehicle traveling on a path segment. The probe data may be collected by a mobile device. The path segment may be a multilane roadway. The controller identifies a first lane of the path segment from the probe data. The controller associated a forked route with the first lane of the path segment. The controller calculates different traffic values for the lanes of the path segment. One traffic value may be calculated directly from speeds derived from the path data. Another traffic value may be calculated by the probe data and a historical relationship. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING GLOBAL SCENE CONTEXT FOR ADAPTIVE PREDICTION AND CORRESPONDING PROGRAM, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH SYSTEM - The invention regards a method for assisting a driver of a vehicle by computationally predicting a future movement behaviour of a target vehicle. The method comprises steps of acquiring data describing a traffic environment of a host vehicle, computing a plurality of future movement behaviour alternatives for a target vehicle, by predicting movement behaviour of the target vehicle based on the data describing the traffic environment. The prediction step calculates a probability that the target object will execute a movement behaviour and information relating to future behaviour of the target vehicle is output. The method estimates a global scene context and adapts the predicted behaviour based on the estimated global scene context. The adaptation of the behaviour prediction is performed by at least one of adapting indicator values in situation models employed by a context-based prediction, by adapting a result of the context-based prediction and adapting the overall prediction result. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160078756 | AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF CROWD AND TRAFFIC DATA USING DEVICE MONITORING - A first mobile monitoring system includes one or more mobile monitoring devices, a network, a server and a storage memory. The server is implemented to analyze the collected signals and the traffic information to identify at least one traffic flow according to travel routes of the one or more wireless devices; determine whether the identified at least one traffic flow exceeds an updating threshold based on the collected signals; derive at the server when the traffic flow exceeds the updating threshold, an updating priority indicating an order in which the traffic flows are processed based on the collected signals; and update a dynamic traffic transportation plan map based on the at least one traffic flow, the updating threshold and the updating priority. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078760 | Traffic Monitoring - The present application relates to road traffic monitoring to detect the number, speed and/or type of vehicles travelling on a road. Noise features ( | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078762 | PROVIDING TRANSIT INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160091321 | Transmitting Map Data Images in a Limited Bandwidth Environment - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for transmitting map data images in a limited bandwidth environment. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining or predicting, using a processor, a traffic condition or a weather condition for a location. The method further comprises developing at least one map image depicting the traffic condition or weather condition. The method further comprises encoding the map image in at least one payload. The method further comprises transmitting the at least one payload over-the-air to a navigation device. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091328 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR ROUTE NAVIGATION SHARING IN A COMMUNITY CLOUD - Technologies for sharing route navigation data in a community cloud include a mobile navigation device of a vehicle and a remote mobile navigation device of a remote vehicle. The mobile navigation device generates sensor data associated with a current route of the vehicle and determines whether a reference traffic event occurs within a segment of the current route of the vehicle. In response to a determination that a reference traffic event occurs, the mobile navigation devices transmits route update data to the remote mobile navigation device. Based on the route update data, the remote mobile navigation device updates a current route of the remote vehicle to avoid the reference traffic event within a corresponding segment of the current route of the remote vehicle. The mobile navigation device may also transmit the sensor data to a community compute device, which may transmit route update data to the remote mobile navigation device. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SMALLER INCREMENTAL UPDATES TO A NAVIGATIONAL DATABASE - An RF battery in which an amount of leakage of an electrolyte in a tank can be reduced by means of a leakage prevention hole provided on the upper side of the tank, at the time of an accident to an upstream pipe and the like, through an inverted U-shaped pipe formed of an accommodated pipe and a portion of the upstream pipe according to the principle of a siphon. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093208 | STORING TRAJECTORY - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for storing trajectory. The method includes: mapping, based on a plurality of positions on a trajectory of an entity, the trajectory to at least one road segment in a road network; identifying an entry point and an exit point of one of the road segments, wherein the entry point is a point where the entity starts traveling along the road segment, and the exit point is a point where the entity ends traveling along the road segment; and storing data related to at least one of the entry point and the exit point, to store the road segment as a part of information of the trajectory. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160104377 | HIGH RESOLUTION ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION - Systems and methods are provided for increasing the geospatial resolution of traffic information by dividing known location intervals into a fixed number of sub-segments not tied to any one map providers format, efficient coding of the traffic information, and distribution of the traffic information to end-user consuming devices over one or more of a satellite based broadcast transport medium and a data communications network. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention detail a nationwide traffic service which can be encoded and distributed through a single broadcast service, such as, for example, an SDARS service, or a broadcast over a data network. Exemplary embodiments include aggregating the traffic data from segments of multiple location intervals, into predefined and predetermined flow vectors, and sending the flow vectors within a data stream to users. Confidence levels obtained from raw traffic data can both (I) be disclosed to drivers/users to supplement a very low signal (or no signal) speed and congestion report, and (ii) can also be used in various system algorithms that decide what local anomalies or aberrations to filter out as noise, or to disclose as accurate information and thus more granularly depict the roadway in question (and use additional bits to do so) as an actual highly localized traffic condition. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160117921 | PERSONALIZED ROUTE INDICES VIA CROWD-SOURCED DATA - Traffic incident information may be clustered to determine geographical locations in which a statistically-increased level of traffic incidents occur. Indices indicative of vehicle operating conditions within the locations may be generated according to crowd-sourced event information factors and an index function including coefficients defining contributions of the factors to the indices. The coefficients may be optimized to minimize error between the index-predicted statistically-increased level areas and the clustered traffic incident information. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160127852 | VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for vehicle to vehicle communication. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving a first message selection, where the first message selection includes at least information associated with a road hazard. The method further comprises identifying a first directional RFID communicator of a first vehicle with a second directional RFID communicator of a second vehicle. The method further comprises, responsive to identifying the first directional RFID communicator of the first vehicle, sending the first message selection to the first directional RFID communicator from the second directional RFID communicator. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160133126 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND IN-VEHICLE UNIT - Traffic information is provided to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle located in a shadow portion of a large-sized vehicle and to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle at a location separated from an intersection | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING POSITION INFORMATION OF SURROUNDING VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a system and a method for correcting position information of a surrounding vehicle, which provide accurate position information of a surrounding vehicle by correcting the position information of the surrounding vehicle received through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and identifies a license-plate number of a front vehicle through a sensor mounted in a vehicle, calculates a position of the front vehicle, and compare position information, which is included in information including the identified number of the front vehicle in information received from the surrounding vehicle, with the calculated position of the front vehicle to correct the position information of the surrounding vehicle. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133131 | USE OF PARTICIPATIVE SENSING SYSTEMS TO ENABLE ENHANCED ROAD FRICTION ESTIMATION - Methods and systems are disclosed for participative sensing of road friction conditions by vehicles, collection of the friction data from a large number of vehicles by a central server, processing the data to classify friction conditions by roadway and locale, and sending notifications of the friction conditions to vehicles as appropriate. A large number of vehicles use participative sensing systems to identify road friction estimates which are reported to the central server—where the vehicles use sensor data and vehicle dynamic conditions to estimate friction. The central server stores and aggregates the friction data, filters it and ages it. Vehicles requesting advisories from the central server will receive notices of road friction conditions which may be significant based on their location and heading. Driver warnings can be issued for low friction conditions ahead, and automated vehicle systems may also respond to the notices. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REALTIME COMMUNITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE - System and method for traffic mapping service are disclosed for allowing plurality of users having each a navigation device to transmit their locations to a server and optionally to signal to the server their requested destination. The system and method are further capable of calculating traffic parameters such as current traffic speed at a given road based on the momentary locations of the users. The system and method of the invention may also calculate and advise the users of preferred roads to take in order to arrive at the requested location with minimum delay. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160148503 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION GUIDE SYSTEM, TRAFFIC INFORMATION GUIDE DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION GUIDE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A traffic information guide system, a traffic information guide device, a traffic information guide method, and a computer program that enable easily understandable precise traffic information to be provided to a user even in a case where several traffic information items are concentrated around the same location. In displaying traffic information obtained from a traffic information center for guidance, in a case where an icon indicating the type of a traffic event specified by the obtained traffic information item is displayed in a section specified by the traffic information item on a map image and a user's operation of selecting the displayed icon is received, an arrow connecting a start point to an end point of the section specified by the traffic information item is displayed on the map image. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148508 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE - A drive assist device assists a driver who is driving a vehicle by showing, on a display unit, information related to an indication state of a traffic signal including a remaining time until the indication state of the traffic signal changes. The drive assist device includes a processor configured to output a representation of the remaining time to the display unit. The processor is configured to set the representation of the remaining time to a first representation when the remaining time is greater than a predetermined value and set the representation of the remaining time to a second representation when the remaining time is less than or equal to the predetermined value. The second representation differs from the first representation in at least one of brightness, saturation, and hue. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LINE-OF-SIGHT OBSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION FOR NAVIGATION - An approach is provided for determining at least one alternate action to be performed by at least one first entity, at least one second entity, or a combination thereof for resolving at least one line-of-sight obstruction. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of sensor data to determine that at least one action by one or more first entities on at least one travel segment has a probability above a threshold value to result in the one or more first entities causing at least one line-of-sight obstruction for one or more second entities with respect to the at least one travel segment. The approach also involves determining one or more alternate actions to eliminate or to reduce the at least one line-of-sight obstruction, wherein the one or more alternate actions are to be performed by the one or more first entities, the one or more second entities, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more alternate actions to at least one device associated with the one or more first entities, the one or more second entities, or a combination thereof. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160155325 | Traffic Classification Based on Spatial Neighbor Model | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155326 | RELAY AND EXCHANGE PROTOCOL IN AN AUTOMATED ZONE-BASED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONTROL ENVIRONMENT | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155330 | Routing Based on Detected Stops | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160163200 | MANAGING AND CONTROLLING TRAVEL FOR A CONVOY OF VEHICLES - Disclosed are systems, mediums, and methods for managing and controlling travel for a convoy of vehicles. A traffic control system includes a traffic control device that receives one or more signals indicating two or more vehicles proximate to a location. The traffic control device determines a convoy based at least on the one or more signals, where the convoy includes the two or more vehicles proximate to the location. The traffic control device determines traffic-signal data based at least on the convoy, where the traffic-signal data is configured to maintain threshold distances between two or more vehicles in the convoy. The traffic control device transmits the traffic-signal data to a traffic controller configured to select one or more traffic signals, where the one or more traffic signals enable the two or more vehicles to maintain the threshold distances between the two or more vehicles in the convoy. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT FLEET MANAGEMENT - A method implemented using at least one processor includes acquiring sensor data from a plurality sensors disposed on a vehicle configured to engage an aircraft for ground operation, wherein the aircraft is a member of a fleet of aircrafts. The method further includes receiving a plurality of environmental parameters from a supervisory system, wherein the supervisory system receives data from at least one of a gate, a service vehicle, a taxi vehicle, another aircraft, and a control center. The method also includes determining a plurality of contextual parameters representative of status of the vehicle based on the sensor data and the plurality of environmental parameters. The method further includes generating a plurality of control parameters based on the plurality of contextual parameters and the plurality of environmental parameters and providing at least one of the plurality of the control parameters to the vehicle for managing airport traffic. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171884 | Detecting Road Condition Changes from Probe Data | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING DRIVING BEHAVIOR | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE PRESENCE OF INCIDENTS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160180705 | ORIGIN DESTINATION ESTIMATION BASED ON VEHICLE TRAJECTORY DATA | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180707 | RULES OF THE ROAD ADVISOR USING VEHICLE TELEMATICS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160189544 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION REGARDING TRAFFIC - The present disclosure describes roadway map updating using vehicle performance, route, and/or location information from plural vehicles. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191840 | USER INTERFACE METHOD FOR TERMINAL FOR VEHICLE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A user interface method for a terminal for a vehicle is provided. The terminal obtains position information to detect a point of a road. A road image of a driving direction is obtained, a lanes of the road represented on the obtained road image is recognized, and a point of a road and lane in which the vehicle having the terminal arranged therein is detected. A virtual road image regarding the recognized lanes is generated, and the generated virtual lanes are added to the road image of the driving direction of the vehicle, and displayed. Traffic information for each lane and surrounding information (i.e. lane closure, construction, accident, etc.,) at the detected point of the relevant road are obtained, and the obtained information is displayed for each virtual lane. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196754 | AIRPORT SURFACE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE TO AIRCRAFT SURFACE NAVIGATION SYSTEM | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160203712 | TRAFFIC NETWORK SENSOR PLACEMENT | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203713 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA COLLECTED FOR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203714 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC INFORMATION | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203717 | Network Security System with Application for Driver Safety System | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160253900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FREQUENT LANE CHANGES OF MOVING VEHICLES | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253901 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A TRAVEL LINE TO A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRAFFIC SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253904 | DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160377443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A POINT OF INTEREST - A method and apparatus are for determining a location of a new point of interest by determining demand information of a user based on retrieval data of the user. The retrieval data includes at least point of interest data, and the demand information includes at least a demand occurrence position. Supply information, including at least a supply region of existing points of interest are obtained based on the retrieval data. The demand information of the user is matched with the supply information of the existing points of interest to obtain the unsatisfied demand information of the user. The location of the new point of interest is determined based on the unsatisfied demand information of the user. The demand information for determining the location of a new point of interest is more accurate and comprehensive, and accuracy and reliability of the site selection of a new point of interest are improved. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SAFETY LEVELS ESTIMATE FOR A TRAVEL LINK BASED ON SIGNAGE INFORMATION - An approach is provided for determining safety levels for one or more locations based, at least in part, on signage information. The approach involves determining signage information associated with at least one location. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a creation of at least one predictor model based, at least in part, on the signage information and one or more attributes associated with the at least one location. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a classification of the at least one location, one or more other locations, or a combination thereof according to one or more safety levels using, at least in part, the at least one predictor model. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379491 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ROUTING VEHICLES IN ROAD TRAFFIC - A central routing unit receives traffic-related data from vehicles that are involved in the road traffic, and transmits routing information to at least one vehicle on based on the traffic-related data that is received by the central routing unit. The central routing unit may transmit the routing information by displaying a dynamically-generated Quick Response (QR) code on at least one digital traffic sign. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379493 | REFERENCE TOKENS FOR MANAGING DRIVERLESS CARS - Negotiating a multi-vehicle environment using vehicle-to-vehicle network tokens for intra-vehicle communication. Preliminary routing assignments are efficiently improved by available intra-vehicle communication. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379494 | REFERENCE TOKENS FOR MANAGING DRIVERLESS CARS - Negotiating a multi-vehicle environment using vehicle-to-vehicle network tokens for intra-vehicle communication. Preliminary routing assignments are efficiently improved by available intra-vehicle communication. | 12-29-2016 |
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| 20170236411 | NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING DRIVING ACTIONS OF DRIVERS ON ROAD SEGMENTS OF A GEOGRAPHIC REGION | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236413 | Driving Assistance Device and Driving Assistance Method | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236415 | TRAVEL PLANNING DEVICE AND TRAVEL PLANNING METHOD | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236424 | PREDICTIVE MULTIMODAL LAND TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISION | 08-17-2017 |
| 20180022277 | APPROACHING-BODY WARNING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025628 | CLUSTERING OBSERVATIONS OF OBJECTS ALONG ROADS FOR NAVIGATION-RELATED OPERATIONS | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025631 | Method and System for Using Intersecting Electronic Horizons | 01-25-2018 |
| 20190144001 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE MOUNTED ON VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190145793 | LOCATION-BASED FEATURES FOR COMMUTE ASSISTANT | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190146522 | DISTRIBUTED SAFETY MONITORS FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147737 | ACCIDENT PREVENTION DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220139125 | MOTOR VEHICLE WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system for use with a vehicle includes at least one device installed or present onboard the vehicle and configured to sense or determine at least one condition or characteristic of the vehicle or its driver. The at least one device communicates the condition or characteristic with a remote site or web service using a wireless communication device. The remote site or web service correlates or compares the condition or characteristic of the vehicle or its driver with road conditions, capacities, facilities, and/or established safety data associated with the upcoming roadway, and determines whether the vehicle should stop or enter a facility due to an incompatibility or conflict between the condition or characteristic and the road conditions, capacities, facilities, and/or established safety data. The remote site or web service then communicates the determination of whether the vehicle should stop or enter the facility to the device on the vehicle. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139211 | SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A server device capable of creating data for reflecting traveling conditions that change over time in driver assistance function, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a storage medium are provided. It includes a server communication unit configured to acquire, from a mobile object communication unit arranged at one mobile object of a plurality of mobile objects, information to be processed in which position information of the one mobile object is associated with information indicating a driver assistance function being used by the one mobile object, and a processing unit configured to execute statistical processing with respect to the information to be processed acquired by the server communication unit and embed, into the map data, statistical information indicating whether the driver assistance function should be performed or not in a position or area in a map indicated by the map data. | 05-05-2022 |
