Method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information and applying thereof
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- tracking locations of vehicle-carried cellular phone devices in communication with a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the tracking the locations of the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices is performed without identifying tracked vehicles by using phone numbers, wherein identities of the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices are kept within a location of the wireless telecommunications network so that privacy of individuals associated with the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices is protected;
constructing a vehicular traffic situation picture based upon the tracking the locations of the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices; and
controlling a vehicular traffic related service application of an end user based upon the vehicular traffic situation picture.
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Abstract
A method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information, comprising: (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriented road section network; (b) acquiring a variety of the vehicular traffic data and information associated with the oriented road section network, from a variety of sources; (c) prioritizing, filtering, and controlling, the vehicular traffic data and information acquired from each of the variety of sources; (d) calculating a mean normalized travel time (NTT) value for each oriented road section of said oriented road section network using the prioritized, filtered, and controlled, vehicular traffic data and information associated with each source, for forming a partial current vehicular traffic situation picture associated with each source; (e) fusing the partial current traffic situation picture associated with each source, for generating a single complete current vehicular traffic situation picture associated with entire oriented road section network; (f) predicting a future complete vehicular traffic situation picture associated with the entire oriented road section network; and (g) using the current vehicular traffic situation picture and the future vehicular traffic situation picture for providing a variety of vehicular traffic related service applications to end users.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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tracking locations of vehicle-carried cellular phone devices in communication with a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the tracking the locations of the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices is performed without identifying tracked vehicles by using phone numbers, wherein identities of the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices are kept within a location of the wireless telecommunications network so that privacy of individuals associated with the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices is protected; constructing a vehicular traffic situation picture based upon the tracking the locations of the vehicle-carried cellular phone devices; and controlling a vehicular traffic related service application of an end user based upon the vehicular traffic situation picture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer configured to perform acts comprising:
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tracking one or more locations of a first vehicle-carried mobile sensor associated with a first tracked vehicle and in communication with a wireless telecommunications network, the tracking the one or more locations of the first vehicle-carried mobile sensor performed without identifying the first tracked vehicle by using a phone number, and keeping an identity of the first vehicle-carried mobile sensor within a location of the wireless telecommunications network; and controlling a vehicular traffic related service application of an end user based upon the tracking the one or more locations of the first vehicle-carried mobile sensor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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tracking one or more locations of a first vehicle-carried mobile sensor associated with a first tracked vehicle and in communication with a wireless telecommunications network, the tracking the one or more locations of the first vehicle-carried mobile sensor performed without identifying the first tracked vehicle by using a phone number; and controlling a vehicular traffic related service application of an end user based upon the tracking the one or more locations of the first vehicle-carried mobile sensor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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