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Amelioration of traffic gridlock conditions

  • US 10,140,859 B1
  • Filed: 08/17/2017
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining a risk of at least one vehicle blocking an intersection;

    determining one or more ameliorative actions based on the risk; and

    performing at least one of the one or more ameliorative actions;

    wherein, in response to identifying a first vehicle located behind a second vehicle, determining the risk further comprises;

    receiving at least a first set of data associated with the first vehicle;

    predicting an occurrence of a gridlock event at the intersection based at least on the first set of data;

    identifying one or more risk factors in the first set of data;

    determining one or more gridlock detection models based on one or more of the predicted occurrence of the gridlock event, the first set of data, and the one or more risk factors; and

    determining a risk that the first vehicle will block the intersection based on the one or more gridlock detection models, andwherein the one or more ameliorative actions comprise each of displaying a visualization of a status associated with the intersection to the first vehicle, transmitting an alert message to a computing device associated with the first vehicle, and transmitting a signal to control the first vehicle;

    wherein the steps of the method are implemented by at least one processing device comprising a processor operatively coupled to memory.

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