System and apparatus for road traffic congestion degree estimation
First Claim
1. A road traffic congestion degree estimation system comprising:
- vehicle sensing means that detects a vehicle which is driven on a first road extending between a first area and an outside of the first area;
calculating means for calculating a number of local vehicles that are based in a second area including the first area and that currently exist in the first area and a number of strange vehicles that are based in an outside of the second area and currently exist in the first area, based on a number of approaching vehicles driven in a direction of approaching the first area and a number of receding vehicles driven on the first road in a direction of receding from the first area, wherein the number of approaching vehicles and the number of receding vehicles are included in a number of vehicles detected by the vehicle sensing means;
estimating means for estimating a prospective degree of traffic congestion on a second road, which extends from the second area to the outside of the second area and introduces a vehicle coming from the first area into the outside of the second area, based on the calculated number of strange vehicles and the calculated number of local vehicles, wherein the number of strange vehicles contributes more greatly to an increase in the degree of traffic congestion than the number of local vehicles contributes; and
storage control means for storing data, which specifies the estimated degree of traffic congestion, in a storage medium.
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Abstract
A road traffic congestion degree estimation system includes smart plate readers that detect vehicles driven on a general road externally leading to a resort. The numbers of local vehicles and strange vehicles that currently exist in the resort are calculated, based on the number of vehicles approaching the resort, the number of vehicles receding from the resort, and information of smart plates of the detected vehicles. Furthermore, a prospective degree of traffic congestion on an expressway, which introduces the strange vehicles receding from the resort via the general road into areas where the strange vehicles are based, is estimated based on the above calculated numbers of local vehicles and strange vehicles. In this estimation, the number of strange vehicles contributes more greatly to an increase in the degree of traffic congestion than the number of local vehicles does.
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9 Claims
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1. A road traffic congestion degree estimation system comprising:
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vehicle sensing means that detects a vehicle which is driven on a first road extending between a first area and an outside of the first area;
calculating means for calculating a number of local vehicles that are based in a second area including the first area and that currently exist in the first area and a number of strange vehicles that are based in an outside of the second area and currently exist in the first area, based on a number of approaching vehicles driven in a direction of approaching the first area and a number of receding vehicles driven on the first road in a direction of receding from the first area, wherein the number of approaching vehicles and the number of receding vehicles are included in a number of vehicles detected by the vehicle sensing means;
estimating means for estimating a prospective degree of traffic congestion on a second road, which extends from the second area to the outside of the second area and introduces a vehicle coming from the first area into the outside of the second area, based on the calculated number of strange vehicles and the calculated number of local vehicles, wherein the number of strange vehicles contributes more greatly to an increase in the degree of traffic congestion than the number of local vehicles contributes; and
storage control means for storing data, which specifies the estimated degree of traffic congestion, in a storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A road traffic congestion degree estimation apparatus able to communicate with vehicle sensing means that detects a vehicle which is driven on a first road extending between a first area and an outside of the first area, the road traffic congestion degree estimation apparatus comprising:
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calculating means for calculating a number of local vehicles that are based in a second area including the first area and that currently exist in the first area and a number of strange vehicles that are based in an outside of the second area and currently exist in the first area, based on a number of approaching vehicles driven in a direction of approaching the first area and a number of receding vehicles driven on the first road in a direction of receding from the first area, wherein the number of approaching vehicles and the number of receding vehicles are included in a number of vehicles detected by the vehicle sensing means;
estimating means for estimating a prospective degree of traffic congestion on a second road, which extends from the second area to the outside of the second area and introduces a vehicle coming from the first area into the outside of the second area, based on the calculated number of strange vehicles and the calculated number of local vehicles, wherein the number of strange vehicles contributes more greatly to an increase in the degree of traffic congestion than the number of local vehicles contributes; and
storage control means for storing data, which specifies the estimated degree of traffic congestion, in a storage medium.
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