TRAFFIC DENSITY ESTIMATION
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- at least one controller configured to increase at a first rate a value of a parameter representing a traffic density in a vicinity of the vehicle after an object enters a predefined zone on a side of the vehicle and to decrease at a second rate less than the first rate the value of the parameter after an object exits the predefined zone such that the value of the parameter increases as traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle increases and decreases as traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle decreases.
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Abstract
Traffic density may be estimated by increasing a value of a parameter if an object enters a predefined zone on a side of the vehicle and decreasing the value of the parameter after an object exits the predefined zone such that the value of the parameter increases as traffic in a vicinity of the vehicle increases and decreases as traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle decreases.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
at least one controller configured to increase at a first rate a value of a parameter representing a traffic density in a vicinity of the vehicle after an object enters a predefined zone on a side of the vehicle and to decrease at a second rate less than the first rate the value of the parameter after an object exits the predefined zone such that the value of the parameter increases as traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle increases and decreases as traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle decreases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle comprising:
at least one controller configured to determine a traffic density in a vicinity of the vehicle based on a number of objects that consecutively enter a predefined zone on a side of the vehicle each within a specified time interval after a previous object exits the predefined zone. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vehicle comprising:
at least one controller configured to detect an increase in traffic condition if an object enters a predefined zone on a side of the vehicle within a specified time interval after a previous object exits the predefined zone and to increase a value of a parameter representing a traffic density in a vicinity of the vehicle in response to detecting the increase in traffic condition such that the value of the parameter increases as traffic in the vicinity of the vehicle increases. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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