Analysis of pedestrian congestion
First Claim
1. A method of providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area, the method comprising:
- collecting data from a pedestrian moving in said given area;
using said data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the given area; and
from said one or more specified parameters, determining a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area. In one embodiment, the method comprises collecting data from a pedestrian moving in the area, and using the data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the area. These specified parameters are used to determine a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. In one embodiment, the pattern of movement is a walking pattern of the pedestrian, and the data collected from the pedestrian identifies a multitude of positions of the pedestrian'"'"'s feet. In an embodiment, the specified parameters include a lateral gap between the feet of the pedestrian, and a length of a stride of the pedestrian. A sequence of values may be collected for each of these parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area, the method comprising:
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collecting data from a pedestrian moving in said given area; using said data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the given area; and from said one or more specified parameters, determining a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area, the system comprising:
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one or more sensors on a pedestrian moving in said given area to generate data from the pedestrian; and one or more processing units configured for receiving said data, for using said data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the given area, and from said one or more specified parameters, determining a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture comprising:
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at least one tangible computer readable device having computer readable program code logic tangibly embodied therein to provide a measure of pedestrian congestion in a given area based on data from a pedestrian moving in said given area, the computer readable program code logic, when executing, performing the following; collecting said data; using said data to determine one or more specified parameters representing a pattern of movement of the pedestrian in the given area; and from said specified parameters, determining a sinuosity of pedestrian traffic in the given area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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