System and method for processing, receiving, and displaying traffic information
First Claim
1. A method for processing traffic information via a traffic information server, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, via said traffic information server, information regarding a first set of traffic data collected from one or more traffic information computers, each associated with a vehicle travelling along a section of road, wherein said first set of traffic data comprises an average speed of each vehicle periodically calculated by said traffic information computer associated with said vehicle;
processing, via said traffic information server, said first set of traffic data to generate a second set of traffic data comprising an average speed of said vehicles traveling along said section of road; and
transmitting, via said traffic information server, said second set of traffic data to at least one or more traffic information computers.
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Abstract
A system for sharing and processing traffic and/or road condition information includes a number of traffic and/or road condition information computer systems within individual vehicles and/or devices and/or a virtual traffic information server on a mobile network. The traffic and/or road condition information computer systems may be each connected through a peer-to-peer radio, cellular, Wi-Fi, or other similar types of communications network, and which each operate with a database for displaying road maps, with a database storing average speed data for directions of travel along roadways, and with a location sensor used to determine the location and average speed of the vehicle or device, which may be transmitted to other vehicles. The virtual server returns average speed data for road segments, which is displayed on the road maps. The system includes sharing average speed data calculated as well average speed data received from the plurality of vehicles to other vehicles, thereby enhancing the real-time communication of traffic and/or road condition data.
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1. A method for processing traffic information via a traffic information server, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, via said traffic information server, information regarding a first set of traffic data collected from one or more traffic information computers, each associated with a vehicle travelling along a section of road, wherein said first set of traffic data comprises an average speed of each vehicle periodically calculated by said traffic information computer associated with said vehicle; processing, via said traffic information server, said first set of traffic data to generate a second set of traffic data comprising an average speed of said vehicles traveling along said section of road; and transmitting, via said traffic information server, said second set of traffic data to at least one or more traffic information computers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A traffic information system, comprising:
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a traffic information server comprising a processor; wherein said traffic information server receives information regarding a first set of traffic data collected from one or more traffic information computers, each associated with a vehicle travelling along a section of road, wherein said first set of traffic data comprises an average speed of each vehicle periodically calculated by said traffic information computer associated with said vehicle; wherein said processor processes said first set of traffic data to generate a second set of traffic data comprising an average speed of said vehicles traveling along said section of road; and wherein said second set of traffic data is transmitted by said traffic information server to at least one or more traffic information computers. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A traffic information system, comprising:
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a receiver associated with a first vehicle, wherein said receiver receives, from one or more other vehicles traveling along a road segment, information comprising an average speed of the one or more other vehicles travelling along the road segment; a processor associated with said first vehicle, wherein said processor periodically calculates an average speed of movement of said first vehicle; a transmitter associated with said first vehicle, wherein said transmitter transmits to a traffic information server the average speed of movement of said first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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