SENSOR NODES ACTING AS INDUCTIVE LOOPS FOR TRAFFIC SENSING
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprisinga processor configured to use at least one response of at least one sensor node positioned to detect a vehicle in a roadway to generate a vehicle detection for use by a traffic management system to provide a traffic flow estimate of said roadway,with said vehicle detection statistically compatible with a vehicle detection of said vehicle by an inductive loop positioned near said sensor node.
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Abstract
Sensor nodes are disclosed that act like inductive loops to detect the presence and/or movement of vehicles on at least one roadway. Processors are disclosed using at least one sensor node to communicate vehicle detection that is statistically compatible with the inductive loop response to the vehicles. Installation may configure at least one of the sensor nodes to implement the inductive loop compatibility. Sensor clusters of sensor nodes installed in a roadway may act as inductive loops. Computer readable memories, installation devices and/or servers may deliver a program system and/or a Finite State Machine (FSM) configuration to implement the compatibility and/or an installation package to install the program system and/or the FSM configuration.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising
a processor configured to use at least one response of at least one sensor node positioned to detect a vehicle in a roadway to generate a vehicle detection for use by a traffic management system to provide a traffic flow estimate of said roadway, with said vehicle detection statistically compatible with a vehicle detection of said vehicle by an inductive loop positioned near said sensor node.
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10. A sensor cluster configured to act in a statistically compatible fashion to an inductive loop in response to a vehicle passing near said sensor cluster, comprising:
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a first sensor node configured to be approached first by said vehicle to generate a start time of vehicle detection by a first installation in a pavement; and a second sensor node configured to be approached after said first sensor node to generate an end time of said vehicle detection by a second installation in said pavement, with said start time of said vehicle detection and said end time of said vehicle detection are statistically compatible with said response by said inductive loop of said vehicle passing close. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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