Driver Red Light Duration Notification System
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1. A traffic control notification system, comprising:
- a vehicle route subsystem configured to determine arrival of a vehicle at a traffic control;
a database configured to store traffic control data;
a traffic control interaction subsystem in operative communication with the database, the traffic control interaction subsystem configured to predict a duration of a particular state of the traffic control, responsive to said arrival of the vehicle at the traffic control; and
a user device interaction subsystem configured to provide a notification to the vehicle responsive to the duration.
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Abstract
A notification system determines a correspondence between a vehicle and an upcoming traffic signal, and predicts a likely remaining duration of the traffic signal in a particular state, such as “red light”, when the vehicle is at the signal'"'"'s location. The notification is displayed on a user device in the vehicle, or is used to control the vehicle directly, for instance to turn off the vehicle'"'"'s engine if the light is to remain red for a duration exceeding a threshold. Prediction of the vehicle'"'"'s arrival is also used to set the state of the traffic signal to “vehicle waiting.”
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1. A traffic control notification system, comprising:
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a vehicle route subsystem configured to determine arrival of a vehicle at a traffic control; a database configured to store traffic control data; a traffic control interaction subsystem in operative communication with the database, the traffic control interaction subsystem configured to predict a duration of a particular state of the traffic control, responsive to said arrival of the vehicle at the traffic control; and a user device interaction subsystem configured to provide a notification to the vehicle responsive to the duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program code for providing a notification that a vehicle is predicted to remain subject to a traffic control for a period of time, the computer program code comprising instructions for:
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determining a location of the vehicle; establishing correspondence between the vehicle and the traffic control responsive to said determining a location; predicting a remaining duration of a state of the traffic control; and providing the notification responsive to the remaining duration.
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12. A computer-implemented method for providing a notification that a vehicle is predicted to remain subject to a traffic control for a period of time, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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determining a location of the vehicle; establishing correspondence between the vehicle and the traffic control responsive to said determining a location; predicting a remaining duration of a state of the traffic control; and providing the notification responsive to the remaining duration. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A vehicle management system, comprising:
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a vehicle route subsystem configured to determine arrival of a vehicle at a traffic control; a database configured to store traffic control data; a traffic control interaction subsystem in operative communication with the database; and a user device interaction subsystem configured to undertake vehicle management processing responsive to communications with the traffic control interaction subsystem regarding the traffic control being in a vehicle waiting state or a no vehicle waiting state. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program code for vehicle management, the computer program code comprising instructions for:
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determining arrival of a vehicle at a traffic control; determining a transition from a no vehicle waiting state of the traffic control to a vehicle waiting state of the traffic control; and undertaking vehicle management processing responsive to the transition. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-implemented method for managing a traffic control, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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determining arrival of a vehicle at a traffic control; determining a transition from a no vehicle waiting state of the traffic control to a vehicle waiting state of the traffic control; and undertaking vehicle management processing responsive to the transition. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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