GPS-based traffic monitoring system
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1. A traffic monitoring system, comprising:
- a traffic estimating module that estimates an average traffic level on a road during prior ones of first periodic periods;
a traffic monitoring module that estimates a current traffic level on said road during a first portion of a current one of said first periodic periods based on vector and location information received from at least one of cellular phones and vehicles during said first portion; and
a traffic predicting module that predicts traffic levels on said road during a remaining portion of said current one of said first periodic periods based on said average traffic level and said estimated current traffic level during said first portion.
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A traffic monitoring system comprises a traffic estimating module that estimates an average traffic level on the road during prior ones of first periodic periods. A traffic monitoring module estimates a current traffic level on the road during a first portion of a current one of the first periodic periods based on vector and location information received from at least one of cellular phones and vehicles during the first portion. A traffic predicting module predicts traffic levels on the road during a remaining portion of the current one of the first periodic periods based on the average traffic level and the estimated current traffic level during the first portion.
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1. A traffic monitoring system, comprising:
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a traffic estimating module that estimates an average traffic level on a road during prior ones of first periodic periods; a traffic monitoring module that estimates a current traffic level on said road during a first portion of a current one of said first periodic periods based on vector and location information received from at least one of cellular phones and vehicles during said first portion; and a traffic predicting module that predicts traffic levels on said road during a remaining portion of said current one of said first periodic periods based on said average traffic level and said estimated current traffic level during said first portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating a traffic monitoring system, comprising:
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estimating an average traffic level on a road during prior ones of first periodic periods; estimating a current traffic level on said road during a first portion of a current one of said first periodic periods based on vector and location information received from at least one of cellular phones and vehicles during said first portion; and predicting traffic levels on said road during a remaining portion of said current one of said first periodic periods based on said average traffic level and said estimated current traffic level during said first portion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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