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6522970 Method for determining the traffic state in a traffic network with effective bottlenecks  
A method for determining the traffic state in a traffic network with effective bottlenecks with a classification at least into the “freely flowing traffic”, “synchronized traffic” and...
6516273 Method and apparatus for determination and warning of potential violation of intersection traffic control devices  
The present invention relates to a system installed in a vehicle to: determine the location of the vehicle; identify each intersection as the vehicle approaches the intersection; determine the...
6510376 Method to control refuse management fleets  
A method is provided for monitoring and controlling the pick up of waste trash which includes providing an identifier visible to the operator of the trash on the trash bin of predetermined...
6510377 Environmental traffic recognition identification prediction strategies  
A method for continuously predicting the type of traffic in which a vehicle is traveling. The traffic pattern can be used in other vehicle control systems as an input to determine how to adjust...
6510378 Traffic control system for signalling timely any obstruction on the road  
Traffic control system for timely signalling an obstruction in the roadway as a result of accidents, traffic jams etc., in order to signal the presence of the obstruction to the arriving vehicles....
6505114 Traffic monitoring system and method  
A method and system for traffic monitoring and prediction of traffic intensity. The method comprises the steps of determining at least twice, within a specified time interval, geographical...
6505118 Navigation system for land vehicles that learns and incorporates preferred navigation routes  
An adaptive navigation system for a land vehicle is provided that incorporates learned segments of preferred routes into adaptive calculated routes. The navigation system preferably includes a...
6502035 Automotive safety enhansing system  
A safety system for automotive vehicles to automatically detect and monitor various movements of a driven vehicle and automatically communicate such movements to others and to the police. Among...
6498981 System for sequencing traffic  
A system for sequencing traffic for use with various types of vehicles such as air vehicles, land vehicles water vehicles, and railroad vehicles. Virtual containers may be generated that are used...
6496775 Method and apparatus for providing automatic status information of a delivery operation  
A method and apparatus for providing automatic status information pertaining to the location and delivery state of a plurality of delivery vehicles incorporates the use of an intelligent controller...
6496773 Method and means for network control of traffic  
The invention relates to a method for detection and prediction of incidents and traffic queues formed by overloading. This is done in real time with use of sensors in a road network. Predictions...
6493619 Lane keeping assistance system and method for automotive vehicle  
In lane keeping assistance system and method for an automotive vehicle, a control current (Iout) to be outputted to a motor during an automatic steering mode is detected, a filter is provided for...
6490519 Traffic monitoring system and methods for traffic monitoring and route guidance useful therewith  
A traffic monitoring system for monitoring traffic including a population of users bearing a multiplicity of mobile communication devices, and methods useful for monitoring traffic, the system...
6489920 Method for detecting a vehicle traffic status and system for detecting said traffic status  
From a body located at a distance above the surface of the earth, an image is recorded of a region that is located underneath the body on or above the surface of the earth and that has a diameter...
6484092 Method and system for dynamic and interactive route finding  
A method and system for dynamic and interactive navigation is presented. A navigation request is received from a user. The navigation request comprises an originating location description, a...
6484078 Vehicle travel route control system  
Working efficiency is improved without wasted activity of vehicles by enabling prompt change of a travel route at a time when it becomes necessary to change the travel route of a vehicle. A monitor...
6480783 Real time vehicle guidance and forecasting system under traffic jam conditions  
A system and method for real time vehicle guidance by Central Traffic Unit are presented. The proposed vehicle Guidance System includes a plurality of vehicles equipped with Individual Mobile Units...
6477459 Method for informing motor vehicle drivers  
In a method for informing motor vehicle drivers, in which digitally coded traffic messages are received and buffered, a time stamp is stored in memory with each of the traffic messages received. A...
6473688 Traffic information transmitting system, traffic information collecting and distributing system and traffic information collecting and distributing method  
A traffic information detecting and distributing system including receiver for receiving current position information transmitted from a traffic information transmitting system for detecting and...
6470262 Method for traffic situation determination on the basis of reporting vehicle data for a traffic network with traffic-controlled network nodes  
A method for determining the traffic situation is based on traffic data which are obtained from reporting vehicles moving in the traffic, for a traffic network with traffic-controlled network nodes...
6470272 Situation awareness processor  
A plurality of events representative of a situation in which the host vehicle is operated are selected, including at least one set of related events. Input data is provided to an inference engine...
6470261 Automatic freeway incident detection system and method using artificial neural network and genetic algorithms  
Design of a neural network for automatic detection of incidents on a freeway is described. A neural network is trained using a combination of both back-propagation and genetic algorithm-based...
6463900 Engine idling stop apparatus, system thereof and signal display apparatus used in the system  
This invention provides an apparatus for stopping the idling of an automobile engine, a system for relating the apparatus to a traffic signal device and further a signal display apparatus for...
6459365 Dangerous area alarm system  
The present invention relates to a dangerous area alarm system. This system comprises a detection device which is provided in a vehicle and detects conditions of the vehicle to output vehicle data;...
6453230 Apparatus for handling a traffic message  
A geographical region is divided into a number of areas according to a pre-defined standard. The apparatus filters received traffic messages and only those that relate to a particular one of the...
6453298 Method of operating a vehicle redistribution system based upon predicted ride demands  
A vehicle allocation system oversees the operation of a plurality of auto-piloted vehicles, used to transport passengers between major ports such as airports, train stations, shopping malls, etc....
6449555 Run time information arithmetic operation apparatus  
This invention is to provide a travel time information arithmetic operation method and apparatus for calculating travel time information using data obtained by a toll collection system. The travel...
6442474 Vision-based method and apparatus for monitoring vehicular traffic events  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring traffic using vision-based technologies to recognize events and violations. The disclosed traffic monitoring system includes one or more image...
RE37822 Automated vehicle parking system for a plurality of remote parking facilities  
An automated vehicle parking system for a plurality of remote parking facilities that communicates with a vehicle approaching or leaving the remote facility with RF signals, or the like, that...
6442473 Method and apparatus for presenting traffic information in a vehicle  
A method and apparatus for acquiring a traffic signal for presentation in a vehicular mounted display. A receiver is located on the vehicle for receiving a traffic message from a traffic signal...
6434477 Method for requesting and processing traffic information  
A method for requesting and for processing traffic information, in which a traffic-information query is transmitted by a mobile transceiver, and at least one traffic message is provided by a...
6429789 Vehicle information acquisition and display assembly  
A vehicle information acquisition and display assembly 10 . The system 10 selectively senses objects 27 residing within a dynamically configurable region of interest 29 and compares values...
6427113 Method for controlling traffic  
The traffic control system uses global positioning system information from a variety of vehicles, analyzes that information and uses it to provide control signals to traffic control devices. For...
6427114 Method and means for traffic route control  
The invention concerns a method and means for control of traffic on a network by route control. The method and the means are based on functions in a traffic management system. The invention...
6421587 Methods and apparatus for locomotive consist determination  
A method for identifying locomotive consists within train consists determines an order and orientation of the locomotives within the identified locomotive consists. An on-board tracking system is...
6418371 Traffic guidance system  
A traffic guidance system for controlling, guiding and/or optimizing traffic movements, wherein a sensor is provided for detecting the momentary traffic situation, is characterized having in mind...
6417785 Permanent in-pavement roadway traffic sensor system  
A permanent in-pavement roadway traffic sensor for sensing roadway traffic comprising an extruded conductive elastomeric housing having an elongated cavity in the lower side thereof, said elongated...
6415207 System and method for automatically providing vehicle status information  
A system for monitoring and reporting vehicle status information includes a database, a communication interface, and a system manager. The database stores status information associated with a...
6415219 Technique of real-time tracking and management of land-based vehicles of the airport  
The invention relates to the field of management of land-based vehicles on the airport territory using satellite positioning technologies. The technique of real-time tracking and management of...
6411889 Integrated traffic monitoring assistance, and communications system  
A traffic monitoring, driver assistance, and communications system includes lane terminals arranged along a direction of travel of a highway, each lane terminal including a sensor for detecting...
6411221 Device and method to detect an object in a given area, especially vehicles, for the purpose of traffic control  
When detecting an object in a given area, especially vehicles for the purposes of traffic control, there appear to be inaccuracies in the system based on measuring pulse propagation times. In order...
6405132 Accident avoidance system  
System and method for preventing vehicle accidents in which GPS ranging signals relating to a host vehicle's position on a roadway on a surface of the earth are received on a first communication...
6401027 Remote road traffic data collection and intelligent vehicle highway system  
A remote traffic data acquisition and intelligent vehicle highway system for highway vehicles is provided. In-vehicle devices compute time-related vehicle locations on a digitized road network map...
6397141 Method and device for signalling local traffic delays  
A method and an apparatus for signalling local traffic disturbances wherein a decentralised communication between vehicles is performed by exchanging their respective vehicle data. Through repeated...
6393362 Dynamic safety envelope for autonomous-vehicle collision avoidance system  
The function of each autonomous vehicle in a surface mine is performed according to a predetermined trajectory related to its particular task and implemented by a guidance system through on-board...
6393360 System for automatically locating and directing a vehicle  
This is a method and apparatus for giving an accurate vehicle location and route from one location to a desired destination. This is done by catching signals from a fixed local information source...
6385539 Method and system for autonomously developing or augmenting geographical databases by mining uncoordinated probe data  
A method and system are provided for developing geospatial information concerning a particular area using a plurality of uncoordinated probe vehicles moving in the area. The probe vehicles are...
6385531 Distributed system and method for detecting traffic patterns  
A computer system for determining traffic patterns and congestion and using the determined traffic patterns and congestion to determine an appropriate route using a global positioning system and...
6384739 Traffic monitoring system and method  
The system provides a method for gathering and sending monitored traffic data via a short messaging system message over a wireless network through a publicly switched telephone network (“PSTN”)...
6381537 Method and system for obtaining geographic data using navigation systems  
A system and method for collecting address data for a geographic database are disclosed. Data are collected using a plurality of end users navigation systems. The data indicate a location at which...