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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Li Li, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Jiafeng Zhu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of controlling vehicle traffic through an intersection comprising: receiving a request, by one or more processors of a traffic flow controller and from each of a plurality of vehicles, to use the intersection; allocating, by the one or more processors and to a first subset of the plurality of vehicles, a first ticket to use the intersection; allocating, by the one or more processors and to a second subset of the plurality of vehicles, a second ticket to use the intersection; authorizing, by the one or more processors, the first subset of the plurality of vehicles to use the intersection; determining, by the one or more processors, that all vehicles of the first subset of the plurality of vehicles have cleared the intersection; and authorizing, by the one or more processors, the second subset of the plurality of vehicles to use the intersection.