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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Cubic Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
William A. Malkes, Knoxville, TN (US);
William S. Overstreet, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jeffery R. Price, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael J. Tourville, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Cubic Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for adaptively controlling of traffic are disclosed. The method includes receiving traffic data from one or more sensors at the intersection; detecting at least one pattern in the traffic data for a given period of time; identifying at least one variable in the pattern; determining if the at least one variable is associated with one or more available traffic patterns at the intersection; based on the determining, retrieving a current traffic control program implemented at the intersection; adaptively controlling the traffic at the intersection during the given period of time by adjusting one or more parameters of the current traffic control program to yield a modified traffic control program; and storing the modified traffic control program in a database for future use.