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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John S. Werner, Fishkill, NY (US);
Kavita Sehgal, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Sneha M. Varghese, Fishkill, NY (US);
Sarah Wu, Kingston, NY (US);
Diane M. Stamboni, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Nicholas G. Danyluk, Long Island City, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products providing traffic light status notifications to drivers are provided. Aspects include determining that a first vehicle, operated by the driver, is approaching a traffic light and receiving, by the first vehicle, traffic light status data from one or more second vehicles in a vicinity of the traffic light via vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Aspects also include obtaining a traffic light pattern for the traffic light from a traffic light pattern database and determining a predicted status of the traffic light at a time when the first vehicle will reach the traffic light based on a speed of the first vehicle, the traffic light status data, and the traffic light pattern. Aspects further include notifying the driver of the predicted status of the traffic light.