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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Linjun Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan, Monroe, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/08 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/081 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/08 (2013.01); G08G 1/081 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a plurality of traffic reports corresponding to individual road segments of an interconnected road network of road segments. The processor is also configured to determine a mitigation strategy, utilizing one or more temporary traffic controls existing for the individual road segments, designed to minimize overall traffic congestion on the road network and send control instructions for the one or more temporary traffic controls, instructing control in accordance with the determined mitigation strategy.