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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
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
The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus that monitor pedestrian traffic and that adjust the behavior of traffic signals at intersections and 'walk'-'do not walk' indicators associated with particular crosswalks. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may receive image or sensor data, may monitor the status of different traffic flow, and may adjust the timing of signal lights or walking indications as conditions change at an intersection. In certain instances, a traffic controller at one intersection may receive information collected by other traffic controllers along a set of streets that lead to a particular intersection. Traffic controllers that receive images of an intersection may identify partition the intersection into a set of safe and unsafe zones as those traffic controllers identify when pedestrians can safely cross an intersection.