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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2024
Applicants:

Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Alliance for Energy Innovation, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jinghui Yuan, Knoxville, TN (US);

Wan Li, Knoxville, TN (US);

Chieh Wang, Knoxville, TN (US);

Timothy Laclair, Lenoir City, TN (US);

Haowen Xu, Knoxville, TN (US);

Andreas Silvan Berres, Lakewood, CO (US);

Hyeonsup Lim, Buford, GA (US);

Yunli Shao, Knoxville, TN (US);

Hong Wang, Knoxville, TN (US);

Ali Riza Ekti, Knoxville, TN (US);

Jibonananda Sanyal, Littleton, CO (US);

Assignees:

UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC, Golden, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01); G08G 1/08 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 30/18154 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/0125 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); G08G 1/08 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling traffic flow on road(s). The methods comprise: obtaining, by a processor, traffic related information comprising a total number of vehicles that caused an activation of a sensor of a first detector located at a first intersection of a plurality of intersections; generating, by the processor, a predicted traffic volume at one or more downstream second intersections based on the traffic related information; generating, by the processor, a traffic light timing for at least two next cycles based on the predicted traffic volume; and controlling, by the processor, a traffic light of the one or more downstream second intersections in accordance with the traffic light timing to reduce a probability or likelihood that the vehicle will stop at a red light thereat.


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