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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Chatschik Bisdikian, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Joel W. Branch, Troy, NY (US);
Norman H. Cohen, Suffern, NY (US);
John S. Davis, Ii, New York, NY (US);
Maria R. Ebling, White Plains, NY (US);
Daby M. Sow, North White Plains, NY (US);
Chatschik Bisdikian, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Joel W. Branch, Troy, NY (US);
Norman H. Cohen, Suffern, NY (US);
John S. Davis, II, New York, NY (US);
Maria R. Ebling, White Plains, NY (US);
Daby M. Sow, North White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention addresses the disadvantage of automated vehicle traffic management systems by providing a solution for predicting and avoiding traffic congestion before the congestion is experienced. The invention includes a decentralized mechanism for predicting congestion. An exemplary embodiment of the invention uses a system of sensors to determine current traffic flow; the sensors communicate their state to a network of servers and then an algorithm is applied to the collected data to predict traffic congestion; upon detection of congestion, signals are communicated to the system controllers to prevent the traffic congestion.