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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Timothy M. Lynar, Carlton Vic, AU;
Kent C. Steer, Carlton Vic, AU;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/07 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/042 (2006.01); G08G 1/081 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/042 (2013.01); G08G 1/07 (2013.01); G08G 1/081 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method for heavy vehicle traffic flow optimization. The method includes determining location information and destination information of qualifying heavy vehicles. The method further includes modifying one or more traffic signal sequences to optimize a traffic flow of the qualifying heavy vehicles responsive to the location information and the destination information. Each of the qualifying heavy vehicles has a respective associated weight greater than a predetermined weight threshold.