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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Giovanni Grieco, Rome, IT;
Benedetta Guidi, Rome, IT;
Michelangelo LA Placa, Rome, IT;
Riccardo Pizzutilo, Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Giovanni Grieco, Rome, IT;
Benedetta Guidi, Rome, IT;
Michelangelo La Placa, Rome, IT;
Riccardo Pizzutilo, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/07 (2006.01); G08G 1/087 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/087 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096741 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for managing a set of traffic lights at an intersection, measuring the Doppler Effect of a signal emitted by a vehicle, where such Doppler Effect being a function of the vehicle movement with respect to said intersection, and deciding as a function of such measure a new state for each traffic light at the intersection so as to facilitate passage of the approaching vehicle.