Method and apparatus for crowd-sourced traffic reporting
US9047774B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/0112
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to project monitoring needs for a road segment. The processor is further configured to contact one or more vehicles traveling on the road segment during a time of monitoring need. The processor is additionally configured to instruct a first number, determined based on a projected monitoring need, of contacted vehicles to being monitoring and reporting traffic data for the road segment.
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