Traffic disruption detection using passive monitoring of vehicle occupant frustration level
US9792814B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3415
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure include a navigation system and computer-implemented methods for detecting traffic disruption events based on an analysis of input component data obtained from navigation-enabled devices of vehicles near a particular location. Traffic disruption events are events such as accidents, construction road closures, police and speed traps, or road hazards that cause a decrease in the flow of traffic along a particular route and thus, added time delays for occupants of vehicles traveling along those routes. The navigation system scores the input component data associated with each vehicle and aggregates the scored input component data to obtain a frustration score associated with the vehicle. The navigation system may detect traffic disruption events based on a number of vehicles near a particular area having associated frustration scores above a certain threshold.
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