TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE

摘要

An automated traffic control process and system providing automatic remote monitoring the locations of one or more remote vehicles, determining which vehicles fall within one or more preference categories, and if a vehicle in a particular preference category is detected as approaching a remote intersection, issuing a preemption instruction to a traffic signal controller for the remote intersection. Various other process and system features can include one or more among: monitoring numerous vehicles and intersections, vehicle location monitoring, categorization, and issuance of preemption instructions on a centralized computing system; safety or other condition assessment and control of issuance of signaling instructions accordingly; determination of whether one or more the traffic intersection signaling controller should be operating according to one among differing hierarchical condition categories, and issuance of instructions causing remote traffic signaling to lock in a particular state, such as, for example in a right of way state.

主权项

1. An automated traffic control process comprising:
automatically remotely monitoring a preference vehicle location of a preference vehicle; automatically determining if the preference vehicle location is at or past a predetermined approach location with respect to a remote intersection, and upon automatically determining that the preference vehicle is at or past the predetermined approach location, automatically:
transmitting a traffic preemption instruction to a remote intersection traffic signaling controller associated with the remote intersection; and
determining if the preference vehicle is at or past a second location with respect to the remote intersection, and upon determining that the priority vehicle is at or past the second location, transmitting a second signal to the remote intersection traffic signaling controller,whereby the preference vehicle receives right of way from the remote intersection traffic signaling controller.