Patent ID: 11948454
Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling at least one of a traffic infrastructure device and an actuator of a traffic participant based on enhanced traffic data, the method comprising:
monitoring, by a trigger processor, an area;
generating, by the trigger processor, trigger data in case a trigger event is determined in the monitored area and providing the generated trigger data indicating an area-of-interest to an image data source,
wherein the trigger data is generated based on telemetry data acquired by at least one traffic infrastructure device and/or data on mobile wireless devices in the monitored area by calculating at least one of a mean traffic density value and a mean velocity value, and
wherein the trigger event is determined:
in case of a difference of the calculated mean traffic density value from a predetermined traffic density value exceeds a predetermined traffic density threshold, or
in case of a difference of the calculated mean velocity value from a predetermined mean velocity value exceeds a predetermined velocity threshold, and

wherein the area-of-interest is a portion of the monitored area;

obtaining, by the image data source, image data on the area-of-interest based on the transmitted trigger data and transmitting the obtained image data to a traffic evaluation processor;
evaluating, by the traffic evaluation processor, the received image data to generate enhanced traffic data on the area-of-interest; and
outputting, by the traffic evaluation processor, the generated enhanced traffic data in a control signal, wherein the control signal is configured to control the traffic infrastructure device and/or the actuator of the traffic participant.