Patent ID: 11928961
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 5:
6. A server device for use in controlling the speed of a vehicle, the server device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server device to:
identify a road segment within a geographic area having more than a threshold amount of traffic, wherein the traffic is not caused by an accident, a lane closure, construction, or a traffic signal;
in response to identifying the road segment wherein the traffic is not caused by the accident, the lane closure, construction, or the traffic signal, determine a threshold following distance for the road segment based on a traffic density of the road segment, wherein the threshold following distance decreases as the traffic density increases;
determine a target speed based on the threshold following distance for a vehicle approaching the road segment to travel at to reduce an amount of traffic at the road segment; and
control the vehicle speed by providing the target speed to a computing device associated with the vehicle approaching the road segment.