Patent ID: 9361690
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06Q,G06T,G07C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method for side-by-side traffic location load balancing, comprising: receiving, by a processor, one or more video images of a side-by-side traffic location; determining, by the processor, a number of cars in a first lane and a number of cars in a second lane of the side-by-side traffic location based upon the one or more video images; calculating, by the processor, a delta between the number of cars in the first lane and the number of cars in the second lane; and recommending, by the processor, to an entering car on a broadcasting module at an entrance of the side-by-side traffic location the first lane or the second lane based upon the delta and a first weighting factor associated with the first lane and a second weighting factor associated with the second lane to provide a load balance of the cars at the side-by-side traffic location, wherein the broadcasting module displays a right arrow corresponding to the first lane or a left arrow corresponding to the second lane, wherein the first weighting factor and the second weighting factor are each a function of an order completion rate of one or more employees based on data that is collected regarding each one of the one or more employees over a period of time that a respective employee has been employed, a shift change, a day and a time, an expected number of cars during the day or the time, a type of vehicle and a vehicle occupancy.