Patent ID: 9466209
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G08G

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: identifying a particular segment of a travel path that has traffic flow characteristics; accessing, based upon the traffic flow characteristics, traffic flow data for segments of a set of travel paths, the traffic flow data collected from sensors along the set of travel paths; generating, based on the accessed traffic flow data, parameters for a traffic incident symptom propagation model; determining, based upon the traffic incident symptom propagation model for the particular segment, a traffic incident location along the particular segment of the travel path wherein the determining the traffic incident location comprises determining, based on incident symptom propagation speed functions for an upstream symptom and a downstream symptom, a traffic incident location relative to an incident symptom propagation speed function for an upstream and downstream symptom; determining, based on a first time-to-detection limit and using the traffic incident symptom propagation model, an upstream distance; determining, based on the first time-to-detection limit and using the model, a downstream distance; outputting, based upon the upstream and downstream distances, a sensor location on the particular segment of the travel path for a first sensor and a second sensor; transmitting the first sensor location at a first end of the particular segment of the travel path and the second sensor location at a second end of the particular segment of the travel path; and displaying, on a display, the first sensor location and the second sensor location.