Patent ID: 9569960
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G08G

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for automated detection of at least one traffic jam from probe data comprising: collecting the probe data by a location sensor of one or more vehicles travelling on at least one travel segment, wherein the location sensor is configured to sense speed information of the one or more vehicles to report as part of the probe data; processing the probe data to generate at least one speed curve with respect to a distance dimension and a time dimension, wherein the at least one speed curve indicates at least one previous starting point, at least one previous ending point, or a combination thereof for one or more previous traffic jams based on the speed information; processing the at least one previous starting point, the at least one previous ending point, or a combination thereof to determine at least one starting point trend curve, at least one ending point trend curve, or a combination thereof with respect to the distance dimension and the time dimension; and determining at least one predicted evolution of at least one starting point, at least one ending point, or a combination thereof for the at least one traffic jam in the at least one travel segment based on the at least one starting point trend curve, the at least one ending point trend curve, or a combination thereof.