Patent ID: 9699615
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G01P,G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for determining crowd congestion, the method comprising: determining, by one or more computer processors, one or more selected locations; determining, by one or more computer processors, a frequency spectrum history of one or more users; determining, by one or more computer processors, a location of the one or more users within the one or more selected locations, wherein determining a location of the one or more users includes determining, based on a plurality of physical activity detection classifiers, whether the one or more users are performing a cyclical motion; responsive to determining the one or more users are performing a cyclical motion, locating, by one or more computer processors, the one or more users within the one or more selected locations utilizing a location services function on a device associated with each of the one or more users; determining, by one or more computer processors, a frequency spectrum of the one or more users within the one or more selected locations; and determining, by one or more computer processors, a crowding measure for the one or more selected locations based, at least in part, on the frequency spectrum history and the frequency spectrum of the one or more users within the one or more selected locations.