Patent ID: 8996286
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a suggested modification to road characteristics, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of signals for a plurality of users, the plurality of signals indicating locations of the plurality of users at different points in time; determining, based on an analysis of the locations of the plurality of users at the different points in time, a flow of traffic corresponding to the plurality of users; identifying a high traffic area in the determined flow of traffic, the high traffic area being identified by comparing the determined flow of traffic with a predetermined baseline flow of traffic, wherein the predetermined baseline flow of traffic is determined based on an average calculated from historical data of traffic flow for a particular road; analyzing road characteristics in the identified high traffic area; and providing a suggested modification to at least one of the road characteristics based on the analyzing of the road characteristics.