Patent ID: 8219306
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing traffic jam information installed on a road, comprising: a traffic information collector configured to collect weight information of a vehicle running on a road and vibration and noise information generated on the road; a traffic jam determinator configured to determine a traffic jam and a type of traffic jam based on the collected weight information, the vibration and noise information; a traffic jam information transceiver configured to transmit the traffic jam information including the determination result of the traffic jam determinator, and configured to generate and configured to transmit traffic jam distance information and the type of traffic jam information of a front road based on received traffic jam information of the front road; and a display unit configured to display the determination result of the traffic jam determinator or a traffic condition of the front road based on the traffic jam distance information and the type of traffic jam information received from the traffic jam information transceiver, wherein the traffic jam information in the traffic jam information transceiver includes apparatus identifier and a frequency number of data generation.