Patent ID: 7752302
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B60W,G01C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for gathering traffic related information, the system comprising: a geographically stationary central control system operable to communicate directly with at least one of a plurality of traffic probes, wherein said at least one of a plurality of traffic probes resides in a mobile vehicle and comprises a sensor; at least one mobile vehicle including at least one traffic probe, wherein the at least one traffic probe is communicatively coupled to the central control system; an autonomous process operating within the at least one traffic probe and being operable to: a control process operating within the central control system and being operable to receive the traffic related data from the at least one traffic probe, analyze the received traffic data and override the autonomous process operating within select at least one traffic probes based at least in part on the analysis.