Patent ID: 11164453

Abstract:
A traffic signal control system having a program running thereon to monitor and control operations of a traffic light at a road intersection, the traffic signal control system including a storage device to store traffic data regarding a flow of traffic around the traffic light, at least one traffic signal controller to execute the program to adjust a setting of the traffic light based on the traffic data received from the storage device for a heavy traffic street with a plurality of vehicles thereon, such that the at least one traffic signal controller performs at least one of adjusting a red light to a green light and keeping the green light for a predetermined period of time, and at least one traffic management device to execute the program to manage the at least one traffic signal controller and the traffic data received from the storage device. The traffic signal control system may further include at least one of at least one camera, at least one sensor, and at least one radar to count a number of the plurality of vehicles moving around the road intersection in real time. The at least one traffic signal controller may communicate to another at least one traffic signal controller to adjust the setting of another traffic light in response to the count of the number of the plurality of vehicles, such that the another at least one traffic signal controller performs at least one of adjusting a red light to a green light and keeping the green light for another predetermined period of time.