Patent ID: 6865475

Claim:
A method for determining traffic situation information within a traffic system using mobile detectors, the mobile detectors including a terminal, comprising: determining a mean speed of at least one mobile detector on at least one route segment traveled thereby; determining a standard deviation of a speed being driven by the mobile detector in accordance with at least one of the mean speed on the route segment being traveled and a sum of stand still times of the mobile detector on the route segment being traveled, comparing at least one of: the standard deviation as a function of the mean speed on the route segment being traveled to at least one boundary profile that defines a boundary between two traffic conditions and that is defined in accordance with the standard deviation and the mean speed; and the sum of the stand still times on the route segment being traveled, as a function of the mean speed on the route segment being traveled, to at least one boundary profile that defines the boundary between two traffic conditions and that is defined in accordance with the sum of the stand still times on the route segment being traveled and the mean speed on the route segment; and determining the traffic situation in accordance with at least one of: the comparison of the standard deviation as a function of the mean speed to the at least one boundary profile that is defined on the basis of the standard deviation and the mean speed; and the comparison of the sum of the stand still times as a function of the mean speed to the at least one boundary profile that is defined on the basis of the sum of the stand still times and the mean speed on the route segment.