Patent ID: 7786855

Claim:
A system for simulating and evaluating vehicular traffic flow, comprising: (a) a computing device having a processor and a memory in which machine instructions are stored for carrying out a plurality of functions; (b) an interface configured to couple the computing device to a controller used for traffic monitoring and control, the interface providing an output signal having a voltage range as required for input to the controller and simulating a vehicle detection signal from a traffic sensor, the simulated vehicle detection signal emulating the output of at least one induction loop that responds to the ferrous mass of a vehicle disposed proximate to the induction loop, the emulated output including a pre-recorded traffic flow sequence of multiple vehicles that was detected on a roadway; and (c) the processor executing the machine instructions, which cause the processor to enable a user to selectively control one or more parameters relating to a simulation of traffic flow past a vehicular traffic sensor, to enable evaluation and study of traffic flow based upon the response of the controller to the simulated vehicle detection signal.