Patent Document ID: 7953546
Application ID: 12725617
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A traffic control system adjacent at least two roadways in which one or more moving objects is to be controlled for efficiency and safety in a passage through an intersection of the at least two roadways in real-time, wherein the system comprises: a. at least one means for viewing the intersection, the at least two roadways, or combinations thereof, and for capturing a series of images thereof to provide information related to movement of one or more of the objects through the intersection, the at least two roadways, or combinations thereof, wherein the means for viewing comprises a pixel having a plurality of sensors for detecting at least four points in the frequency spectrum, and wherein each image of the series of images comprises a pixel containing the at least four points in the frequency spectrum; b. a marker means at a predetermined location for determining a location of a field of view of the means for viewing; c. at least one digital computer means with at least one central processing unit comprising computer instructions with at least one algorithm to process less than an entire image of each image of the series of images and to compare less than the entire image of each image of the series of images to a previously captured image of the intersection, the at least two roadways, or combinations thereof, wherein the previously captured image of the intersection, the at least two roadways, or combinations thereof comprises at least one pixel containing at least four points in the frequency spectrum, wherein the intersection, the at least two roadways, or combinations thereof is unoccupied in the previously captured image, for analyzing and evaluating the information to provide location, speed, direction of travel, size and distance of one or more of the objects from the intersection; d. parameters for one or more of the objects in order to provide the parameters as data for computer program instructions for determining the most efficient and effective protocol for allowing each moving object to enter and safely pass through the intersection for regulation of the passage through the intersection; e. at least one algorithm to provide an appropriate control signal, wherein the at least one algorithm is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a first algorithm for determining atmospheric conditions for determining blindness of the means for viewing; (ii) a second algorithm for determining the position of the means for viewing; (iii) a third algorithm for selecting the previously captured image for comparison with less than the entire image of each image of the series of images; (iv) a fourth algorithm for selecting atypical pixels for comparison to the previously captured image and for detecting moving objects; (v) a fifth algorithm for identifying the atypical pixels by comparing the atypical pixels to memory files on the moving objects stored on the at least one digital computer means; (vi) a sixth algorithm for calculating the distance of the moving objects from the intersection; (vii) a computational algorithm for calculating the speed of the moving objects and for calculating the estimated time of arrival of the moving objects to the intersection; (viii) a seventh algorithm for determining a distance along each roadway for the means for viewing to capture images; (ix) an eighth algorithm for calculating an expected new location of the moving objects; and (x) combinations thereof; f. a plurality of inputs in communication with the each central processing unit for receiving data from the at least one algorithm and a plurality of outputs in communication with each central processing unit for sending instructions to the means for viewing; and g. computer instructions for communicating the appropriate control signal to at least one control signal means for regulating the passage of one or more of the objects through the intersection.