US 11,756,417 B2
Method, apparatus, and system for detecting road incidents
Zhenhua Zhang, Chicago, IL (US); and Bruce Bernhardt, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/95,521.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,262, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084398 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/0133 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, sensor data collected from one or more sensors of one or more devices traveling on either road link of at least two road links connected at an intersection point;
aggregating, by the one or more processors, the sensor data to said either road link of the at least two road links;
filtering away, by the one or more processors, the sensor data based on a distance threshold from the intersection point;
determining, by the one or more processors, a traffic closure on said either road link based on determining that a number of data points of the filtered sensor data beyond the distance threshold from the intersection point is below a threshold number or equal to zero; and
providing, by the one or more processors, a traffic report indicating the traffic closure to one or more vehicles.