| US 9,812,009 B2 | ||
| Traffic management device and system | ||
| Mark W. Publicover, Saratoga, CA (US) | ||
| Filed by Mark W. Publicover, Saratoga, CA (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 8, 2015, as Appl. No. 14/878,918. | ||
| Application 14/878,918 is a continuation of application No. 13/155,376, filed on Jun. 7, 2011, granted, now 9,196,158. | ||
| Application 13/155,376 is a continuation of application No. 12/974,598, filed on Dec. 21, 2010, abandoned. | ||
| Application 12/974,598 is a continuation of application No. 12/642,724, filed on Dec. 18, 2009, abandoned. | ||
| Application 12/642,724 is a continuation of application No. 11/861,158, filed on Sep. 25, 2007, granted, now 7,663,505, issued on Feb. 16, 2010. | ||
| Application 11/861,158 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/015,592, filed on Dec. 16, 2004, granted, now 7,274,306, issued on Sep. 25, 2007. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/532,484, filed on Dec. 24, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2016/0027301 A1, Jan. 28, 2016 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G08G 1/07 (2006.01); G08G 1/095 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); G08G 1/0965 (2006.01); G08G 1/087 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC G08G 1/095 (2013.01) [G08G 1/087 (2013.01); G08G 1/0962 (2013.01); G08G 1/0965 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096758 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A traffic management method that employs a traffic control device, the method comprising:
determining the locations and speeds of a plurality of vehicles; and
transmitting recommended speeds to at least some of the vehicles, the recommended speeds including
a. a first speed for a first subset of the vehicles that causes at least a first vehicle in the first subset to change speed
and
b. a second speed for a second subset of the vehicles that causes at least a first vehicle in the second subset to change
speed;
the transmitted recommended speeds being such that vehicles are instructed to accelerate or decelerate so that the first and
second subsets of vehicles are separated and spaced apart in first and second pods of vehicles and such that the vehicles
in each pod travel at a common speed, and
the transmitting recommended speeds comprising
a. instructing at least one of the first subset and the second subset to stop at a specified distance from an intersection
and
b. providing to the subset that is stopped a recommended intersection approach speed and instructing vehicles in the stopped
subset to accelerate prior to a traffic signal device changing from a stop signal to a go signal.
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