Resumen de: WO2023043669A1

Systems and techniques are described for enabling access and egress to dedicated lanes in a vehicular environment. In some implementations, a system include a central server, a gantry system, and a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are positioned in a fixed location relative to a roadway. Each sensor in the plurality of sensors can detect vehicles in a field of view on the roadway. For each detected vehicle, each sensor can generate sensor data and provide the generated sensor data to the gantry system. The gantry system can receive the sensor data and determine whether the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane based on the received sensor data. In response to determining the detected vehicle can access the dedicated lane, the gantry system can display an entry speed, open a gate to enable the detected vehicle access, and display an access indicator to the detected vehicle.

Resumen de: WO2023039620A1

The invention relates to a method for measuring the traffic density and/or speed of a number of vehicles moving along a route section, wherein, along the route section, a waveguide is used to determine measured values for characterizing vibrations or pressure changes at a multiplicity of local points arranged along the route section, wherein electromagnetic pulses are emitted into the waveguide and the electromagnetic wave returning from the waveguide is measured, wherein the signal is assigned to a local point along the route section in accordance with the time delay, wherein a measured value for characterizing the vibration or a pressure change is provided in each case for a number of local points along the route section and for a number of points in time, wherein a probability of whether a particular measured value corresponds to a presence of a vehicle is determined, and the probabilities are represented in a graph and are used to determine the speed and/or the number of vehicles.

Resumen de: WO2023039743A1

A retroreflective sheeting for signage in which the logo or message to be displayed is created using digital cutting operations. The retroreflective sheeting comprises in the following order immediately adjacent to each other: a retroreflective layer, a heat-sensitive release layer comprising both a urethane polymer and a methacrylic copolymer, a crosslinked acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a transparent, colored film layer.

Resumen de: WO2023041636A1

An automatic public/private transport system, comprising a plurality of vehicles (6), operating through optical guidance by following a coloured strip, each vehicle incorporating an inertial unit (1) capable of managing all of the parameters related to the movements of a vehicle, namely: a starting point, steering, accelerations, times, and all successive variations of these various parameters, the processing of the abovementioned data allowing the on-board computer (2) to compute and to define the path of the vehicle and to store it, said data of the path reproducing a series of points of said path, that is to say a virtual computerized image of the coloured strip (10) of the path taken. The on-board computer (2) thus uses the virtual computerized strip to follow its path if the coloured strip (10) is no longer visible.

Resumen de: WO2023042291A1

On the basis of accumulated probe information in which road surface anomaly information is associated with location information that indicates the current location of a vehicle in units of lanes, a road surface anomaly determination device (1) determines, in units of lanes, whether or not a road surface anomaly, which includes at least one of a defect in a road surface and an obstacle on the road surface, is present. The road surface anomaly determination device (1) then associates and stores, in units of lanes, the road surface anomaly and map information. It is thus possible to determine in units of lanes, which is more specific than in units of roads, a location at which a road surface anomaly is present.

Resumen de: EP4152292A2

Systems and methods for associating vehicle trip data with a base map are provided herein. Systems and methods for providing vehicle trip data showing the greatest usage of routes between an origin and destination are also provided. Systems and methods for predicting a speed limit of a road based on vehicle trip data are also provided. Systems and methods for providing vehicle trip data showing popular stops between an origin and a destination are also provided. Systems and methods for providing contiguous region identification based on vehicle trip data are also provided.

Resumen de: WO2021228334A1

The invention relates to a method for controlling the fleet-based monitoring of the state of a road section (23) of a road network (13), the fleet-based state monitoring involving observation data (29) relating to at least one object (17) located in the road section (23) being acquired by motor vehicles (12) in a vehicle fleet (11) and being transmitted to a central server device (15), and the server device (15) determining a current state of the at least one object (17) on the basis of the observation data (29). According to the invention, the volume of observation data (29) to be transmitted is reduced by a data reduction device (35) by at least one limiting function (36) being performed in one or some or all of the motor vehicles (12) and/or in the server device (15), and the relevant limiting function (36) only triggers the acquisition and/or transmission of new observation data (29) if a predetermined requirement criterion (38) for new observation data (29) is satisfied.

Resumen de: WO2021231052A1

Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for operating an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes receiving, e.g., via a controller through a wireless communications device from a GPS satellite service, location data of a user. The controller also receives, e.g., from a backend server-class computer or other remote computing node, location data for a target object or site, such as a virtual shoe hidden at a virtual spot. The controller retrieves or predicts path plan data including a derived route for traversing from the user's location to the target's location within a geographic area. The controller then transmits command signals to a navigation alert system mounted to the IES's shoe structure to output visual, audio, and/or tactile cues that guide the user along the derived route.

Resumen de: WO2021228879A1

The invention relates to a safety net for rockfall protection barriers, comprising two outer supports (1a, 1d) anchored to the slope or cliff and at least two inner supports (1b, 1c) anchored to the slope or cliff, and cable guide elements (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) for two respective upper net body support cables (3, 4) and two lower net body support cables and arranged at the upper and lower ends of the outer and inner supports (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), characterised in that one of the two upper net body support cables (3 or 4) passes through a cable guide element (2b, 2c) of the inner supports (1b, 1c) and one of the two lower net body support cables passes through a cable guide element of the inner supports and is guided past neighbouring upper and lower cable guide elements of the inner supports.

Resumen de: WO2022031222A1

A processing apparatus for generating route navigation data is provided, to, generate training data based on road network data corresponding to a network of roads in a defined geographical area, and journey data sets, each journey data set comprising data indicative of a journey by a road user through the network of roads and being derived using geolocation transmissions from a communications device of the road user, train a classifier model based on the training data, apply the trained classifier model on road data corresponding to a road in the defined geographical area, for the trained classifier model to predict a direction of traffic flow on the road, and generate the route navigation data indicative of the predicted direction of the traffic flow on the road. A method for generating route navigation data is also provided.

Resumen de: WO2021231932A1

Methods, apparatus and systems are described herein. A light source includes a first light emitting diode (LED) die configured to emit a first die color and a second LED die configured to emit a second die color. A first filling is disposed over the first LED die. The first filling has a convex surface and includes a first phosphor such that the first die color is converted to a first illuminous color. A second filling is disposed over the second LED die. The second filling includes a second phosphor such that the second die color is converted to a second illuminous color that has a higher absorption energy than an illumination energy of the first illuminous color.

Resumen de: WO2023037791A1

A purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to facilitate layout changes in a region in which travel data is displayed on a monitoring screen, and to make effective use of the monitoring screen having a limited area. A travel-monitoring system (100) includes a monitoring device (10) that displays on a display unit (33) a monitoring screen (M) that shows a plurality of travel data of a first vehicle (50A). The monitoring device (10) ensures the monitoring screen (M) has a plurality of large regions (Ar) and a plurality of small regions (Cr). Travel data (e.g., vehicle speed) is displayed in the large size regions (Ar). Travel data or a guide (mark) indicating the type of travel data is displayed in the small size regions (Cr). The size of the large regions (Ar) in either the horizontal or vertical direction is n-fold the size of the small regions (Cr) (where n is an integer greater than 1).

Resumen de: WO2023037796A1

The present invention provides a technology which assists an automatic travel device in crossing a crosswalk more safely. This crossing assistance system 1 assists, at a crosswalk where a pedestrian traffic light 20 is installed, an automatic travel device 10 in crossing the crosswalk. The automatic travel device 10 transmits a crossing determination request signal to a pedestrian traffic light 20 at a time point at which the automatic travel device arrives at the crosswalk to which the crossing assistance system 1 is applied. When receiving the crossing determination request signal from the automatic travel device 10, a processing unit 22 of the pedestrian traffic light 20 determines whether crossing is possible on the basis of a display state (red signal or blue signal) of the pedestrian traffic light 20 or the remaining time of the blue signal, transmits a crossing instruction to the automatic travel device 10 when the crossing is possible, and transmits a stop instruction to the automatic travel device 10 when the crossing is not possible. The automatic travel device 10 executes the crossing at a safe timing on the basis of the crossing instruction or the stop instruction from the pedestrian traffic light 20.

Resumen de: WO2023039158A1

A resin-based barrier comprises a body having a skin of fiber-reinforced resin. The body includes a top, a bottom, a front end, and a back end. A vertical shear web runs between the top and the bottom and is substantially perpendicular to the top and the bottom. Moreover, spaces between the vertical webbing and between the longitudinal webbing are filled with a high-density closed-cell foam. The barrier may be used as a temporary traffic barrier during road construction.

Resumen de: WO2023039071A1

Surveillance systems and methods for collecting electronic signatures and visual identifiers of targets to help create identifications or records of targets associated with one or more particular electronic signatures. The surveillance systems and methods can include an event analysis system and methodologies to facilitate classification and association of the collected visual identifiers of the targets with the collected electronic signatures of such targets, and can generate alarms or "hits" indicating presence of a known target across subsets of locations and times of occurrence of such hits or alarms for enhancing tracking and movement of targets throughout selected geographic areas or locations.

Resumen de: WO2023035666A1

An urban road network traffic light control method based on expected reward estimation, comprising: acquiring real-time information of all vehicles in a road network from a vehicle-mounted terminal by using C-V2X wireless communication technology, so as to obtain a real-time traffic state of a current road, and self-adaptively and dynamically controlling traffic light phase transformation according to the traffic state; and by estimating a real-time traveling distance and a future traveling distance of a vehicle within each phase green light duration of a traffic light and integrating a proposed road priority index, calculating an expected reward keeping a current phase and executing phase transformation, and selecting an optimal phase by comparing the expected reward keeping the current phase with an expected reward switching to other phase, such that more vehicles can travel farther within a green light passing duration of a next optimal traffic light cycle execution phase. According to the method, a maximum expected reward is realized in each traffic light cycle, such that the traffic jam can be obviously relieved, and the travel experience of a traffic participant is improved.

Resumen de: WO2023037724A1

Provided is a means for improving reliability by managing changes in a communication state in a progression direction of a moving body, where a supervisor dynamically updates a number of transmissions according to the number of receptions of data a vehicle has received from the supervisor and a subsequent communication state. This control system in which a supervision system and a vehicle communicate wirelessly is characterized in that: the supervision system comprises a dynamic redundant communication unit for continuously transmitting, for a plurality of times in a part of a transmission period, identical transmission data created by a supervision control unit; the vehicle comprises a reception number tallying unit for receiving transmission data from the supervision system, tallying a number of receptions, and relaying the tallied number of receptions to the dynamic redundant communication unit, and a vehicle control unit for controlling the vehicle using the transmission data received by the reception number tallying unit; and the dynamic redundant communication unit determines, on the basis of the number of receptions, the number of transmissions to be transmitted within the transmission period so as to satisfy a target arrival rate requested by the control.

Resumen de: WO2023037209A1

Method for generating reference data for traffic condition prediction, comprising: determining a zone of interest (Z1); determining a detection zone (Z2), associated to said zone of interest (Z1); detecting the presence of a plurality of first devices in said detection zone (Z2), said first devices being mobile user terminals. The method comprises, for each of said first devices: receiving over time a plurality of first report signals (RS1), each report signal including: a geographical position of said first device, a time reference associated with said geographical position and at least one of a user-related identifier and a session identifier; based on said first report signals (RS1), determining one or more movement features correlated to movement of said first device in said detection zone (Z2). The method further comprises: based on said one or more movement features of said first devices, calculating one or more predictors, associated to said time references and said geographical positions; receiving a traffic signal (TS), representative of an objective traffic condition in said zone of interest (Z1), said objective traffic condition having occurred after a determined time with respect to said one or more of time references; determining reference data, based on said calculated predictors and said objective traffic condition, for correlating said predictors and said objective traffic condition; storing said reference data in a first memory (M1).

Resumen de: EP4148184A1

Foundation (1) for supporting a post (100), comprising a base (10) with a base plate (11) with an extent transverse an elongate extension direction (z) of the foundation (1) and having a first area (A). The base (10) further comprises at least one stiffening arrangement (12) with an extent in the extension direction (z) and having a second area (B), and which extends a first distance (a) from the base plate (11) in the extension direction (z). The base (10) further comprises at least three elongate rods (20) which extends a first length (I) upwards from the base plate (11) wherein each rod (20) is fixedly connected with a first end (21) either to the stiffening arrangement (12) or to the base plate (11). Each rod (20) is arranged at a second distance (b) from another rod (20) and is further arranged to be fixedly connected to the post (100) with a second end (22) which is distal from the first end (21) of the rod (20).

Resumen de: EP4148009A1

A delivery plan generation device includes: a processor; a communication unit configured to acquire delivery range information indicating a delivery range of an article; and a memory configured to store past congestion information and road feature information indicating characteristics of roads corresponding to the delivery range information. The processor acquires road network information indicating a connection relationship between the roads, acquires learning information generated based on a travel history of a delivery vehicle that delivers an article, and past congestion information and road feature information on the roads corresponding to the travel history, acquires congestion information on the roads for a scheduled delivery time, calculates road costs for the roads based on the road feature information, the congestion information for the scheduled delivery time, and the learning information, and generates a delivery plan of the article by using the road network information and the road costs.

Resumen de: WO2021243411A1

Temporary barrier fencing has at least one fence panel having a bracing post at one end which engages a support foot and which comprises a brace which braces an adjacent post and a locking post at an opposite end which keys the foot depending on the orientation of the panel with respect to the foot thereby being intrinsically secure against forced entry.

Resumen de: WO2021222983A1

The present invention relates to a portable traffic management system comprising a portable traffic signal assembly; a portable signal assembly; and a control unit in wireless communication with the portable traffic signal assembly and the portable signal assembly. The present invention alleviates one or more of the problems associated with the presently available traffic management systems.

Resumen de: WO2023028714A1

A system for detecting occupancy of a vehicle travelling in a direction of travel along a road. The system includes a roadside imaging device positioned on a roadside, and a first roadside light emitter, and a roadside vehicle detector. A processor is configured to receive a signal from the roadside vehicle detector, command the first roadside light emitter to emit light according to a first pattern for a first duration, command the roadside imaging device to capture images of the side of the vehicle, and compute a vehicle occupancy, in each of the captured images by determining one or more regions of interest in each of the captured images, and determining a number of visible occupants in the one or more regions of interest. The processor determines a most likely number of occupants based on each determined vehicle occupancy.

Resumen de: WO2023029234A1

A method for bus arrival time prediction when lacking data, comprising: finding important geographic locations by using a density-based clustering method; using the found geographic locations to represent a geographic structure of each route to form node information; according to geographic structure similarity, constructing weighted edge information provided with traffic importance so as to form a public transportation network graph; and according to the public transportation network graph, establishing multi-head spatial and temporal graph attention network prediction models to learn the correlation between bus routes from the perspective of space and time, wherein a spatial attention module is a multi-head graph attention module provided with a mask, and a temporal attention module is built by an LSTM layer and a transformer layer. The described method may effectively learn and predict the travel time for each route in a public transportation network, which may not only improve the accuracy of arrival time prediction for bus routes that have few current travel records, but also provide the estimated travel time for bus routes which are in the design stage and do not have historical records.