Absstract of: EP4190974A1

A camera mount for mounting a camera within a bollard at one of a plurality of positions. A bollard for holding a first camera within its interior at one of a plurality of first positions.

Absstract of: NL2028011B1

Pile assembly to be vibratorily driven into soil for a foundation, the pile assembly comprising a pile shaft, a pile tip, a mounting member and a pile sleeve. The pile tip is mountable to a bottom end of the pile shaft, wherein the pile tip has at least one pair of radial tip fins, the tip fins being arranged along a length of the pile tip. The mounting member being provided on a top end of the pile shaft and/or the pile sleeve. The pile sleeve being adapted to be arranged coaxially with the pile shaft, wherein the pile shaft extends through the pile sleeve, such that the pile sleeve and pile shaft are axially movable with respect to each other. The pile sleeve is adapted to be coupled with the pile shaft in an installed state of the pile assembly, wherein the pile assembly has been driven into the soil to a predetermined depth. The sleeve has at least a pair of radial sleeve fins, the sleeve fins being predominantly extending along a length of the sleeve. At least the pile shaft, the pile tip and the pile sleeve of the pile assembly a

Absstract of: US2022101724A1

A traffic monitoring system includes a roadside traffic sensor unit and an off-site device remote from the traffic sensor unit. The roadside traffic sensor unit includes an imaging device that captures images of vehicles within a field-of-view of the imaging device, an image processing unit that generates a recognition record from the captured images of a vehicle, and a transceiver that transmits the recognition record. The off-site device includes a transceiver that receives the recognition record and a hot list identifying one or more vehicles-of-interest, a memory that stores the received recognition record for up to a retention period, and a processor that sets the retention period based on a comparison of the recognition record to the hot list identified vehicles-of-interest. The retention period can be variably set according to the severity of any “hits” to the hot list.

Absstract of: GB2597696A

A pre-fabricated modular system comprises at least one foundation 2, 2’module for attachment to a vehicle restraint system 22, the foundation module/s engaged with at least one extension module 200 for attachment to at least one item of street furniture 202, 204, 206, 208. The street furniture may include signage, cameras, traffic lights, gantries or fencing for example. The foundation module may consist of reinforced concrete, and may include apertures or conduits 32 for services and drainage. Also claimed is a foundation module with attachment points for a vehicle restraint system and at least one item of street furniture. An extension module for engagement with a foundation of a vehicle restraint system comprises attachment points for at least one item of street furniture. The extension module may fit between two foundation modules. A method of installing a vehicle restraint system and at least one item of street furniture comprises the step of providing an attachment point for the street furniture on either of a foundation module or an extension module.

Absstract of: US2022101018A1

A traffic monitoring system includes a traffic sensor having an imaging unit that generates a recognition record by image recognition processing a captured image of a vehicle. The recognition record includes primary data and additional data. The traffic sensor also includes a transceiver that transmits the primary data and the additional data to a server system. The additional data is transmitted in response to a request from the server system received by the traffic sensor after the primary data is transmitted. The server system transmits the request to the traffic sensor based on the primary data received from the traffic sensor.

Absstract of: WO2022112958A1

The present invention relates to an aqueous paint composition comprising an acrylic polymer emulsion anionically stabilized at basic pH with a volatile base and containing self-crosslinking functionalities, an epoxy-polyamine adduct, and a high boiling glycol-ether. The film obtained by the aqueous paint composition according to the present invention as well as the use thereof in horizontal road marking are also described.

Absstract of: US2022100999A1

A traffic monitoring system includes one or more traffic sensors that generate recognition records by image processing captured images of respective vehicles. The recognition records are datasets of one or more characteristic values representing vehicle characteristics. The system also includes a server system communicatively coupled to the one or more traffic sensors. The server system has a holistic signature module that analyzes the recognition records so as to generate a vehicle signature for each of the respective vehicles, a database that stores the vehicle signatures, and a comparison module that compares a suspect vehicle signature with the vehicle signatures stored in the database, so as to identify one or more potential suspect vehicles whose vehicle signatures match the suspect vehicle signature in excess of a similarity threshold. The system also includes a user computer having a graphical-user-interface that displays captured images of the one or more potential suspect vehicles in a virtual line-up, and enables the user to select from among the one or more potential suspect vehicles in the virtual line-up.

Absstract of: US2022100894A1

A traffic sensor includes an imaging unit that generates a recognition record by image recognition processing a captured image of a vehicle. The recognition record includes personal-identification data useable to identify the vehicle owner, and additional data not useable to identify the vehicle owner. The traffic sensor also includes an obfuscation unit that generates an obfuscated record from the recognition record by converting the personal-identification data into a unique-identifier. The obfuscated record includes the unique-identifier and the additional data. The traffic sensor further includes a transceiver configured to transmit the obfuscated record to a first off-site server without transmitting the recognition record to the first off-site server.

Absstract of: WO2023092221A1

Simple traffic management strategies such as static signs, fixed pattern timed traffic lights, etc. fail to address the dynamic nature of traffic flow resulting in traffic backups and inefficiency. Accordingly, there are provided means for dynamically adjusting traffic signs, traffic signals etc. to adjust the flow to remove backups, avoid tailbacks and increase efficiency of travel etc. Further, most control systems are controlled with default control settings or ones based upon limited information. Accordingly, there are provided methods based upon real-time or offline micro-simulations from enhanced information and acquired data accumulated at high frequency, such as from connected vehicles, to allow for improved evolving model(s) of traffic flow within the traffic system to be established for establishing control settings etc. of traffic infrastructure such as traffic signs, traffic signals etc.

Absstract of: WO2023092451A1

A method and apparatus for predicting a drivable lane, which relate to the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. The method for predicting a drivable lane comprises: acquiring vehicle forward lane line information and vehicle backward lane line information (S410); constructing a first lane model according to the vehicle forward lane line information (S420); constructing a second lane model according to the vehicle backward lane line information (S430); and predicting a first drivable lane according to the first lane model and the second lane model (S440). By means of the method and the apparatus for predicting a drivable lane, the accuracy and reliability of lane prediction in a traffic congestion scenario can be improved.

Absstract of: WO2023095512A1

The present invention provides accurate vehicle location information capable of withstanding various analyses and protecting location information related to personal information.　An information providing device 30 includes a communication unit 33 that receives location information of a plurality of vehicles 50; a storage unit 32 that stores map information including road maps; a departure/arrival point location information generating unit (for example, "departure/arrival point location information generating unit 313" described hereinafter) that accumulates the location information for discretely changing time for respective moving bodies, calculates a mode of the location information for the respective moving bodies, and generates, as departure/arrival point location information, plane information including the location information of the mode; and a location information outputting unit (for example, "location information outputting unit 314" described hereinafter) that, for each moving body of the plurality of moving bodies, outputs the plane information and also outputs the location information beyond a location separated by a prescribed distance from the position of the mode.

Absstract of: WO2023095408A1

This information generation system is equipped with a generation unit for generating a travel time for a link comprising an entrance from a first intersection and an exit at a second intersection adjacent to the first intersection, wherein, when the absolute value of a difference between a first cycle length of a traffic signal provided at the first intersection and a second cycle length of a traffic signal provided at the second intersection is less than or equal to a prescribed value, the generation unit generates a plurality of types of travel times for the link, for each road leading to the link, for each road leading from the link, or for each combination of a road leading to the link and a road leading from the link, and when the absolute value of a difference between the first cycle length and the second cycle length is greater than the prescribed value, the generation unit generates one type of travel time for the link, regardless of the roads leading to the link and the roads leading from the link.

Absstract of: WO2023094796A1

There is described a method of estimating one or more properties of traffic passing along segments of a road network, the traffic comprising a plurality of vehicles. The method comprises receiving, from a radio navigation receiver located at each vehicle of a subset of the vehicles, one or more first properties of each of those vehicles. The method also comprises using distributed acoustic sensing to generate, as a function of time and of position along a subset of the segments of the road network, signals representing acoustic vibration caused by the traffic at one or more sensing optical fibres that extend along the subset of segments. The signals representing acoustic vibration caused by the traffic are then used to determine one or more second properties of the traffic in the subset of segments, and the received first properties of the vehicles in the subset of vehicles are combined with the determined second properties of the traffic in the subset of segments, to estimate one or more third properties of the traffic.

Absstract of: EP4187464A1

The present invention discloses a payment method and system for a fleet, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: sending payment request information of a fleet to a roadside payment terminal, such that the roadside payment terminal sends the payment request information of the fleet to a payment server; receiving, from the roadside payment terminal, fleet payment information generated by the payment server; and performing a payment operation according to the fleet payment information. According to the present invention, the traveling efficiency of the fleet can be improved.

Absstract of: WO2023091236A1

Various embodiments include method performed by a processor of a roadside unit (RSU) processing system for controlling a message transmissions. In various embodiments, the RSU processing system may receive vehicle-to-everything (V2X) information from a vehicle, determine, based on the received V2X information, a minimum reception distance at which the vehicle or operator of the vehicle will reliably receive a message from the RSU and have time for the vehicle to react to the message, determine a transmission power level based on the determined minimum reception distance, and transmit the message to the vehicle using the determined transmission power level. In various embodiments, the RSU processing system may determine the transmission power level taking into account vehicle speeds, vehicle locations, road conditions, weather conditions and/or the type of message being transmitted.

Absstract of: WO2023090203A1

In the present invention, a processor of an autonomous driving ECU, when autonomous driving control is being executed or when an instruction to start autonomous driving control is received, determines whether the latest version of map data for a road segment planned to be passed within a predetermined time is stored in a map storage unit. Even when a road segment for which the latest map is not stored is detected, the processor continues/starts the autonomous driving control if the segment is in a congested state.

Absstract of: WO2023092007A1

Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving a plurality of images of a plurality of street locations from a plurality of image capturing devices, identifying an event at a street location of the plurality of street locations based on one or more of the plurality of images, determining at least one new route for at least one vehicle based on the event and one or more of the plurality of images, and transmitting at least one indication indicating the at least one new route to at least one receiving device.

Absstract of: WO2023089631A1

The present disclosure provides a system (100) for monitoring driving conditions of a vehicle in real-time. The system (100) comprises one or more user data sensors (102) being adapted to procure a behavior data of a user operating the vehicle and one or more vehicle data sensors (104) being adapted to procure an operating condition data of the vehicle. A control unit (106) is configured to determine a behavior of the user based on the behavior data and an operating condition of the vehicle based on the operating condition data. The control unit (106) thereafter monitors, the driving conditions of the vehicle based on the behavior of the user and the operating condition of the vehicle. The control unit (106) is adapted to alert a traffic control authority when at least one of the driving conditions of the vehicle violates one or more traffic regulations of the traffic control authority.

Absstract of: WO2023090758A1

Disclosed are an electronic device for classifying road surfaces using sound wave signals and a method for classifying road surfaces using same according to various embodiments. Also disclosed are an apparatus and method for managing road surfaces through road surface classification. Meanwhile, disclosed is a method for installing, on roads, infrastructure for implementing the road surface classification method. Various other embodiments are possible.

Absstract of: WO2023088971A1

The invention relates to a method (500) for recognising the validity of a vehicle parameter. The method (500) comprises a step of reading (510) at least one first parameter (140a) and at least one second parameter (140b), wherein: the first parameter (140a) represents a first physical variable (130a) of the vehicle (105) or a variable derived from the first physical variable (130a), and the second parameter (140b) represents a second physical variable (130b) of the vehicle (105) or a variable derived from the second physical variable (130b); a distinguishing criterion (160, 245) for recognising the validity of the vehicle parameter of the vehicle (105) using a combination (150) of the first (140a) and the second parameter (140b) is also read. The method (500) also comprises a step of assigning (520) the vehicle parameter as a valid vehicle parameter if a combination (150) of the first (140a) and the second parameter (140b) meets the distinguishing criterion (160, 245).

Absstract of: WO2023091367A1

A direct truck assignment system, device and method that allows for efficient assignment a driven or autonomous vehicle from amongst a group of available, unassigned vehicles within a container loading area, and arrange for transportation of a container directly with the selected vehicle, eliminating the need for prior assignment before the truck(s) arrive at the container loading area or the need for a third party intermediary in the delivery assignment and vehicle engagement processes.

Absstract of: EP4184471A1

An information processing method includes: obtaining a remote operation point at which remote operation of a mobile body capable of autonomous movement and remote operation for movement is performed (S11); specifying a plurality of mobile bodies that pass the remote operation point in a same time period, based on a position of at least one mobile body (S12); determining a first mobile body to be remotely operated and a second mobile body to follow the first mobile body, out of the plurality of mobile bodies specified (S13); presenting remote operation of the first mobile body at the remote operation point to an operator, to cause the operator to perform the remote operation (S14); and instructing the second mobile body to follow the first mobile body during the remote operation of the first mobile body (S15).

Absstract of: EP4183930A1

Bei einem Verfahren und einer Vorrichtung zur Verteilung von Streustoff mittels einer Streustoffaustragvorrichtung, insbesondere einem Winterdienststreufahrzeug, wird der Streustoff mit einer vorgegebenen Fördermenge pro Zeiteinheit (V(t)) der Streustoffaustragvorrichtung (7) zugeführt. Die Einstellung der Fördermenge (V(t)) wird in Abhängigkeit von einem gemessenen Feuchtegrad (ϕ) des Streustoffs eingestellt. Aus dem gemessenen Feuchtegrad wird entweder eine spezifische Schüttdichte (Δspez)des auszutragenden Streustoffs ermittelt oder ein Korrekturfaktor (K), mit dem eine Norm-Schüttdichte (Δnorm) entsprechend korrigiert wird.