IP Library Patent Application 18036865
Patent Application
App. No. 18/036,865

CONGESTION JUDGMENT METHOD, CONGESTION JUDGMENT DEVICE, AND CONGESTION JUDGMENT PROGRAM

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Patent No.
US None
App. No.
18/036,865
Filed
May 12, 2023
Art Unit
3669
USPC
701/118
Abstract

A traffic congestion determination device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a total number of automobiles for each mesh obtained by virtually dividing a determination target region of traffic congestion and for each unit time, and a determination unit configured to determine whether occurrence of traffic congestion is sudden for each of the meshes based on the acquired total number of automobiles for each of the meshes and unit time.

Claims (55)

1 . A computer implemented method for determining traffic congestion, comprising:

acquiring, by a processor a total number of automobiles associated with each mesh of a plurality of meshes for each unit time, wherein each mesh is based on dividing a determination target region of traffic congestion into a number of the plurality of meshes at each unit time; and

determining, by the processor, whether occurrence of traffic congestion is incidental for each mesh of the plurality of meshes based on the acquired total number of automobiles for each mesh of the plurality of meshes and unit time.

2 . The computer implemented method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the determining further comprises calculating an aggregation sudden index based on a total number of automobiles per mesh and per unit time, and the determining further comprises determining whether the occurrence of the traffic congestion is incidental based on the calculated aggregation sudden index.

3 . The computer implemented method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the acquiring further comprises trajectory information of an automobile, and

the determining further comprises:

calculating a traffic congestion habit degree, the traffic congestion habit degree is based on a congestion occurrence probability, and the congestion occurrence probability is calculated based on the total number of automobiles for each mesh of the plurality of meshes and the unit time,

calculating a trajectory habit degree based on a passage probability based on the trajectory information,

calculating a weighted traffic congestion habit degree based on the traffic congestion habit degree, the trajectory habit degree, and a weight of the trajectory habit degree, and

determining whether the occurrence of the traffic congestion is incidental or chronic based on the calculated weighted traffic congestion habit degree.

4 . The computer implemented method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the determining further comprises increasing the weight of the trajectory habit degree as a number of meshes for which the traffic congestion habit degree is not calculated increases.

5 . The computer implemented method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

notifying only a user satisfying a predetermined criterion of occurrence of the traffic congestion.

6 . The computer implemented method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the user satisfying the predetermined criterion represents a user whose living area does not include a predetermined area, the predetermined area including a mesh in which the traffic congestion occurs chronically.

7 . A traffic congestion determination device comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising:

acquiring a total number of automobiles associated with each mesh of a plurality of meshes for each unit time, wherein each mesh is based on dividing a determination target region of traffic congestion into a number of the plurality of meshes at each unit time; and

determining whether occurrence of traffic congestion is incidental for each mesh of the plurality of meshes based on the acquired total number of automobiles for each mesh of the plurality of meshes and unit time.

8 . A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing computer-executable program that when executed by a processor cause a computer system to execute operations comprising:

acquiring a total number of automobiles associated with each mesh of a plurality of meshes for each unit time, wherein each mesh is based on dividing a determination target region of traffic congestion into a number of the plurality of meshes at each unit time; and

determining whether occurrence of traffic congestion is incidental for each nesh of the plurality of meshes based on the acquired total number of automobiles for each mesh of the plurality of meshes and unit time.

9 . The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , the acquiring further comprises:

retrieving the total number of automobiles associated with each mesh from a database, wherein the database is index at least based on time and an identifier representing a mesh of the plurality of meshes.

10 . The traffic congestion determination device according to claim 7 , wherein the determining further comprises calculating an aggregation sudden index based on a total number of automobiles per mesh and per unit time, and the determining further comprises determining whether the occurrence of the traffic congestion is incidental based on the calculated aggregation sudden index.

11 . The traffic congestion determination device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the acquiring further comprises acquiring trajectory information of an automobile, and

the determining further comprises:

calculating a traffic congestion habit degree, the traffic congestion habit degree is based on a congestion occurrence probability, and the congestion occurrence probability is calculated based on the total number of automobiles for each mesh of the plurality of meshes and the unit time,

calculating a trajectory habit degree based on a passage probability based on the trajectory information,

calculating a weighted traffic congestion habit degree based on the traffic congestion habit degree, the trajectory habit degree, and a weight of the trajectory habit degree, and

determining whether the occurrence of the traffic congestion is incidental or chronic based on the calculated weighted traffic congestion habit degree.

12 . The traffic congestion determination device according to claim 7 , wherein the acquiring further comprises:

retrieving the total number of automobiles associated with each mesh from a database, wherein the database is index at least based on time and an identifier representing a mesh of the plurality of meshes.

13 . The traffic congestion determination device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the determining further comprises increasing the weight of the trajectory habit degree as a number of meshes for which the traffic congestion habit degree is not calculated increases.

14 . The traffic congestion determination device according to claim 11 , the processor further configured to execute operations comprising:

notifying only a user satisfying a predetermined criterion of occurrence of the traffic congestion.

15 . The traffic congestion determination device according to claim 14 , wherein the user satisfying the predetermined criterion represents a user whose living area does not include a predetermined area, the predetermined area including a mesh in which the traffic congestion occurs chronically.

16 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the determining further comprises calculating an aggregation sudden index based on a total number of automobiles per mesh and per unit time, and the determining further comprises determining whether the occurrence of the traffic congestion is incidental based on the calculated aggregation sudden index.

17 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the acquiring further comprises acquiring trajectory information of an automobile, and

the determining further comprises:

calculating a traffic congestion habit degree, the traffic congestion habit degree is based on a congestion occurrence probability, and the congestion occurrence probability is calculated based on the total number of automobiles for each mesh of the plurality of meshes and the unit time,

calculating a trajectory habit degree based on a passage probability based on the trajectory information,

calculating a weighted traffic congestion habit degree based on the traffic congestion habit degree, the trajectory habit degree, and a weight of the trajectory habit degree, and

determining whether the occurrence of the traffic congestion is incidental or chronic based on the calculated weighted traffic congestion habit degree.

18 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the acquiring further comprises:

retrieving the total number of automobiles associated with each mesh from a database, wherein the database is index at least based on time and an identifier representing a mesh of the plurality of meshes.

19 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 17 ,

wherein the determining further comprises increasing the weight of the trajectory habit degree as a number of meshes for which the traffic congestion habit degree is not calculated increases, and

the processor further configured to execute operations comprising:

notifying only a user satisfying a predetermined criterion of occurrence of the traffic congestion.

20 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 17 , wherein the user satisfying the predetermined criterion represents a user whose living area does not include a predetermined area, the predetermined area including a mesh in which the traffic congestion occurs chronically.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 1, 2026
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 074164/0693 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: HAYASHI, AKI; YOKOHATA, YUKI; HATA, TAKAHIRO; MORI, KOHEI; OBANA, KAZUAKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063631/0553 →