Traffic Server Segmentation for Targeted Route Guidance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current traffic information and guidance systems fail to provide targeted and relevant information to road users due to dynamic traffic conditions, subjective user preferences, and the lack of real-time cooperation among road users, leading to inefficient route choices and increased congestion.

Innovation Solution

A traffic information and guidance server system that identifies decision points at junctions, providing real-time traffic information and guidance to road users approaching these points, allowing them to select alternative routes with less traffic problems, and dynamically updates virtual decision points based on traffic flow conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If traffic information is provided to all road users simultaneously, then information coverage is improved, but individual relevance and effectiveness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation coverageVSAvoidindividual relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments road users into different groups based on their location, destination, and traffic conditions. Virtual decision guides are allocated to specific junctions and road segments, providing targeted information to relevant subsets of road users rather than broadcasting to all simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides different information to different road users based on their specific context. Each road user receives customized traffic information and route guidance relevant to their current location, intended destination, and local traffic conditions, making the information highly relevant to individual needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If navigation terminals calculate optimal routes independently, then user autonomy is improved, but overall traffic efficiency deteriorates due to lack of cooperation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser autonomyVSAvoidoverall traffic efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors traffic conditions and provides real-time feedback to road users through the server. The server receives traffic data from multiple sources, analyzes current conditions, and dynamically updates route recommendations to guide road users toward more efficient collective routing decisions while preserving individual choice.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The traffic information server acts as an intermediary between individual navigation terminals and the overall traffic system. It coordinates route decisions by providing centralized traffic information and guidance, enabling cooperative traffic flow without directly controlling individual vehicle routing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If traffic information is updated frequently, then real-time accuracy is improved, but system complexity and computational load worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic updates of traffic information at strategic points such as junctions and road segments. Virtual decision guides are updated at regular intervals or when significant traffic condition changes occur, balancing real-time accuracy with manageable system complexity through structured, periodic information refresh cycles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentEP3140824B1A road traffic server
Publication Date: 2021.03.31 EILERTSEN ROGER ANDRE
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AI summary

The present invention relates to road traffic information and guidance server systems, and a method thereof, and especially to a traffic information and guidance server system providing distribution of targeted traffic related information and guidance to road users located at specific geographical locations, and a method thereof.