Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting rain intensity with traffice radar
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Application No.: US15499414Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US10551492B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Wei Wang , Jessica L. Myers , Leroy S. Wignot
- Applicant: MS Sedco, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: MS Sedco, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MS Sedco, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agent Michael A. Pugel
- Main IPC: G01S13/91
- IPC: G01S13/91 ; G01S13/95

Abstract:
A radar camera of a signalized traffic control system determines rain intensity, compares it to a threshold, then adjusts traffic signal operation. Rain intensity of a level relative to the threshold causes the traffic control system to operate in a rain intensity mode. The rain intensity mode has the system hold a call to a traffic light controller during the time when rain intensity is above the threshold. The traffic control system includes a radar camera, traffic controller, a computer with memory, and program instructions. A manner of operation includes sampling camera radar, counting the number of raindrops and raindrop size within a predetermined range, determining rain intensity using the measured raindrop parameters/characteristics, comparing the determined rain intensity with a rain intensity threshold, and operating the traffic controller accordingly while the rain intensity is above the threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170315230A1 Detecting Rain Intensity With Traffic Radar Public/Granted day:2017-11-02
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