Patents by Inventor Vitor Cerqueira

Vitor Cerqueira has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10395183
    Abstract: A system for filtering data for a traffic control center includes: a plurality of data sources, comprising a plurality of traffic-related data sources and a weather-related data source; one or more network computing devices, configured to process data from the plurality of data sources to predict causes associated with predicted traffic incidents, and to select data from the plurality of data sources to be output to the traffic control center based on the predicted causes; and one or more output devices, located at the traffic control center, configured to display respective data selected by the one or more network computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luis Moreira-Matias, Vitor Cerqueira
  • Publication number: 20180233035
    Abstract: A method of filtering Floating Car Data (FCD) sources includes receiving data from the FCD sources. A plurality of indicators are computed for each of the FCD sources from the data received from the FCD sources. The indicators include at least one indicator that indicates a veracity of the data and at least one indicator that indicates a value of the data. A unified quality indicator is computed for each of the FCD sources from the respective indicators. The unified quality indicators are compared to a predetermined threshold. The data received from the FCD sources is stored excluding, based on the comparison, the data received from at least one of the FCD sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Luis Moreira-Matias, Vitor Cerqueira, Jihed Khiari
  • Publication number: 20170270413
    Abstract: A system for filtering data for a traffic control center includes: a plurality of data sources, comprising a plurality of traffic-related data sources and a weather-related data source; one or more network computing devices, configured to process data from the plurality of data sources to predict causes associated with predicted traffic incidents, and to select data from the plurality of data sources to be output to the traffic control center based on the predicted causes; and one or more output devices, located at the traffic control center, configured to display respective data selected by the one or more network computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Luis Moreira-Matias, Vitor Cerqueira