Claims:WE CLAIM:
1. A method of preventing traffic congestion of vehicles, the method comprising:
identifying, by a traffic management system (103), a primary route for a target vehicle (101) based on source and destination information received from at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) (1071), associated with the target vehicle (101), and a computing device (1072) associated with the target vehicle (101), or by analyzing historical data associated with the target vehicle (101);
receiving, by the traffic management system (103), real-time traffic data (110) on the primary route from at least one of a computing unit (1073) and one or more sensors (1092) in each of one or more vehicles (1012) on the primary route;
identifying, by the traffic management system (103), one or more alternative routes to the primary route based on the real-time traffic data (110) and location information of the target vehicle (101) received from at least one of the GPS (1071) and the computing device (1072);
assigning, by the traffic management system (103), a traffic congestion weightage (211) to each of the one or more alternative routes based on one or more congestion parameters (212) and historical data associated with the target vehicle (101); and
recommending, by the traffic management system (103), an optimal route (113) to a user associated with the target vehicle (101) for preventing the traffic congestion, the optimal route (113) being determined from the one or more alternative routes, based on the traffic congestion weightage (211) assigned to each of the one or more alternative routes.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more alternative routes are identified upon detecting congestion on the primary route.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the one or more alternative routes having least traffic congestion weightage (211), among the traffic congestion weightage (211) assigned to each of the one or more alternative routes, is determined as the optimal route (113) for the target vehicle (101).

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the one or more alternative routes comprises one or more intermediate nodes.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more congestion parameters (212) comprises at least one of total distance corresponding to each of the one or more alternative routes, number of moving vehicles on each of the one or more alternative routes, a predetermined placement factor to be assigned to each of the moving vehicles on each of the one or more alternative routes, and number of stagnant vehicles on each of the one or more alternative routes.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the total distance corresponding to each of the one or more alternative routes is determined as sum of distance between each of one or more successive intermediate nodes comprised in corresponding each of the one or more alternative routes.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optimal route (113) is recommended to the user through at least one of a notification unit (115) configured in the target vehicle (101) and the computing device (1072).

8. A traffic management system (103) for preventing traffic congestion of vehicles, the traffic management system (103) comprises:
a processor (203); and
a memory (205), communicatively coupled to the processor (203), wherein the memory (205) stores processor-executable instructions, which on execution cause the processor (203) to:
identify a primary route for a target vehicle (101) based on source and destination information received from at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) (1071), associated with the target vehicle (101), and a computing device (1072) associated with the target vehicle (101), or by analyzing historical data associated with the target vehicle;
receive real-time traffic data (110) of the primary route from at least one of a computing unit (1073) and one or more sensors (1092) in each of one or more vehicles (1012) on the primary route;
identify one or more alternative routes to the primary route based on the real-time traffic data (110) and location information of the target vehicle (101) received from at least one of the GPS (1071) and the computing device (1072);
assign a traffic congestion weightage (211) to each of the one or more alternative routes based on one or more congestion parameters (212) and historical data associated with the target vehicle (101); and
recommend an optimal route (113) to a user associated with the target vehicle (101) for preventing the traffic congestion, the optimal route (113) being determined from the one or more alternative routes, based on the traffic congestion weightage (211) assigned to each of the one or more alternative routes.

9. The traffic management system (103) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor (203) to identify one or more alternative routes upon detecting congestion on the primary route.

10. The traffic management system (103) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor (203) to determine one of the one or more alternative routes having least traffic congestion weightage (211), among the traffic congestion weightage (211) assigned to each of the one or more alternative routes, as the optimal route (113) for the target vehicle (101).

11. The traffic management system (103) as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the one or more alternative routes comprises one or more intermediate nodes.

12. The traffic management system (103) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the one or more congestion parameters (212) comprises at least one of total distance corresponding to each of the one or more alternative routes, number of moving vehicles on each of the one or more alternative routes, a predetermined placement factor to be assigned to each of the moving vehicles on each of the one or more alternative routes, and number of stagnant vehicles on each of the one or more alternative routes.

13. The traffic management system (103) as claimed in claim 12, wherein the instructions cause the processor (203) to determine the total distance corresponding to each of the one or more alternative routes as sum of distance between each of one or more successive intermediate nodes comprised in corresponding each of the one or more alternative routes.

14. The traffic management system (103) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor (203) to recommend the optimal route (113) to the user through at least one of a notification unit (115) configured in the target vehicle (101) and the computing device (1072).

Dated this 21st day of September 2017

SWETHA S. N
IN/PA-2123
OF K&S PARTNERS
ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT
, Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
The present subject matter is related, in general to real-time monitoring of vehicle traffic and more particularly, but not exclusively to a method and system for preventing traffic congestion of vehicles.