Apparatus and method for providing an advised driving speed

US10024685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOMTOM TELEMATICS B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Paul Roeland Verheijen · Heemstede, NL
• Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen · The Hague, NL
• Christoph Ebert · Leipzig, DE
• Steffen Orlowsky · Dessau, DE
• Marco Leupold · Göttingen, DE
• Markus Oesterreich · Leipzig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/84
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing an advised driving speed to a driver of a vehicle travelling on a road network is disclosed. The method comprises determining an advised driving speed of a vehicle for a portion of the road network currently being traversed, determining a current speed of the vehicle on the portion of the road network, and determining a speed limit and/or an expected driving speed for the portion of the road network. An indication of the advised driving speed is then provided to the driver of the vehicle when: (i) the current speed of the vehicle is greater than a first threshold value based on the advised driving speed; and (ii) the speed limit and/or the expected driving speed is greater than a second threshold value. A method and apparatus is also disclosed for determining a score indicative of the compliance of a driver of a vehicle to an advised driving speed during a journey on a road network.