Learning road navigation paths based on aggregate driver behavior
US8738285B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/096827
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Techniques are described for generating and using information regarding road traffic in various ways, including by obtaining and analyzing road traffic information regarding actual behavior of drivers of vehicles on a network of roads. Obtained actual driver behavior information may in some situations be analyzed to identify decision point locations at which drivers face choices corresponding to possible alternative routes through the network of roads (e.g., intersections, highway exits and/or entrances, etc.), as well as to track the actual use by drivers of particular paths between particular decision points in order to determine preferred compound links between those decision point locations. The identified and determined information from the analysis may then be used in various manners, including in some situations to assist in determining particular recommended or preferred routes of vehicles through the network of roads based at least in part on actual driver behavior information.
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