Process and device for selecting traffic information

Details Process and device for selecting traffic information Process and device for selecting traffic information

1997-02-06

2000-05-23

Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Navigation

Employing position determining equipment

701207, 701214, G06G 778

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060675012

ABSTRACT:
A process for selecting traffic information received by or to be sent from a vehicle, whereby the selection is carried out in the vehicle in dependence on a type of road on which the vehicle is travelling at a given moment. The process including carrying out at the vehicle a segment-by-segment determination of a geometric route of the vehicle, whereby information on a particular segment of the geometric route includes at least relative positions of a starting and ending points of the segment, comparing the segment of the route to characteristic geometric parameters of road types, and, from this comparison, determining the road type currently being travelled and using the road type as a selection criterion.

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patent: 5428544 (1995-06-01), Shyu
patent: 5465089 (1995-11-01), Nakatani et al.
patent: 5583494 (1996-12-01), Mizutani et al.

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