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Method for processing measurement data of a vehicle in order to determine the start of a search for a parking space and computer program product

  • US 10,417,907 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2016
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a parking-space-search-traffic data object identifying the start of a search for a parking space, wherein the method comprises:

  • generating, via a global positioning system unit, drive position data corresponding to a sequence of positions of the vehicle from a pre-end position along an actually driven path to an end position;

    identifying, via a processor, the pre-end position as inefficient by determining, from the drive position data, an inefficiency value for the pre-end position, wherein the inefficiency value is determined by comparing a cumulative distance to the end position with a linear distance to the end position, wherein the cumulative distance is the sum of straight-line distances between each successive position from the pre-end position to the end position, and the linear distance is the straight-line distance between the pre-end position and the end position;

    verifying, via the processor, the pre-end position as inefficient by comparing the cumulative distance with a route distance, the route distance being the distance of an efficient driving route from the pre-end position to the end position, as determined by a navigation unit;

    generating, via the processor, the parking-space-search-traffic data object, in response to verifying the pre-end position as inefficient, the parking-space-search-traffic data object identifying the pre-end position as the start of the search for parking; and

    outputting the parking-space-search-traffic data object for use in automatically identifying available parking for vehicles.

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