Vehicular Map Database Management Techniques
First Claim
1. A method for providing map information to an operator of a vehicle, comprising:
- forming a database including data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on, the data including locations of a boundary or edges of the travel lanes;
installing the database on the vehicle; and
managing the database to ensure that the database has current data about a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently situated, the step of managing the database comprising establishing wireless communications to the vehicle to enable data to be provided to the database.
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Abstract
Method and arrangement for providing map information to an operator of a vehicle includes forming a map database to reside on the vehicle, e.g., after installation on the vehicle, and which includes for example, data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on locations of a boundary or edges of the travel lanes, data about traffic control devices in the database, data about guard rails along travel lanes and/or data about inanimate objects such as poles and trees alongside the travel lanes. The database is managed to ensure that it has current information about a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently situated. This may entail establishing wireless communications to the vehicle to enable data to be provided to the database, e.g., from other vehicles and/or from infrastructure.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing map information to an operator of a vehicle, comprising:
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forming a database including data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on, the data including locations of a boundary or edges of the travel lanes; installing the database on the vehicle; and managing the database to ensure that the database has current data about a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently situated, the step of managing the database comprising establishing wireless communications to the vehicle to enable data to be provided to the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing map data to an operator of a vehicle, comprising:
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forming a database including data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on, the data including locations of a boundary or edges of the travel lanes; installing the database on the vehicle; and managing the database to ensure that the database has current data about a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently situated, the step of managing the database comprising transmitting from the vehicle query requests to ascertain whether the database has current map data for the current location of the vehicle and surrounding locations and when it is determined that the database does not have current map data, providing the database with updated map data for inclusion in the database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An arrangement for providing map data to an operator of a vehicle, comprising:
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a database arrange din the vehicle and including data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on, the data including locations of a boundary or edges of the travel lanes; a communications system arranged on the vehicle and arranged to establish communications with other vehicles and/or infrastructure; and a processor coupled to said database and said communications system for managing said database to ensure that said database has current data about a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently situated, said processor being arranged to establish wireless communications via said communications system to enable data to be provided to said database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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