INFERING TRAVEL PATH IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An apparatus for inferring a travel path in a public transportation system, comprising:
- single-line origin-destination (OD) inferring means configured to infer, from boarding data of a bus line, a passenger alighting stop on the line as an inferred passenger alighting stop according to historical data, wherein the boarding data comprises a passenger boarding stop during a predetermined time period and a number of boarding passengers at the stop; and
transfer line inferring means configured to infer a passenger transfer line as an inferred passenger transfer line according to the boarding data and the inferred passenger alighting stop obtained by the single-line OD inferring means.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for inferring a travel path in a public transportation system. The apparatus comprises: a single-line origin-destination (OD) inferring device configured to infer from boarding data of a bus line a passenger alighting stop on the line as an inferred passenger alighting stop according to historical data, wherein the boarding data comprises a passenger boarding stop during a predetermined time period and a number of boarding passengers at the stop. A transfer line inferring device is configured to infer a passenger transfer line as an inferred passenger transfer line according to the boarding data and the inferred passenger alighting stop obtained by the single-line OD inferring means.
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1. An apparatus for inferring a travel path in a public transportation system, comprising:
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single-line origin-destination (OD) inferring means configured to infer, from boarding data of a bus line, a passenger alighting stop on the line as an inferred passenger alighting stop according to historical data, wherein the boarding data comprises a passenger boarding stop during a predetermined time period and a number of boarding passengers at the stop; and transfer line inferring means configured to infer a passenger transfer line as an inferred passenger transfer line according to the boarding data and the inferred passenger alighting stop obtained by the single-line OD inferring means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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