METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OEPRATING A VEHICLE
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Abstract
In a method for operating a vehicle, based on a current travel route of the vehicle, a database which includes reference route data assigned to the current travel route is queried as to whether a change in a feature of the current travel route has occurred, and a response of the database that corresponds to the query is made available.
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13. A method for assisting navigation of a vehicle, comprising:
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determining a current travel route of the vehicle; querying a database, which includes reference route data assigned to the current travel route of the vehicle, whether a change in a feature of the current travel route of the vehicle has occurred; and outputting, by the database, a response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for assisting navigation of a vehicle, comprising:
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a database containing reference route data; a database interrogator configured to (i) ascertain a current travel route of the vehicle, and (ii) query the database whether a change in a feature of the current travel route of the vehicle has occurred; and a furnishing device which furnishes a response of the database to the query; wherein a potential travel route is formed based on consecutive multiple locations of the vehicle ascertained over time, and the potential travel route is used as the current travel route for the querying of the database, and wherein the querying includes transmitting travel route data corresponding to the current travel route of the vehicle to the database, and wherein the response is formed by comparing the transmitted travel route data with the reference route data of the database.
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23. A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program having program codes which, when executed on a computer, performs a method for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining a current travel route of the vehicle; querying a database, which includes reference route data assigned to the current travel route of the vehicle, whether a change in a feature of the current travel route of the vehicle has occurred; and outputting, by the database, a response to the query; wherein a potential travel route is formed based on consecutive multiple locations of the vehicle ascertained over time, and the potential travel route is used as the current travel route for the querying of the database, and wherein the querying includes transmitting travel route data corresponding to the current travel route of the vehicle to the database, and wherein the response is formed by comparing the transmitted travel route data with the reference route data of the database.
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