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Apparatus for and method of predicting a future behaviour of an object

  • US 7,788,027 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2005
  • Issued: 08/31/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for predicting a future behavior of an object which comprises a location and time determining system for determining a geographical location of the object and a current time, the apparatus comprising a processor for performing operations comprising:

  • (a) periodically recording the location and time, at least during some movements of the object, to form a record of sightings;

    (b) comparing a sequence of recent sightings with earlier recorded sightings from the record to reveal earlier sequences of sightings which match over at least a predetermined distance the sequence of recent sightings such that a journey segment represented by the sequence of recent sightings substantially matches journey segments represented by the earlier sequences of sightings over at least the predetermined distance;

    (c) retrieving some subsequent sightings which follow the sightings of at least some of the matching sequences; and

    (d) deriving at least one prediction of the future behavior from the retrieved sightings.

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