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Data mining in a digital map database to identify insufficient merge lanes along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle

  • US 9,228,844 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2014
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a precautionary action in a vehicle when the vehicle approaches a potentially hazardous location, the method comprising:

  • with a computer operating under programming instructions, selecting data contained in a database to identify at least one geographic feature satisfying a first condition at a first location and determine whether at least one geographic feature in a vicinity of the first location satisfies a second condition;

    storing, prior to the vehicle'"'"'s approach to the potentially hazardous location, precautionary action data in association with each of the identified at least one geographic feature when at least one of geographic features in the vicinity thereof satisfies the second condition to indicate said potentially hazardous locations at which a precautionary action is to be taken by a vehicle system such that a determination can be made by the vehicle system to take a precautionary action based on the precautionary data when the vehicle is at or near the potentially hazardous location;

    validating that a location where the first and second conditions are satisfied is actually hazardous based on an inspection thereof; and

    causing the vehicle system to take a precautionary action when approaching a location associated with precautionary action data in the augmented version of the database.

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