Generating visual information associated with traffic

• US 8,564,455 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Triangle Software LLC (Pelmorex, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gueziec, Andre
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T
• Application Number:
  US13/561,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20130033385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 340905-907, 340/944, 340/988, 340/995.24, 340/995.27, 701/117, 701/532
• US Class Current: 340/905
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3694 Output thereof on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0125 Traffic data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096822 where the segments of the route are transmitted to the vehicle at different locations and times
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096866 where the complete route is shown to the driver
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096888 where input information is obtained using learning systems, e.g. history databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 : using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality data are produced and issued to the traveler.

Claims

1. A method for generating visual information associated with traffic, the method comprising:

receiving information relating to current traffic conditions;

generating complete and timely traffic data based on the information related to current traffic conditions;

identifying a real-world traffic route;

generating a digital representation of the real-world traffic route;

mapping the complete and timely traffic data to the digital representation; and

displaying traffic flow along the digital representation based on the complete and timely traffic data mapped to the digital representation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital representation is two-dimensional.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying a three-dimensional object in conjunction with the digital representation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital representation is three-dimensional.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying a three-dimensional object in conjunction with the digital representation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is retrieved in real-time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is locally cached.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is received from a plurality of sources.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is received from a single source.