Method, apparatus, and system for detecting road obstruction intensity for routing or mapping
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorAmarnath NAYAK
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Abstract
An approach is provided for detecting road obstruction intensity for location-based applications and services. The approach involves, for instance, collecting probe data associated with a road segment. The approach also involves processing the probe data to generate a time space diagram (TSD). The TSD plots the probe data according to distance from an origin point on the road segment over time. The approach further involves determining an intensity of the road obstruction based on the TSD. The approach further involves determining a diversion confidence for diverting a route from the road segment based on the intensity and providing the diversion confidence as an output.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- initiating a collection of probe data associated with a road segment based on detecting a road obstruction on the road segment;
- processing the probe data to generate a time space diagram (TSD), wherein the TSD plots the probe data according to distance from an origin point on the road segment over time;
- determining an intensity of the road obstruction based on the TSD;
- determining a diversion confidence for diverting a route from the road segment based on the intensity;
- and
- providing the diversion confidence as an output.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- receive probe data associated with a road segment;
- process the probe data to generate a time space diagram (TSD);
- determine an intensity of the road obstruction based on the TSD;
- determine a diversion confidence for diverting a route from the road segment based on the intensity;
- and
- provide the diversion confidence as an output.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform:
- receiving probe data associated with a road segment;
- processing the probe data to generate a time space diagram (TSD);
- determining an intensity of the road obstruction based on the TSD;
- determining a diversion confidence for diverting a route from the road segment based on the intensity;
- and
- providing the diversion confidence as an output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.