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US 7,609,172 B2Granted
System and method for providing real-time traffic information
AssigneeGarmin Ltd.
InventorsTimothy C. Rozum, Scott J. Brunk
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Abstract
A device and method for filtering traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to receive traffic data corresponding to a plurality of traffic events. The computing device is operable to filter the received traffic data based on the severity of the traffic events to form filtered traffic data and the display is operable to present an indication of the filtered data.
Claims14
A device, comprising:
- a traffic component operable to receive traffic data corresponding to a plurality of traffic events;
- a computing device coupled with the traffic component, the computing device operable to acquire a current geographic location of the device and calculate an estimated delay time utilizing the received traffic data;
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- a display coupled with the computing device, the display operable to be controlled by the computing device to present a map of an area in proximity to the current geographic location of the device and overlay on the map an indication of the estimated delay time.
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A device, comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the device;
- a communications element operable to wirelessly receive traffic data corresponding to a plurality of traffic events;
- a memory including a map information database;
- a computing device coupled with the location determining component, the communications element, and the memory, the computing device operable to identify traffic events corresponding to the current geographic location of the device and calculate an estimated delay time based on the identified traffic events;
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- a display coupled with the computing device, the display operable to be controlled by the computing device to present:
- a map of an area in proximity to the current geographic location of the device,
- one or more traffic icons placed on the map corresponding to the location of one or more of the identified traffic events, and
- an overlay on the map including an indication of the estimated delay time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.