Method of identifying a temporarily located road feature, navigation apparatus, system for identifying a temporarily located road feature, and remote data processing server apparatus
AssigneeTomTom Belgium N.V.
InventorBart Van Doorselaer
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Abstract
A method of identifying a temporarily located road feature that engenders vehicular speed behavior change comprises a navigation apparatus monitoring speed thereof or a parameter associated therewith. The method also comprises the navigation apparatus generating a message in response to detection of a profile associated with speed of the navigation apparatus and that corresponds to a predetermined speed change profile associated with the presence of the temporarily located road feature.
Claims16
A navigation apparatus comprising:
- a location determining unit for determining a location of the apparatus;
- and
- one or more processors configured to monitor a speed of the apparatus, or a parameter associated therewith;
- wherein, when in use, the apparatus is arranged to:
- detect the location of a temporarily-located road feature by detection of a speed profile of the apparatus corresponding to a predetermined speed change profile;
- generate a message comprising data indicative of the location at which the speed profile was detected;
- prompt a user of the navigation apparatus for a confirmatory input in response to the detection;
- upon receipt of the confirmatory input, generate confirmatory data;
- and
- transmit the message to a remote data processing resource to update a listing of known feature locations.
A method of identifying a temporarily located road feature that engenders vehicular speed behaviour change, the method comprising:
- providing a navigation apparatus comprising:
- a location determining unit for determining a location of the apparatus;
- and
- one or more processors configured to monitor a speed of the apparatus, or a parameter associated therewith;
- detecting the location of a temporarily-located road feature by detection of a speed profile of the apparatus corresponding to a predetermined speed change profile;
- generating a message comprising data indicative of the location at which the speed profile was detected;
- prompting a user of the navigation apparatus for a confirmatory input in response to the detection;
- upon receipt of the confirmatory input, generating confirmatory data;
- and
- transmit the message to a remote data processing resource to update a listing of known feature locations.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method of identifying a temporarily located road feature that engenders vehicular speed behaviour change, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- providing a navigation apparatus comprising:
- a location determining unit for determining a location of the apparatus;
- and
- one or more processors configured to monitor a speed of the apparatus, or a parameter associated therewith;
- detecting the location of a temporarily-located road feature by detection of a speed profile of the apparatus corresponding to a predetermined speed change profile;
- generating a message comprising data indicative of the location at which the speed profile was detected;
- prompting a user of the navigation apparatus for a confirmatory input in response to the detection;
- upon receipt of the confirmatory input, generating confirmatory data;
- and
- transmit the message to a remote data processing resource to update a listing of known feature locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.