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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Tomtom Traffic B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Geert Hilbrandie, Amsterdam, NL;
Ralf-Peter Schaefer, Berlin, DE;
Peter Mieth, Berlin, DE;
Ian Malcolm Atkinson, Edinburgh, GB;
Martin Wolf, Veenendaal, NL;
Ben Rutten, Delft, NL;
TOMTOM TRAFFIC B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A server arranged to process GPS data to generate enhanced map data is disclosed, and comprises a plurality of navigable segments representing segments of a navigable route in an area covered by a map, the server connected with a wireless telecommunications transceiver arranged to receive GPS fixes by wireless telecommunication from a plurality of navigation devices and send the received GPS fixes to the server, the server comprising a processor arranged to generate at least one speed profile for each segment from the GPS fixes from at least two of the plurality of navigation devices, each speed profile comprising an expected speed of travel through the segment, and the server arranged to subsequently cause the transceiver to send the speed profiles to the navigation devices.