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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Robert Denaro, Long Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:

HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G06F 16/444 (2019.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a potentially hazardous condition exists. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken relating to the hazardous condition. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching the location where the potentially hazardous condition exists.


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