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Patent No.:

US 10612931 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2016

Data mining in a digital map database to identify intersections located at hill bottoms and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle

Applicant:

Here Global B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Robert Denaro, Long Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:

HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:

Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC

Primary Examiner:

Hung D Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 40/072 (2012.01); B60W 40/076 (2012.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 21/01 (2013.01); B60R 22/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/072 (2013.01); B60W 40/076 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); Y10S 707/92 (2013.01);
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, in particular, an intersection located at the bottom of a hill. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an intersection of roads is located at the bottom of a hill and then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate such locations. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to take a precautionary action as the vehicle approaches such a location.

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