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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Tomtom Traffic B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Tomtom Navigation B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Timur Muraleev, Berlin, DE;
Falk Hueffner, Berlin, DE;
Alexander Kroeller, Leipzig, DE;
Neil Clavin, Berlin, DE;
Steffen Gunther Wiesner, Berlin, DE;
Massimo Guggino, Berlin, DE;
Michael Marte, Berlin, DE;
Henning Hasemann, Berlin, DE;
TomTom Navigation B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
TomTom Traffic B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method of determining a parking route for a vehicle travelling on a road network within a geographic area is disclosed. A sub-network is determined comprising a subset of segments of an electronic map that are representative of roads within a predetermined walking time or distance of a destination location. Data indicative of a walking time or distance from the segment to the destination location is associated, at least with the segments of the sub-network representing roads having at least one associated parking space. A search algorithm having an associated cost function is used to explore the segments of the sub-network from an origin location to identify a plurality of candidate parking routes, wherein the cost for a given parking route is based on the probability of the vehicle successfully finding a parking space on the parking route and the expected cumulative travel and walking time or distance to the destination location should a parking space be found along the parking route.