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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Wahlstrom, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
Paul E. Krajewski, Troy, MI (US);
Richard Gordon, Canton, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for lane-level road congestion identification and forecasting includes identifying lane-level road congestion using Gaussian mixture modeling, predicting lane-level road congestion using a 2D Markov chain, and identifying routes and route changes for a host vehicle and applying the route and route changes to improve a host vehicle estimated time of arrival (ETA) at a predetermined finish location such that the ETA is shorter than a predetermined threshold.