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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Tomtom Traffic B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Antoine Carl Van Der Laan, Lelystad, NL;
TOMTOM TRAFFIC B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method is provided in which a device associated with a vehicle generates and transmits probe data samples comprising positional data. The method comprises obtaining detected event sequence data indicative of a sequence of detected events relating to the vehicle, obtaining search pattern data indicative of a search pattern of events and using the search pattern data and at least a portion of the detected event sequence data to determine whether a pattern of detected events matching the obtained search pattern of events is present in the at least a portion of the sequence of detected events. When a pattern of detected events matching the obtained search pattern of events is found in the at least a portion of the sequence of detected events, the device generates a probe data sample comprising data indicative of one or both of the search pattern and the matched pattern of events, and data indicative of a position of the device associated with the matched pattern of events. The device transmits the generated probe data sample.