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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Josef Meis, Münster, DE;
Jens Oppler, Düsseldorf, DE;
Oliver Michael, Düsseldorf, DE;
Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention describes an efficient transmission of data for making possible an accurate reconstruction of a path driven by a vehicle in a traffic network, a terminal unit, a central bureau and a process for informing ( ) a central bureau ( ) about a path, in particular for informing a central traffic bureau about a path traveled by a vehicle ( ) with a terminal unit in a traffic network, wherein location data representing the respective location of the terminal unit ( ) is repeatedly detected by a terminal unit ( ) with a location detection device ( ), wherein reference points ( to ) are defined at a plurality of locations by the terminal unit on the traveled path based on criteria present in the terminal unit, wherein reference point information relating to these reference points ( to ) is transmitted ( ) from the terminal unit ( ) to the central bureau ( ).