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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Andrew R. Golding, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew R. Golding, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Adaptive navigation techniques are disclosed that allow navigation systems to learn from a user's personal driving history. As a user drives, models are developed and maintained to learn or otherwise capture the driver's personal driving habits and preferences. Example models include road speed, hazard, favored route, and disfavored route models. Other attributes can be used as well, whether based on the user's personal driving data or driving data aggregated from a number of users. The models can be learned under explicit conditions (e.g., time of day/week, driver ID) and/or under implicit conditions (e.g., weather, drivers urgency, as inferred from sensor data). Thus, models for a plurality of attributes can be learned, as well as one or more models for each attribute under a plurality of conditions. Attributes can be weighted according to user preference. The attribute weights and/or models can be used in selecting a best route for user.


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