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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2011
Applicants:

Katharina Kaes, Vienna, AT;

Jasja Tijink, Breitenfurt, AT;

Oliver Nagy, Vienna, AT;

Inventors:

Katharina Kaes, Vienna, AT;

Jasja Tijink, Breitenfurt, AT;

Oliver Nagy, Vienna, AT;

Assignee:

Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Vienna, AT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G07B 15/06 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2013.01); G07B 15/063 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining the length of the route travelled by a vehicle using a position measuring device that records positions of the vehicle and a digital road map, which is composed of road segments of known segment lengths. The method including recording positions of the vehicle on the route by means of the position measuring device, matching the recorded vehicle positions to a sequence of road segments, and determining the route length from the segment lengths of these road segments, wherein from the angle between at least two consecutive road segments and an assumed road width of the two road segments, a turn-off route of the vehicle from the one road segment into the other road segment is calculated. The calculated turn-off route is taken into consideration in the determination of the route length.


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