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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2012
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham Mcgee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Payam Naghshtabrizi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham McGee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Payam Naghshtabrizi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Fling Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented trip-planning method includes accessing one or more destination elements of a matrix of driver information, the accessing based at least in part on a trip start time and day of week. Each accessed element has a probability associated therewith, indicating the likelihood of the element being the destination at which a vehicle trip will end, based at least the start time and day of week. The method also includes selecting, from the one or more elements, a destination having the highest probability of being the destination at which the vehicle trip will end. Further, the method includes utilizing the selected destination as an end destination for the purposes of trip planning.