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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joakim Kristian Olle Arfvidsson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method determines a plurality of scores for a road segment that are related to the total distance traveled when drivers traverse that road segment. The scores are displayed graphically to illustrate the usage of road segments. The scores are also used to determine which road segments to display on a map when determining which roads to display at a given zoom level for a map.