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Method for informing motor vehicle drivers
Assignee: TomTom Global Content BV
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Filing: 2000-03-27
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Granted: 2002-11-05
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Expires: 2020-03-27
Abstract
Abstract In a method for informing motor vehicle drivers, in which digitally coded traffic messages are received and buffered, a time stamp is stored in memory with each of the traffic messages received. A measure for the duration of the event and/or the change of its extent is derived from extents and the time stamps of stored traffic messages relating to the same event. The change is displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfgang Wunderlich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 16:07
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/091; G08G1/092; G08G1/093; H; H04; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/53; H04H20/55; H04H2201/00; H04H2201/10; H04H2201/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of informing a motor vehicle driver, comprising the steps of: receiving and buffering digitally coded traffic messages; storing a time stamp in a memory with each of the received traffic messages; deriving at least one of: (a) a measure of a duration of an event and (b) a change of an extent, from extents and time stamps of a plurality of stored traffic messages relating to a same event; and displaying the change.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of informing a motor vehicle driver, comprising the steps of: receiving and buffering digitally coded traffic messages; storing a time stamp in a memory with each of the received traffic messages; deriving at least one of: (a) a measure of a duration of an event and (b) a change of an extent, from extents and time stamps of a plurality of stored traffic messages relating to a same event; and displaying the change.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein the extent is a length of a traffic jam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time stamps include a particular clock time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing subsequent messages relating to the same event with the time stamp of a first message relating to the same event.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of using at least one of: (a) the measure of the duration of the event and (b) the change of the extent, as a resistance value assigned to a respective road for a route search.
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