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- Patent Title: Data mining in a digital map database to identify intersections located at hill bottoms and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle
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Application No.: US13200562Application Date: 2011-09-26
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Publication No.: US08531318B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Robert Denaro
- Applicant: Robert Denaro
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: Navteq B.V.
- Current Assignee: Navteq B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC
- Main IPC: G08G1/123
- IPC: G08G1/123
Abstract:
Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection located at the bottom of a hill. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an intersection of roads is located at the bottom of a hill and then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate such locations. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to take a precautionary action as the vehicle approaches such a location.
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