CN101578639A - A navigation device and method for enhancing traffic data - Google Patents

A navigation device and method for enhancing traffic data Download PDF

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CN101578639A
CN101578639A CNA2008800018154A CN200880001815A CN101578639A CN 101578639 A CN101578639 A CN 101578639A CN A2008800018154 A CNA2008800018154 A CN A2008800018154A CN 200880001815 A CN200880001815 A CN 200880001815A CN 101578639 A CN101578639 A CN 101578639A
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阿德里安·凯尔·布莱克伍德
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A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes connecting a navigation device, located in a vehicle, to a server; transmitting information relating to changes in position and speed of the vehicle to the server; and receiving information, relating to potential delays along a route of travel of the vehicle, from the server, the received information being determined based at least partially upon information relating to changes in position and speed transmitted from navigation devices of a plurality of vehicles. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a modem to connect a navigation device, located in a vehicle, to a server; a transmitter to transmit information relating to changes in position and speed of the vehicle to the server; and a receiver to receive information, relating to potential delays along a route of travel of the vehicle, from the server, the received information being determined based at least partially upon information relating to changes in position and speed transmitted from navigation devices of a plurality of vehicles.

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Guider and be used to strengthen the method for traffic data
Technical field
The application relates generally to air navigation aid and device.
Background technology
Guider traditionally in the vehicles or even walking in be used to provide service so that between two points, navigate.Described device is when being used for the vehicles, and initial usually trial is planned the fastest route based on the route that for example mainly comprises highway usage.Plan this route so that the vehicle speed maximization during advancing along described route.
Yet vehicles regular meeting runs into traffic delays during this advances, described delay will slow down along (or even) mainly comprise the advancing of route of highway.
Therefore, guider becomes more perfect and can receive information and utilize information to plan the navigation way of walking around described traffic delays.As hereinafter explaining, for example calculate and receive described information via mobile phone.
At the known system that is used for providing described transport information, often collect the data of calculating transport information institute foundation from the mobile device of following the tracks of self.But though the moving of monitoring mobile phone, often be difficult to determine on the pedestrian of walking/running, be not present on another mobile traffic (for example train) on the track etc. whether have mobile mobile phone.Thereby the transport information that calculates and be fed to after a while guider according to this information is often inaccurate.
Summary of the invention
The present inventor finds, if supplied the data more accurately that slow down about vehicle speed, the vehicles and be used to calculate other data of transportation condition, then the information more accurately about current transportation condition can be provided to guider.Thereby the present inventor develops a kind of system and method from guider self acquisition data, to calculate transportation condition more accurately.
In at least one embodiment of the application, a kind of method comprises: the guider that will be arranged in the vehicles is connected to server; The information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed is transmitted into described server; And receive and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles from described server, the described information that receives is to determine based on the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles at least in part.
In at least one embodiment of the application, a kind of guider comprises: modulator-demodular unit, and it is connected to server in order to the guider that will be arranged in the vehicles; Transmitter, it is in order to be transmitted into described server with the information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed; And receiver, it is in order to receive from described server and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles, and the described information that receives is to determine based on the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles at least in part.
In at least one embodiment of the application, a kind of guider comprises: the guider that is used for being positioned at the vehicles is connected to the member of server; Be used for the information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed is transmitted into the member of described server; And be used for receiving and member along the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the described vehicles from described server, the described information that receives is to determine based on the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles at least in part.
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Hereinafter will describe the application in more detail, will explain described exemplary embodiment by means of accompanying drawing by use-case embodiment, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 illustrates the exemplary view of GPS (GPS);
Fig. 2 illustrates the exemplary block diagram of electronic package of guider of the application's embodiment;
Fig. 3 illustrates server, the guider of the application's embodiment and the exemplary block diagram that connects therebetween;
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B are the skeleton view of actual embodiment of the embodiment of guider 200;
Fig. 5 is the modulator-demodular unit of explanation guider and the exemplary embodiment of SIM card;
Fig. 6 is for showing the screenshot capture of shown traffic delays; And
Fig. 7 is for showing the screenshot capture of the icon that is used to select.
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Term used herein only is used to describe the purpose of specific embodiment, and does not wish to limit the present invention.As used herein, singulative " " reaches " described " wishes also to comprise plural form, unless context is clearly pointed out in addition.To further recognize, term " comprises " existence of appointment is stated when being used for this instructions feature, integral body, step, operation, element and/or assembly, but does not get rid of the existence or the interpolation of one or more further features, integral body, step, operation, element, assembly and/or its group.
In description is graphic, in the process of illustrated exemplary embodiment, for the sake of clarity, adopt particular term.Yet, the disclosure of patent specification and without wishing to be held to so selected particular term, and should be appreciated that each particular element comprises all technical equivalents of operation in a similar manner.
Hereinafter referring to the graphic exemplary embodiment of describing present application for patent, wherein same reference numbers is represented identical or corresponding part all the time in some views.Same numbers refers to similar elements all the time.As used herein, term " and/or " comprise one or more any and all combinations in the Listed Items that is associated.
The exemplary view of the GPS (GPS) that Fig. 1 explanation can be used by guider, described guider comprises the guider of the application's embodiment.Described system is known and is used for multiple use.In general, GPS is the navigational system based on satelline radio, and it can determine continuous position, speed, time and (in some cases) directional information for an infinite number user.
The GPS that before had been called NAVSTAR incorporates into a plurality of satellites that turn round with the earth in split hair track.Based on these accurate tracks, gps satellite can be relayed to its position any number receiving element.
Implement gps system when searching gps satellite signal when beginning to scan radio frequency with the device that receives gps data through special equipment.After receiving radio signal from gps satellite, described device is determined the exact position of described satellite via one in the multiple various conventional method.In most of the cases, described device will continue scanning searching signal, and (note that usually not (but can) uses other triangulation technique to determine the position with two signals only till it has obtained at least three different satellite-signals).By implementing geometric triangulation, receiver utilizes three known location to determine himself two-dimensional position with respect to satellite.This can finish in a known way.In addition, obtaining the 4th satellite-signal will allow receiving trap to calculate its three-dimensional position in a known way by identical geometrical calculation.Position and speed data can be by infinite number user real-time update continuously.
As shown in fig. 1, gps system is substantially by reference number 100 expressions.A plurality of satellites 120 are in the track of the earth 124.The track of each satellite 120 may not be synchronous with the track of other satellite 120, and asynchronous in fact probably.The gps receiver 140 that can be used among the application's the embodiment of guider receives spread spectrum gps satellite signals 160 through being shown as from various satellites 120.
The spread-spectrum signal of launching continuously from each satellite 120 160 utilizes the frequency standard of the pin-point accuracy of realizing by the atomic clock of clock like precision.Each satellite 120 is launched the data stream of the described particular satellite 120 of indication as the part of its data signal transmission 160.Those skilled in the relevant art recognize that gps receiver device 140 obtains to calculate its two-dimensional position for described gps receiver device 140 by triangulation from the spread spectrum gps satellite signal 160 of at least three satellites 120 usually.The acquisition of extra (its produce from the signal 160 of four satellites 120) is altogether permitted gps receiver device 140 and is calculated its three-dimensional position in a known way.
Fig. 2 illustrates the exemplary block diagram of electronic package of guider 200 of the application's embodiment with the block components form.The block diagram that it should be noted that guider 200 does not comprise all component of described guider, but only represents many exemplary components.
Guider 200 is positioned at shell (not shown).Described shell comprises the processor 210 that is connected to input media 220 and display screen 240.Input media 220 can comprise key board unit, speech input device, touch panel and/or be used for any other known input media of input information; And display device 240 can comprise the display screen of any kind, for example LCD display.In at least one embodiment of the application, input media 220 and display device 240 are through being integrated into integrated form input and display device, input of described integrated form and display device comprise touch pads or touch-screen input end, and wherein the user only needs one in the just optional majority Show Options of a part of touch display unit 240 or activates one in a plurality of virtual push buttons.
In addition, the output unit 260 of other type also can comprise (including but not limited to) audio frequency output unit.Because but the user of output unit 260 navigation device 200 produces audio-frequency information, so should be appreciated that the software that input media 240 also can comprise microphone and be used to receive the input voice command equally.
In guider 200, processor 210 functionally is connected to input media 240 and through setting receiving input informations via connecting from input media 240 via connection, and functionally be connected to via connection in display device 240 and the output unit 260 at least one with information is outputed to described at least one.In addition, processor 210 functionally is connected to storer 230 via connection, and be further adapted for via connecting from I/O (I/O) port 270 reception information/information is sent to I/O (I/O) port 270, wherein I/O port 270 can be connected to the I/O device 280 in guider 200 outsides.Exterior I/O device 270 can include, but is not limited to outside listening device, for example earphone.May further be to the connection of I/O device 280 and to take office the what wired or wireless connection of its external device (ED) (for example car stereo unit), be used for without the operation of hand and/or be used for the operation of (for example) voice activation formula, be used for to the connection of earphone or headphone and/or be used for the connection of (for example) mobile phone, wherein connect can be in order to be connected and/or in order to be established to the connection of server via (for example) the Internet or certain other network setting up data between guider 200 and (for example) the Internet or any other network for mobile phone.
In at least one embodiment, guider 200 comprises the internal modems 290 that is connected to processor 210 and storer 230, and it is used to set up data connection as will be described below.Modulator-demodular unit 290 can further be connected to transceiver 300, and transceiver 300 is used for that information is transmitted into server 302 and from server 302 reception information.Transceiver 300 further is connected to processor 210.
In at least one embodiment, guider 200 can be set up via not shown outside mobile device (for example mobile phone, PDA and/or arbitrary device with mobile phone technology) and be connected with " moving " network of server 302, thereby sets up the digital connection numeral connection of (for example via (for example) known Bluetooth technology).After this, by its Internet Service Provider, mobile device can be set up with the network of server 302 and be connected (for example, passing through the Internet).So, can guider 200 (when its alone and/or when in the vehicles, advancing, it can be and be generally mobile) with server 302 between set up that " moving " network is connected so that provide " in real time " or at least unusual " new-type " gateway for information.
Using (for example) the Internet to set up mobile device (via the ISP) waits the network between another device to be connected and can to finish in a known way with for example server 302.For instance, this can comprise the use of TCP/IP layered protocol.Mobile device can utilize any number communication standard, for example CDMA, GSM, WAN, Wimax, Wifi etc.
So, can utilize the Internet of being realized via data connection (for example, via the mobile phone technology in mobile phone or the guider 200) to connect.Connect for this, set up server 302 and be connected with the Internet between the guider 200.This can (for example) connects by mobile phone or other mobile device and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and (it is that the high-speed data that is used for mobile device by telecom operators provide connects that GPRS connects; GPRS is in order to be connected to the method for the Internet) finish.
Guider 200 can be further finished in a known way to be connected and finally to finish with the data of the Internet and server 302 with the data of mobile device via (for example) existing Bluetooth technology and is connected, wherein data protocol can utilize any number standard, for example GSRM, be used for the data protocol standard of GSM standard.
For the GRPS phone settings, the device of bluetooth enable can correctly be worked in order to the changing frequency spectrum that cooperates mobile phone model, manufacturer etc., and for instance, model/manufacturer specific settings can be stored on the guider 200.Can be formerly or in the subsequent embodiment any one in the mode discussed upgrade the data of storing at this information.
Guider 200 can comprise the mobile phone technology (for example, comprise antenna, wherein can use the inside antenna of guider 200 as an alternative in addition) of himself in guider 200 itself.Mobile phone technology in the guider 200 can comprise the intraware of as above appointment, and/maybe can comprise insertable SIM (subscriber identity module) card, together with (for example) necessary mobile phone technology and/or antenna.So, the mobile phone technical battery in the guider 200 can be similarly be connected with network between the server 302 to set up guider 200 with the similar mode of the mode of arbitrary mobile device via (for example) the Internet with modulator-demodular unit 290.Should note, this modulator-demodular unit 290 can be in guider 200 inside, or in its outside, for example in adapter (for example, referring to title is " cigarette lighter adapter of enhancing (Enhanced Cigarette Lighter Adapter) " and in the 11/907th of on October 10th, 2007 application, No. 254 U.S. patent application case, the full content of described application case is incorporated herein with way of reference).If be arranged in adapter, after adapter for example is inserted in the vehicles, can supply power to guider 200 so.In addition, then can trigger modulator-demodular unit and be connected with the network of server 200, thereby information is sent to server and receives information from server to set up.
Fig. 2 further specifies processor 210 and is connected with operability between antenna/receiver 250, and wherein antenna/receiver 250 can be (for example) gps antenna/receiver.To recognize, schematically make up antenna and receiver for explanation, but antenna and receiver can be assembly positioned apart, and antenna can be (for example) GPS chip aerial or helical antenna by reference number 250 expressions.
In addition, be understood by those skilled in the art that the electronic package shown in Fig. 2 is powered by power supply (not shown) in a usual manner.As be understood by those skilled in the art that the difference configuration of the assembly shown in Fig. 2 is regarded as belonging in the application's the scope.For instance, in one embodiment, the assembly shown in Fig. 2 can intercom mutually via wired and/or wireless connections etc.Therefore, the scope of the application's guider 200 comprises portable or handheld navigation device 200.
Fig. 3 illustrates the exemplary block diagram of server 302 and the application's guider 200 (via general communication channel 318) of the application's embodiment.Between guider 200, set up via (please noting being connected of communication channel 318 in server 302 and the application, this connection can be via the data of mobile device connect, via personal computer via the direct connection of the Internet, via the data connection of modulator-demodular unit 290 etc.) time, server 302 can be communicated by letter with guider 200.
Except unaccounted other assembly of possibility, server 302 also comprises processor 304, and described processor 304 functionally is connected to storer 306 and further functionally is connected to bulk data storage device 312 via wired or wireless connection 314.Processor 304 further functionally is connected to transmitter 308 and receiver 310, reaches from guider 200 transmission information via communication channel 318 information is transmitted into guider 200.The signal that sends and received can comprise data, communication and/or other transmitting signal.The information that is received by server 302 can include, but is not limited to and the position of the vehicles that hold guider 200 and the relevant received information of variation of speed; And the information that sends by server 302 that can include, but is not limited to calculate with relevant transport information and/or the out of Memory of potential delay along the course of the vehicles at guider 200 places.Can be according to selecting or design transmitter 308 and receiver 310 for the employed communicating requirement and the communication technology in the communication design of navigational system 200.In addition, it should be noted that to be signal transceiver 309 with the function combinations of transmitter 308 and receiver 310.
Server 302 further is connected to (or comprising) mass storage device 312, note that mass storage device 312 can be coupled to server 302 via communication link 314.Mass storage device 312 contains a large amount of navigation datas and cartographic information, and can be similarly the device that separates with server 302, perhaps can be incorporated in the server 302.
Guider 200 is suitable for by being communicated by letter with server 302 by any communication channel of 318 expressions substantially, and comprise as before about the described processor of Fig. 2, storer etc. and transmitter 320 and receiver 322 with by communication channel 318 transmissions and received signal and/or data, note that these devices can be further used for communicating with the device that is different from server 302.In addition, according to selecting or design transmitter 320 and receiver 322, and can with the function combinations of transmitter 320 and receiver 322 single transceiver 300 for the employed communicating requirement and the communication technology in the communication of guider 200 design.
The software that is stored in the server memory 306 provides instruction and allows server 302 navigation device 200 that service is provided for processor 304, for example, to along the relevant transport information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles at guider 200 places and/or the calculating and the emission of out of Memory.A service that is provided by server 302 relates to processing and is transmitted into guider 200 from the request of guider 200 and with navigation data from bulk data storage device 312.At least one embodiment according to the application, another service that is provided by server 302 comprises at required application to be used various algorithms to handle navigation data (for example, to along the relevant transport information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles at guider 200 places and/or the calculating of out of Memory) and these result calculated is sent to guider 200.
Communication channel 318 represents to connect the communications media or the path of guider 200 and server 302 substantially.According at least one embodiment of the application, both include the receiver that is used for the transmitter by described communication channel emission data and is used to receive the data of launching by described communication channel server 302 and guider 200.
Communication channel 318 is not limited to particular communication technology.In addition, communication channel 318 is not limited to the single communication technology; That is to say that channel 318 can comprise the some communication links that use multiple technologies.For instance, according at least one embodiment, communication channel 318 can be suitable for telecommunication, optical communication and/or electromagnetic communication etc. the path is provided.So, communication channel 318 includes, but is not limited to one in the following or its combination: electric conductors such as circuit, for example electric wire and concentric cable, fiber optic cables, converter, radio frequency (rf) ripple, atmosphere, vacuum etc.In addition, according at least one various embodiment, communication channel 318 can comprise middle device, for example router, transponder, impact damper, transmitter and receiver.
For instance, at least one embodiment of the application, communication channel 318 comprises phone and computer network.In addition, at least one embodiment, communication channel 318 may can adapt to for example radio communications such as radio frequency, microwave frequency, infrared communication.In addition, according at least one embodiment, communication channel 318 can adapt to satellite communication.In addition, according at least one embodiment, communication channel 318 can adapt to a plurality of independent satellite systems and can carry out a plurality of frequencies and gps receiver that signal obtains.(containing) to including, but is not limited to the interpolation that is about to of GLONASS (GLONASS), GPS 2, GPS 2.5-3, Galileo (Galileo) and culminant star a plurality of satellite systems such as (ChinaSat).
The signal of communication of being launched by communication channel 318 includes, but is not limited to the signal as requiring for the given communication technology or needing.For instance, described signal can be suitable for using in the cellular communication technology, and described cellular communication technology for example is time division multiple access (TDMA) (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), CDMA (CDMA), global system for mobile communications (GSM) etc.Can by communication channel 318 emission numerals and simulating signal both.According at least one embodiment, these signals can be as for as described in the communication technology may need through modulation, through encrypting and/or compressed signal.
Bulk data storage device 312 comprises the enough memory spaces that are used for required navigation application.The example of bulk data storage device 312 can comprise magnetic data medium (for example hard disk drive), optic storage medium (for example CD-Rom), charged data storage medium (for example flash memory), molecular memory etc.
According at least one embodiment of the application, server 302 comprises can be by the remote server of guider 200 via the wireless channel access.According at least one other embodiment of the application, server 302 can comprise the webserver that is positioned on Local Area Network, wide area network (WAN), the VPN (virtual private network) (VPN) etc.
According at least one embodiment of the application, server 302 can comprise the personal computer of desktop for example or laptop computer, and communication channel 318 can be the cable that is connected between personal computer and the guider 200.Perhaps, personal computer can be connected between guider 200 and the server 302 to be connected setting up the Internet between server 302 and the guider 200.Perhaps, mobile phone or other handheld apparatus (and/or modulator-demodular unit, for example modulator-demodular unit 290) can be established to the wireless connections of the Internet, to be used for via the Internet guider 200 being connected to server 302.
Can for providing information from server 302, described download of information, guider 200 can after the user is connected to server 302 with guider 200, be updated periodically and/or can be in that wireless mobile coupling arrangement and TCP/IP are connected after carrying out more constant or frequent the connection between server 302 and the guider 200 more dynamic via (for example) via download of information.For many dynamic calculation, the processor 304 in the server 302 can be used for disposing a large amount of processing needs, yet the processor 210 of guider 200 also can be independent of the connection of server 302 often and dispose many processing and calculating.
The mass storage device 312 that is connected to server 302 can comprise than being maintained at 200 data on one's body of the guider more drawing and the route data of volume, comprises map etc.For instance, server 302 can use one group of Processing Algorithm to handle most of device of advancing along described route of guider 200.In addition, drawing and the route data that is stored in the storer 312 can be operated the signal (for example, gps signal) that is originally received by guider 200.
As above indicated in Fig. 2 of the application, the guider 200 of the application's embodiment comprises processor 210, input media 220 and display screen 240.In at least one embodiment, input media 220 and display screen 240 through be integrated into integrated form input and display device show to enable information input (via direct input, menu selection etc.) and information (for example by the touch panel screen) both.Well-known as the those skilled in the art, this screen can be (for example) and touches the input lcd screen.In addition, guider 200 also can comprise any extra input media 220 and/or any extra output unit 240, for example audio frequency input/output device.
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B are the skeleton view of actual embodiment of the embodiment of guider 200.As shown in Fig. 4 A, guider 200 can be the unit of other assembly (including but not limited to inner gps receiver 250, microprocessor 210, power supply, accumulator system 220 etc.) that comprises integrated form input and display device 290 (for example, touch panel screen) and Fig. 2.
Guider 200 can be held on the arm 292, described arm 292 itself can use big sucker 294 and be fastened to vehicle dashboard/window/etc.A limiting examples of the dock that this arm 292 can be docked to for guider 200.
As shown in Fig. 4 B, guider 200 can dock or otherwise be connected to by the arm 292 that (for example) is connected to dock with guider 292 hasps the arm 292 (this only is an example, belongs in the application's the scope because be used to be connected to other known alternatives of dock) of dock.Guider 200 can be followed and can rotate on arm 292, shown in the arrow of Fig. 4 B.In order to discharge being connected between guider 200 and the dock, for example can push the button (this only is an example, belongs in the application's the scope because be used for disconnecting other known alternatives that is connected with dock) on the guider 200.
In at least one embodiment, guider 200 can be set up via mobile device 400 (for example mobile phone, PDA and/or arbitrary device with mobile phone technology) and be connected with " moving " network of server 302, thereby sets up the digital connection numeral connection of (for example via (for example) known Bluetooth technology).After this, by its Internet Service Provider, mobile device 400 can be set up with the network of server 302 and be connected (for example, passing through the Internet).So, guider 200 (when its alone and/or when in the vehicles, advancing, it can be and be generally mobile) with server 302 between set up that " moving " network is connected so that provide " in real time " or at least unusual " new-type " gateway for information.
Using (for example) the Internet 410 to set up mobile device 400 (via the ISP) waits the network between another device to be connected and can to finish in a known way with for example server 302.For instance, this can comprise the use of TCP/IP layered protocol.Mobile device 400 can utilize any number communication standard, for example CDMA, GSM, WAN etc.
So, can utilize the Internet of being realized via data connection (for example, via the mobile phone technology in mobile phone or the guider 200) to connect.Connect for this, set up server 302 and be connected with the Internet between the guider 200.This can (for example) connects by mobile phone or other mobile device and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and (it is that the high-speed data that is used for mobile device by telecom operators provide connects that GPRS connects; GPRS is in order to be connected to the method for the Internet) finish.
Guider 200 can be further finished in a known way to be connected and finally to finish with the data of the Internet 410 and server 302 with the data of mobile device 400 via (for example) existing Bluetooth technology and is connected, wherein data protocol can utilize any number standard, for example GSRM, be used for the data protocol standard of GSM standard.
Guider 200 can comprise the mobile phone technology (for example, comprise antenna, wherein can use the inside antenna of guider 200 as an alternative in addition) of himself in guider 200 itself.Mobile phone technology in the guider 200 can comprise the intraware of as above appointment, and/maybe can comprise the insertable card, together with (for example) necessary mobile phone technology and/or antenna.So, the mobile phone technology in the guider 200 can be similarly be connected with network between the server 302 to set up guider 200 with the similar mode of the mode of arbitrary mobile device 400 via (for example) the Internet 410.
For the GRPS phone settings, the device of bluetooth enable can correctly be worked in order to the changing frequency spectrum that cooperates mobile phone model, manufacturer etc., and for instance, model/manufacturer specific settings can be stored on the guider 200.Can be formerly or in the subsequent embodiment any one in the mode discussed upgrade the data of storing at this information.
In the application's embodiment, a kind of method comprises: the guider 200 that will be arranged in the vehicles is connected to server 302; The information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed is transmitted into described server 302; And receive and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles from described server 302, the described information that receives is at least in part based on the information of the variation relevant with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles and definite.
In the application's embodiment, a kind of guider 200 comprises: modulator-demodular unit 290, and it is connected to server 302 in order to the guider 200 that will be arranged in the vehicles; Transmitter 320, it is in order to be transmitted into described server 302 with the information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed; And receiver 322, it is in order to receiving from described server 302 and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles, and the described information that receives is at least in part based on the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles and definite.
Therefore, in the application's embodiment, the mobile phone technology that is positioned at guider 200 self can comprise modulator-demodular unit 290, and it is inner or outside that it is positioned at guider 200, for example in adapter.In addition, can comprise in the guider 200 that (for example data service is enabled at GPRS) SIM card is connected to server 302 to allow modulator-demodular unit 290.The Murcia network interface protocols contains step and the stage that starts agreement, network selecting, network connection, IP address selection, VPN foundation, data transfer and network disconnection.This agreement also contains the rule that is associated and arrive network action for definite modulator-demodular unit.
Thereby, after guider 200 is powered up, can set up being connected between guider 200 and the server 302.
In the application's embodiment, in case buy and opened guider 200, just can set up between modulator-demodular unit 290 and the server 302 data (for example, the Internet) connects, receive and the relevant information (for example, transport information) of potential delay from server 302 permitting along the course of the vehicles that hold guider 200.Yet, because be connected with the data of server 302 with this automated manner foundation, so therefore server 302 can (for example receive the information relevant with the variation of speed of determining and position from a plurality of guiders 200 guider 200, the processor 210 of guider 200 can come the detection position according to the gps signal that receives, and can calculate vehicle speed according to GPS position, map location information and the time of between some positions, advancing, and can with described property information cycle for example be stored in the storer 230).Therefore, as by modulator-demodular unit 290 in the part of setting up between guider 200 and the server 302 that is connected, the available apparatus type code in the initial start sequence from the transmitter 320 emission information of guider 200 or by the receiver 322 reception information of guider 200.
Therefore therefore, server 302 can use data more accurately to carry out about the calculating along the potential delay of course, but carries out described calculating itself usually in a known way.By the traffic delays information that guider 200 receives will more accurate, because it is at least in part based on relevant with the variation of position and speed and determine from the information that a plurality of guiders of a plurality of vehicles (vehicles that hold guider 200) are launched.Thereby, a kind ofly be used to collect better and the efficient system of data more accurately, can be according to better described and data more accurately, calculate traffic or out of Memory in a known way in server 302, described information is relevant with the potential delay along the course of the vehicles that hold guider 200.
Connection is an automated procedure, when it starts from the startup of guider 200, and controls by one section low level code, and described section low level code selected the strongest network signal with reference to control tabulation back.This tabulation is called as white tabulation (white list), and for to be stored in the tabulation of " permission " network in the modulator-demodular unit 290, and be the part of network interface protocols.Thereby, set up the network address that is used for the network connection.The second portion of described process is to use from the data of a plurality of guiders and uses algorithm traffic calculating and obtain better transport information.This process is outer (off-board) process of machine, is not to calculate on guider 200, but is fed into device OTA from server 302.Directly become and adding some sets of signals and eliminating in the wrong vehicles mark interpolation the algorithm of server 302 from the interpolation of the new data element of " known " guider.
Can be used as modulator-demodular unit 290 with the GPRS modulator-demodular unit of the commercially available GPRS of majority, CDMA, TDMA or similar modulator-demodular unit compatibility and obtain to comprise bi-directional data transmission capacity (having data input and output simultaneously), airborne (On-Board) RAM and digital signal, modulator-demodular unit 290 has following example features:
Three frequency bands or four band modulation detuners, it follows following geographical frequency guide:
850MHz (U.S.)
900MHz (mass part in Europe and Asia)
1800MHz (Europe and Asia)
1900MHz (U.S.)
To with only the data with collected are equally good along the relevant traffic of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles that hold guider 200 or the calculating of out of Memory.As stated previously, exist known system (for example to give the 6th of Sydney Atkinson people such as (Atkinson) on November 18th, 2003,650, the system of 948 United States Patent (USP)s, the full content of described case is incorporated herein by reference), the relevant information of the speed of described system monitoring and for example mobile phone and the variation of position (and be provided to guider) along the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles that hold guider, it is not to be the automobile part that mobile phone can be positioned at sometimes, for example, at aircraft, train and with irrelevant other vehicles of traffic jam on (also referring to title for " being used to produce the system (System For GeneratingTraffic Information) of transport information " and in the U.S. Provisional Application case of application on October 26th, 2007 _ _ _ _ _ _, the full content of described case is incorporated herein by reference).
Yet, in the application's embodiment, the data of being collected by server 302 are (the alternative mobile phone messages or except that mobile phone message) collected from guider (for example being positioned at the guider 200 of the vehicles that hold guider 200), with be to determine along the potential delay of course relevant traffic or out of Memory according to described data, wherein these vehicles are directly relevant with described traffic or potential delay condition.() modulator-demodular unit 290 for example, in the adapter of guider 200 can be transmitted into server 302 with the information relevant with the variation of the position of the vehicles at guider 200 places and speed by using in the guider 200 or in its outside.Server 302 then can receive from the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of a plurality of vehicles emissions, therefore and can utilize better information (individually or in conjunction with the out of Memory of as above being discussed of collecting from mobile phone), build from described information and to put traffic model more accurately, determine along the potential delay of the course of the vehicles that hold guider 200 with auxiliary.Be used for by determining that in conjunction with the map positional information vehicles slow down and the example stagnating acquired information and build the known system of putting the traffic module is, for example give the 6th of Sydney Atkinson people such as (Atkinson) on November 18th, 2003,650, the system of No. 948 United States Patent (USP)s, the full content of described case is incorporated herein by reference.
On mathematics, add " known " element (from the data of " known " guider) to reliability that pattern equation (patternequation) has increased data accuracy.By eliminating the unknown devices type and it being replaced, removed uncertainty and it has been replaced with determinacy with the known devices type.This has double action to calculated signals: by eliminate different types of service reduced variability (as before from the mobile device on train, pedestrian, bicycle of mobile device information acquisition and therefore with irrelevant speed and the positional information of vehicles traffic) and increased the core group of " known " device (known its directly influence vehicles traffic jam), it has use classes for reference; The test group.
Can be used for navigation by recognition device 200 by server 302 from the information of transmitter 320 emission of guider 200, with based on through identification guider 200 discern set vehicles purposes and type of vehicle, and/or increase mathematics accuracy and in the reliability at least one in the information that receives by guider 200, described information is relevant with the potential delay along the course of the vehicles.For instance, can be used to determine the classification type (category type) of guider 200 from the information of transmitter 320 emissions.The classification type of guider 200 can comprise at least one in commercial use, consumer use, motorcycle purposes and/or the pedestrian's purposes.
Can be further be used for determining along the traffic pattern (traffic pattern) of the course of the vehicles and potential delay and/or improve defining of traffic behavior from the information of transmitter 320 emission, thereby further determine to provide based on the information that receives the course of modification along the traffic pattern of the course of the vehicles and potential delay and/or assisting navigation device by server 302.In addition, for example, the information of launching from transmitter 320 can further be used for using accuracy and the predictive method that strengthens owing to the signal node identification that increases, and determines the flow problem of traffic behavior and expection.
In an embodiment, guider 200 is once connecting and/or being connected to power supply via adapter, and guider 200 just can attempt for example to use modulator-demodular unit 290 to set up the GPRS connection.Can connect via being inserted into the network that SIM card in the guider 200 is provided to server 302, to set up the network address that network that (for example) be used for modulator-demodular unit 290 connects.Network connects and can be automated procedure, and it is followed and is stored in modulator-demodular unit 290 for this process from one's body data, and described modulator-demodular unit 290 contains the mode of being discussed in any one that can formerly reach in the subsequent embodiment and gives updated information.
In Fig. 5, this SIM card and modulator-demodular unit 290 in guider 200, have been showed.Can provide SIM card to the user, exchange the expense of reservation (for example) transport services for.According to what give tacit consent to, if modulator-demodular unit 290 is in guider 200 inside, can enable described modulator-demodular unit 290 all the time so, if and/or be included in the adapter of guider, can after adapter is connected to the vehicles, enable described modulator-demodular unit 290 so.
In the application's embodiment, can be periodically by server 302 emissions and receive and relevant traffic and/or the information of potential delay by guider 200 subsequently along the course of the vehicles.The periodicity of this information receives and can be (for example) every three minutes.
Can send/reception information via modulator-demodular unit 290 and transceiver 300, wherein packet be sent/receive the IP address, it is instructed with the IP address that code form is stored on the modulator-demodular unit 290 by the part as agreement.Based on the one section code that is written to SIM card, it is Tom Tom work (TomTomWork) device users (commerce) or Tom Tom adds (TomTom PLUS) device users (consumer) that this agreement is known guider 200.When initial navigation device 200 started, modulator-demodular unit 290 read described SIM obtaining this code, and " setting " guider type.In view of the above, guider 200 becomes commerce or consumer's guider, and therefore uses the particular ip address of any one.Generally, this is the part of network interface protocols.
Can be used for navigation by recognition device 200 by server 302 from the information of transmitter 320 emission of guider 200, with based on through identification guider 200 discern set vehicles purposes and type of vehicle, and/or increase mathematics accuracy and in the reliability at least one in the information that receives by guider 200, described information is relevant with the potential delay along the course of the vehicles.For instance, can be used to determine the classification type of guider 200 from the information of transmitter 320 emissions.The classification type of guider 200 can comprise at least one in commercial use, consumer use, motorcycle purposes and/or the pedestrian's purposes.Be connected with network interface protocols between the server 302 in case set up guider 200, the part that just can be used as agreement discerns described connection by type of device.
Can be for example both carry out dual integrated to modulator-demodular unit 290 at GPS and GPRS.By for example setting up constant connection between guider 200 and the server 302 via modulator-demodular unit 290, can with the traffic relevant or the identical or different time of reception of out of Memory with potential delay, information (for example with the position of the vehicles and the relevant information of variation of speed) is transmitted into server 302 from guider 200.Therefore, can collect data by any time of server 302 during aforementioned periodic intervals; And can further repeatedly collect data in aforementioned interim.
In addition, in case set up (for example being connected between guider 200 and the server 302, initial via what undertaken) by server 302, can be from guider 200 emission information or can be (for example by guider 200 reception information, can carry out this operation at the time durations that is different from the time that periodicity that guider 200 carries out receives), wherein connect between the modulator-demodular unit 290 and server 302 that can build in the guider 200, and/or in the adapter of (for example) guider 200.
When guider 200 for example is powered via adapter, perhaps when device is unlocked, this initial automatic initiation protocol, modulator-demodular unit 290 begins network interface protocols together with corresponding SIM card.Search is stored in the available network in the white tabulation (tabulation of the network of permission), and modulator-demodular unit 290 will find and select suitable network.In addition, (for example, data service is enabled at GPRS) SIM card will be to network delivery account and set information, thereby sets up the IP address that is stored in the modulator-demodular unit 290, and beginning is connected with the virtual private network of server 302.Can comprise in the guider 200 that modulator-demodular unit 290, SIM card and network interface protocols (network authorization code) are connected to server 302 to allow modulator-demodular unit 290.Guider 200 is stored in information on the server 302 with request.(for example, via rising at first by server 302) sets up order wire (" connection " between guider 200 and the server 302), and Data transmission thereafter.
In aforementioned interim,, can send the request that information is uploaded from server 302 in the time that is different from the special time when the transport information relevant with potential delay or out of Memory being sent to guider 200 and by guider 200 it is received subsequently.Therefore, at the time durations that is being different from the time that periodically receives, can be based on from the request that information is uploaded of server 302 and from guider 200 emission information.
Guider 200 can carry out a plurality of connections and set.In common the setting, set type (commerce and consumer) with two and be installed in advance in the guider 200.In commercial (Tom Tom work (TomTom Work)) set, signal accuracy and availability be mainly consideration, and thereby, the modulator-demodular unit behavior with keep these and be connected relating to parameters.In consumer's (Tom Tom adds (TomTom PLUS)) set, service availability be main consideration, and thereby, the modulator-demodular unit behavior with keep these and be connected relating to parameters.
Specifically, in the application's embodiment, connect all the time on, in the initiating sequence of guider 200 by initial (as explained above) and be the part of network interface protocols.GPRS can carry out two-way communication, and thereby, the bi-directional data transmission is possible, and in some cases, the bi-directional data transmission is required.For instance, if guider 200 just is being delivered to positional information server 302, server 302 can send to guider 200 with the transport information of upgrading simultaneously so.In the case, the bi-directional data transmission be maintain traffic that signal is uploaded at interval and transport information to download accuracy necessary and therefore keep the route transport information of renewal.Perhaps, can carry out the transmission of data at different time, for example, periodically or by time of the initial upload request of server 302.
In guider 200, can be based at least one required destination of the vehicles (for example by (for example) processor 210, destination by the user of guider 200 input) and a current location (for example, the position of determining by the GPS/GPRS receivers in the guider 200) determine the course of the vehicles.Thereafter, receiving with after the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles, the processors 210 in the guider 200 can be determined the course of modification based on the information that receives.Fig. 6 illustrates the display screen sectional drawing of guider 200, and it not only shows the course of the vehicles, but also shows (being positioned on the right half of screen of Fig. 6) traffic bar, and it is in order to notify the user traffic events along programme path.Fig. 7 explanation display screen sectional drawing subsequently, it is included in the demonstration that the special traffic in the lower left corner of Fig. 7 postpones and the demonstration of other icon (comprise and be used to make the minimized icon of traffic delays).After having selected this icon, can take place above-mentioned via (for example) processor 210 to revising determining of route.Therefore, receive with after the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles at guider 200, the display 240 of guider 200 can show that wherein processor 210 can be used to (receiving the request back) determines modification in a known way based on the information that receives course to the indication along the potential delay of the course of the vehicles.
In an embodiment, guider 200 can comprise storer 230, it wherein after modulator-demodular unit 290 has been set up the connection of server 302, can launch institute's canned datas from guider 200 subsequently in order to storage and the position of the vehicles and the relevant information of variation of speed.Perhaps, can store and the position of the vehicles and the relevant information of variation of speed, make after connecting after the request that information is uploaded that receives from server 302, can be then from guider 200 emission institute canned datas.
In guider 200, specifically, be stored on the modulator-demodular unit 290, this is for uploading automated procedure at interval based on presetting, and this determines to upload active interval and connection failure agreement.
For instance, based on obtainable at least one GPS/GPRS signal in the current position, can be based on simultaneously the information relevant with the variation of the position of the vehicles and/or speed being transmitted into server 302 from guider 200 by time interval of modulator-demodular unit 290 control.In commerce was set, effectively transfer rate can be (for example) every 60 seconds, and wherein 6-10 second is the position and/or the speed of catching the vehicles.Under idle mode, for example, the vehicles for example 30 minutes sometime under the situation about moving as yet, this can drop to (for example) 5 minutes at interval.Idle mode wishes to save the GPS/GPRS data service, and therefore reduces the ground data cost.
In either case, in this embodiment, can and be stored in the storer 230 of guider 200 information gathering so that be transmitted into server 302 subsequently.For instance, the modulator-demodular unit 290 of guider 200 and SIM card can be provided at the only limited data available use on the network or the data available that is not provided on the network uses, and thereby, to with the variation of the position of the vehicles and/or speed and the current location of the vehicles (for example, the current location of determining by the GPS/GPRS receiver in the guider 200) thus but the aforementioned emission of relevant information will be stored that the time spent is launched once more when the data on network are used with the interval that presets.If the network coverage is unavailable in the duration, guider 200 can comprise storer 230 so, and it is in order to position and/or the variation of speed and the current location relevant information of the vehicles of storage with the vehicles, and is no longer available up to storer 230.Therefore, at least one embodiment of the application, guider can comprise: storer 230, and it is in order to storage and the position of the vehicles and the relevant information of variation of speed; Display, it is in order to show along the indication of the potential delay of the route of the vehicles and the course (if as calculated) of display update; And processor, its in order to the course of determining the vehicles and based on receive with the course of determining modification along the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles.
Data (this should be described in TT work (TT Work) patent and submit in the thing) are stored with certain order and string structure that (for example) TT work (TT Work) module sets in the interval that can above be explained.
In at least one embodiment, determine with send to the periodic intervals of guider 200 along the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles from server 302 after, can be simultaneously the information relevant with the variation of the position of the vehicles and/or speed be transmitted into server 302 from guider 200.For instance, the only limited data that the modulator-demodular unit 290 of guider 200 and SIM card can be provided on the network are used, and thereby, guider 200 can make to the information relevant with the variation of the position of the vehicles and speed to the aforementioned emission of server 302 with to coordinate mutually along receiving synchronously or simultaneously of the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles and the time goes up synchronously.Thereby guider 200 can be through launching and reception information to be connected simultaneously at the network of setting up synchronously with server 302.Equally, the interim between the periodicity of information sends and receives, can in guider 200, store and acquisition of information.
The guider 200 of at least one embodiment of above expression can be embodied as a kind of method, it comprises: the guider 200 that will be arranged in the vehicles is connected to server 302; The information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed is transmitted into described server 302; And receive and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles from described server 302, the described information that receives is to determine based on the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles at least in part.In at least one embodiment, described method can comprise: the course of determining the vehicles based at least one required destination and a current location of the vehicles; And, determine the course of modification based on the information that receives receiving with after the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles.In at least one embodiment, described method can further comprise: receiving with after the relevant information of the potential delay of the course of the vehicles, showing the indication along the potential delay of the course of the vehicles; And after receiving, determine the course of modification based on the information that receives to the request of calculating the course of revising.In addition, in at least one embodiment, described method can comprise storage and the position of the vehicles and the relevant information of variation of speed, wherein set up connect the back and receiving the request that information is uploaded from server after, launch institute's canned data from guider.
In addition, above the method for at least one embodiment of Biao Daing can be embodied as the computer data signal that is contained in carrier wave or the transmitting signal, described computer data signal presentation directives sequence, described instruction sequence cause described processor to carry out correlation method when being carried out by processor (for example processor 210 of the processor 304 of server 302 and/or guider 200).In at least one other embodiment, but the instruction set that at least a method provided above can be contained on above being embodied as computer-readable or computing machine access medium (one in for example previously described storage arrangement) is to carry out correlation method when being carried out by processor or other computer installation.In different embodiment, medium can be magnetic medium, electronic medium, optical media etc.
Further, the form of any one the be presented as program in the preceding method.Program can be stored on the computer-readable media and be suitable for when go up any one that carry out when moving in the preceding method at computer installation (device that comprises processor).Therefore, medium or computer-readable media be suitable for canned data and be suitable for data processing facility or computer installation alternately to carry out any one the method among the embodiment referred to above.
Medium can be the built-in medium that is installed on the computer installation body interior or is arranged into the removable formula medium that can separate with the computer installation main body.The example of built-in medium includes, but is not limited to rewritable nonvolatile memory (for example ROM and flash memory) and hard disk.The example of removable formula medium includes, but is not limited to: optic storage medium, for example CD-ROM and DVD; Magneto-optic storage media, for example MO; Magnetic storage media includes, but is not limited to floppy disk (trade mark), magnetic tape cassette and removable formula hard disk; Have the medium of in-building type rewritable nonvolatile memory, include, but is not limited to storage card; And the medium with in-building type ROM, include, but is not limited to the ROM magnetic tape cassette; Deng.In addition, can any other form store about the various information (for example, characteristic information) of institute's memory image, or it can otherwise provide.
To understand after reading this disclosure as the those skilled in the art, the assembly of the electronic package of guider 200 and/or server 302 can be presented as hardware circuitry or be presented as computer-readable program, perhaps is presented as described both combination.
The system and method for the application's embodiment is included on the processor operation to carry out according at least one the software in the method for the application's teaching.The those skilled in the art will understand after reading and understanding the present invention can be from the starting of the computer-readable media computer based system software program to carry out the mode of the function that is found in the described software program.The those skilled in the art will further understand and can be used for creating through design to implement and to carry out at least one the various programming languages of software program in the application's the method.
Can use object-oriented language (including but not limited to JAVA, Smalltalk, C++ etc.) with the described program of object-oriented ground structure, but and service routine language (including but not limited to COBOL, C etc.) with towards the described program of program ground structure.Component software can the well-known any number kind mode of those skilled in the art be communicated by letter, and it includes, but is not limited to by application programming interfaces (API), inter-process communication techniques (include but not limited to report program call (RPC), public object request broker architecture (CORBA), The Component Object Model (COM), Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) (DCOM), Distributed System Object Model (DSOM) and remote method invocation (RMI) (RMI)).Yet, will understand after reading present application disclosure as the those skilled in the art, the application's teaching is not limited to certain programmed language or environment.
Wait by way of example but not described above system, device and method with respect to guider 200 being improved accuracy, processor speed and user interactions simplification with ways to restrain.
In addition, in the scope of this disclosure and appended claims, but the element of different instances embodiment and/or feature combination with one another and/or substitute each other.
Further, the form of any one be presented as equipment, method, system, computer program and the computer program in above-mentioned and other example features of the present invention.For instance, preceding method can be presented as the form of system or device, and it includes, but is not limited to be used for to carry out any structure of graphic illustrated method.
So described exemplary embodiment, it is evident that to make its variation in many ways.Described variation should be considered as breaking away from spirit of the present invention and scope, and all wish to be included in the scope of appended claims for all described modifications that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that.

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1. method, it comprises:
The guider that will be arranged in the vehicles is connected to server;
Characterize by following other step
The information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed is transmitted into described server; And
Receive and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles from described server, the described information that receives is at least in part based on the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of launching from the guider of a plurality of vehicles and definite.
2. method according to claim 1 is wherein set up described the connection between the modulator-demodular unit in described guider and the described server.
3. according to the described method of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein saidly be transmitted in the time different and take place with described reception.
4. according to the described method of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein periodically receive described information.
5. method according to claim 4, it is every three minutes that wherein said periodicity receives.
6. according to claim 3,4 or 5 described methods, wherein based on from the request that information is uploaded of described server and launch described information from described guider.
7. according to the described method of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it further comprises:
The course of determining the described vehicles based at least one required destination and a current location of the described vehicles; And
Receiving with after the relevant described information of the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles, determining the course of revising based on the described information that receives.
8. method according to claim 7, it further comprises:
Receiving with after the relevant described information of the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles, showing indication along the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles; And
After receiving the request of calculating the course of revising, determine the course of modification based on the described information that receives.
9. according to the described method of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it further comprises:
Storage and the position of the described vehicles and the relevant information of variation of speed are wherein launched described institute canned data from described guider subsequently.
10. according to the described method of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein as the described part that is connected between described guider and the described server, the use device type code receives information from described guider emission information or by described guider in the initial start sequence.
11. method according to claim 10, wherein the described information from described guider emission can be used for discerning described guider by described server, to discern set vehicles purposes and type of vehicle based on described guider through identification, and be used for increasing the mathematics accuracy of the described information that is received by described guider and in the reliability at least one, described information is relevant with the potential delay along the described course of the described vehicles.
12. method according to claim 11 wherein can further be used for determining traffic pattern and potential delay along the described course of the described vehicles by described server from the described information of described guider emission.
13. method according to claim 11, wherein the described information from described guider emission can further be used for improving defining of traffic behavior by described server, further determine along the traffic pattern and the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles, and auxiliary described guider provides the course of modification based on the described information that receives.
14. method according to claim 10, wherein the described information of launching from described guider can be used to determine the classification type of described guider.
15. method according to claim 14, the described classification type of wherein said guider comprises at least one in commercial use, consumer use, motorcycle purposes and the pedestrian's purposes.
16. method according to claim 15, wherein the described information from described guider emission can be used for using owing to the signal node identification that increases the accuracy of enhancing and the flow problem that predictive method is determined traffic behavior and expection.
17. according to the described method of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said guider is connected with the described network interface protocols that is connected between the described server.
18. a guider, it is suitable for carrying out according in the described method of claim 1 to 17 any one, and described guider comprises:
Modulator-demodular unit, it is connected to server in order to the described guider that will be arranged in the vehicles;
Transmitter, it is in order to be transmitted into described server with the information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed; And
Receiver, it is in order to receiving from described server and the relevant information of potential delay along the course of the described vehicles, and the described information that receives is at least in part based on from the relevant information of the variation with position and speed of the guider emission of a plurality of vehicles and definite.
19. guider according to claim 18, wherein said transmitter and receiver are the part of combined type transceiver.
20. according to claim 18 or 19 described guiders, wherein said modulator-demodular unit is in the adapter of described guider.
21. according to claim 18 or 19 described guiders, wherein said modulator-demodular unit is in the main body of described guider.
22. guider according to claim 19, wherein said transceiver can be used in the different time emission of the described reception of being carried out with described receiver.
23. according to the described guider of arbitrary claim in the claim 18 to 22, it further comprises:
Processor, its course in order to determine the described vehicles based at least one required destination and a current location of the described vehicles, and receiving with after the relevant described information of the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles, determining the course of revising based on the described information that receives.
24. according to the described guider of arbitrary claim in the claim 18 to 23, it further comprises:
Display, it is being in order to receive with after the relevant described information of the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles, shows the indication along the potential delay of the described course of the described vehicles.
25. according to the described guider of arbitrary claim in the claim 18 to 24, it further comprises:
Storer, its in order to the storage information relevant with the variation of the position of the described vehicles and speed for being transmitted into described server subsequently.
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