Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention is proposed to provide a real-time road condition display method, apparatus, computing device and computer storage medium that overcome or at least partially solve the above problems.
According to one aspect of the present invention, a real-time traffic status display method is provided, which includes:
acquiring real-time road condition video data uploaded by a first user terminal and acquiring geographical position information of the first user terminal;
checking whether the video content meets the display condition according to the real-time road condition video data; if so, determining the video content as a real-time road condition video to be displayed;
binding real-time road condition video to be displayed with geographical position information;
and receiving a real-time road condition request message carrying geographical position information sent by a second user terminal, and sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed bound with the geographical position information to the second user terminal for display.
Optionally, the first user terminal is specifically a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder, and the second user terminal is specifically a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder.
Optionally, the real-time traffic status video data includes: video duration, video content, video capture time, and video upload time.
Optionally, checking whether the video content meets the display condition according to the real-time road condition video data; if yes, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed further comprises:
whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not is checked according to the video duration, the video shooting time and/or the video uploading time; and/or, checking whether the video content is matched with the geographical position information according to the video content;
and if the video content meets the preset time limit and/or the video content is matched with the geographical position information, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
Optionally, the specific step of checking whether the video content meets the preset time limit according to the video duration, the video shooting time and/or the video uploading time is as follows: and checking whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not according to the time interval of the video shooting time and the video uploading time.
Optionally, after determining the video content as the real-time traffic status video to be displayed, the method further includes: cutting a real-time road condition video to be displayed according to a preset time length; and/or cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the video content.
Optionally, before the real-time road condition video to be displayed and bound with the geographical location information is sent to the second user terminal for display, the method further includes: judging whether the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, which are bound with the geographical position information, exceeds one;
the step of sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed, bound with the geographical position information, to the second user terminal for display further comprises the following steps: and if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information exceeds one, selecting the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time from all the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, and sending the real-time road condition video to the second user terminal for displaying.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a real-time traffic status display device, comprising:
the acquisition module is suitable for acquiring real-time road condition video data uploaded by the first user terminal and acquiring geographical position information of the first user terminal;
the auditing module is suitable for auditing whether the video content meets the display condition according to the real-time road condition video data;
the determining module is suitable for determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed if the checking result of the checking module indicates that the video content meets the display condition;
the binding module is suitable for binding the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the geographic position information;
and the issuing module is suitable for receiving the real-time road condition request message which is sent by the second user terminal and carries the geographical position information, and issuing the real-time road condition video to be displayed and bound with the geographical position information to the second user terminal for display.
Optionally, the first user terminal is specifically a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder, and the second user terminal is specifically a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder.
Optionally, the real-time traffic status video data includes: video duration, video content, video capture time, and video upload time.
Optionally, the auditing module is further adapted to:
whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not is checked according to the video duration, the video shooting time and/or the video uploading time; and/or, checking whether the video content is matched with the geographical position information according to the video content;
the determination module is further adapted to:
and if the video content meets the preset time limit and/or the video content is matched with the geographical position information, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
Optionally, the auditing module is further adapted to: and checking whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not according to the time interval of the video shooting time and the video uploading time.
Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the cutting module is suitable for cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the preset time length; and/or cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the video content.
Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the judging module is suitable for judging whether the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographic position information exceeds one;
the issuing module is further adapted to: and if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information exceeds one, selecting the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time from all the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, and sending the real-time road condition video to the second user terminal for displaying.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computing device comprising: the processor, the memory and the communication interface complete mutual communication through the communication bus;
the memory is used for storing at least one executable instruction, and the executable instruction enables the processor to execute the operation corresponding to the real-time road condition display method.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer storage medium having at least one executable instruction stored therein, where the executable instruction causes a processor to perform operations corresponding to the real-time traffic status display method.
According to the real-time road condition display method, the real-time road condition display device, the computing equipment and the computer storage medium, the real-time road condition video data uploaded by the first user terminal are obtained, the video content of the real-time road condition video data is checked, and if the video content passes the checking, the video content is determined to be the real-time road condition video to be displayed; and binding the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the geographical position information of the first user terminal, namely: the real-time road condition video to be displayed is the real-time road condition of the geographic position information; and receiving a real-time road condition request message sent by a second user terminal, receiving geographic position information carried by the real-time road condition request message, sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed bound with the geographic position information to a corresponding position in a map of the second user terminal for displaying, and enabling a user to visually know the road condition of the corresponding position through the displayed real-time road condition video. Therefore, by using the scheme provided by the embodiment, the real-time road condition video uploaded by the first user terminal can be displayed, so that the second user terminal can intuitively know the road condition of the corresponding position according to the real-time road condition video uploaded by the first user terminal.
The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are described below in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood and to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time traffic status display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the method comprises the steps of:
step S101: the method comprises the steps of obtaining real-time road condition video data uploaded by a first user terminal and obtaining geographic position information of the first user terminal.
The method comprises the steps that a user shoots a real-time road condition video through a first user terminal in the process of advancing or driving, and the real-time road condition video is uploaded to a server of a map. The server acquires real-time road condition video data of the real-time road condition video uploaded by the first user terminal so as to verify the real-time road condition video according to the real-time road condition video data; and acquiring the geographical position information of the first user terminal so as to determine the position of the road condition displayed by the real-time road condition video on the map according to the geographical position information.
Step S102: checking whether the video content meets the display condition according to the real-time road condition video data; and if so, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
According to the invention, the road condition of the corresponding position on the map is represented by the real-time road condition video, and the uploaded real-time road condition video needs to embody the information related to the road condition. In this step, whether the video content meets the display condition is checked, specifically, whether the video content of the real-time traffic status video is legal is checked, whether the video content of the real-time traffic status video represents the traffic status is checked, and/or whether the video content of the real-time traffic status video meets the real-time requirement is checked. And if the video content of the real-time road condition video displayed by the auditing result meets the display condition, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
Step S103: and binding the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the geographical position information.
Specifically, the real-time road condition video to be displayed is bound with the geographical location information, and the binding timing can be after the geographical location information of the first user terminal is obtained, or after the real-time road condition video to be displayed is obtained. After binding, the real-time road condition video to be displayed can be regarded as the real-time road condition of the bound geographic position information, and the geographic position corresponding to the request of the road condition video response to be displayed is further determined. In specific implementation, the real-time road condition video to be displayed and the geographic position information can be correspondingly stored in the video road condition list so as to realize binding.
Step S104: and receiving a real-time road condition request message carrying geographical position information sent by a second user terminal, and sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed bound with the geographical position information to the second user terminal for display.
In this step, the real-time traffic status video to be displayed is sent to the second user terminal for display according to the real-time traffic status request message of the second user terminal. Specifically, receiving a real-time road condition request message sent by a second user terminal, and receiving geographic position information carried by the real-time road condition request message; and sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed, which is bound with the geographical position information, to a preset position in a map of the second user terminal for displaying. For example, the real-time traffic request message is a real-time traffic status of the position a of the road a, and the server sends the video of the real-time traffic status to be displayed, bound to the position a of the road a, to the second user terminal for display. During displaying, the preset position of the screen of the second user terminal can be displayed in a pop-up window mode, and in the process of playing the real-time road condition video, the user can visually see the road condition at the corresponding position.
According to the real-time road condition display method provided by the embodiment, the real-time road condition video data uploaded by the first user terminal is acquired, the video content of the real-time road condition video data is checked, and if the video content passes the checking, the video content is determined to be the real-time road condition video to be displayed; and binding the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the geographical position information of the first user terminal, namely: the real-time road condition video to be displayed is the real-time road condition of the geographic position information; and receiving a real-time road condition request message sent by a second user terminal, receiving geographic position information carried by the real-time road condition request message, sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed bound with the geographic position information to a corresponding position in a map of the second user terminal for displaying, and enabling a user to visually know the road condition of the corresponding position through the displayed real-time road condition video. Therefore, by using the scheme provided by the embodiment, the real-time road condition video uploaded by the first user terminal can be displayed, so that the second user terminal can intuitively know the road condition of the corresponding position according to the real-time road condition video uploaded by the first user terminal.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time traffic status display method according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the method comprises the steps of:
step S201: the method comprises the steps of obtaining real-time road condition video data uploaded by a first user terminal and obtaining geographic position information of the first user terminal.
The first user terminal uploads the shot real-time road condition video to a server of a map, wherein the first user terminal can be any terminal with map application installed.
The server acquires real-time road condition video data of the real-time road condition video uploaded by the first user terminal, so that the real-time road condition video is checked according to the real-time road condition video data, and whether the real-time road condition video meets the display requirement is determined. For example, real-time requirements. Wherein, real-time road conditions video data contains the video multiple information of real-time road conditions, and is optional, and real-time road conditions video data includes: video duration, video content, video capture time, and video upload time.
And the server acquires the geographical position information when the first user terminal uploads the real-time road condition video or shoots the real-time road condition video so as to determine the position of the road condition information reflected by the real-time road condition video, which corresponds to the map. Wherein the geographical location information is determined by the positioning information of the first user terminal.
Step S202: and checking whether the video content of the real-time road condition video meets the display condition.
And after the real-time road condition video data and the geographic position information are acquired, whether the video content of the real-time road condition video meets the display condition or not is checked according to the real-time road condition video data and/or the geographic position information. The specific steps of checking whether the video content of the real-time road condition video meets the display condition include checking whether the video content is legal, checking whether the video content represents the road condition, checking whether the video content meets the real-time requirement, and/or checking whether the video content is matched with the geographic position information.
Verifying whether the video content is legal or not so as to prevent lawless persons from transmitting bad information by using the uploaded real-time road condition video; whether the video content represents the road condition is checked to improve the usability of the displayed real-time road condition video, for example, if the video content is a small video for shooting an indoor environment, the video content does not represent the road condition; whether the video content meets the real-time requirement or not is checked, the usability of the displayed real-time road condition video can be improved, and the accuracy of the road condition information is improved, so that the situation that the video content provides wrong road condition information for the user due to too long distance uploading time is prevented. Specifically, whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not can be checked according to the video duration, the video shooting time and/or the video uploading time, optionally, whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not is checked according to the time interval between the video shooting time and the video uploading time, and if the time interval is smaller than the preset time interval, the video content meets the preset time limit, that is: the real-time requirement is met; and checking whether the video content is matched with the geographical position information, namely: and checking whether the road condition information in the video content represents the road condition at the geographic position information.
Step S203: and if the video content meets the display condition, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the real-time property of the video content and/or the consistency between the video content and the geographical location information are checked, and if the video content meets the display condition, the determining of the video content as the real-time traffic status video to be displayed specifically includes: and if the video content meets the preset time limit and/or the video content is matched with the geographical position information, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
Step S204: cutting a real-time road condition video to be displayed according to a preset time length; and/or cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the video content.
After the real-time road condition video to be displayed is determined, on one hand, the real-time road condition video to be displayed is cut according to the preset time length so that the time lengths of all the sections of the real-time road condition video to be displayed are kept consistent, and a user can conveniently estimate the use condition of the flow, so that excessive flow consumption caused by the fact that the time length exceeds the preset time length can be avoided, for example, the real-time road condition video to be displayed is cut, and the time length is made to be 30 seconds; on the other hand, cut the real-time traffic video to be displayed according to the video content to make the real-time traffic video displayed on the map reflect the traffic information to the maximum extent, namely: and cutting the content of each frame of video image of the real-time road condition video to be displayed, and cutting off the video content which does not reflect the road condition information. Specifically, each frame of video image is analyzed to determine whether a plurality of consecutive frames of video images include objects reflecting road conditions, such as vehicles, pedestrians, construction marks, and the like, and if not, the plurality of consecutive frames of video images are cut off.
In the process of implementing the present invention, a mode may be selected from the two aspects to cut the real-time traffic video to be displayed, or the real-time traffic video to be displayed may be cut from the two aspects at the same time, for example, first cutting video content that does not reflect traffic information, and then cutting the remaining real-time traffic video to be displayed according to a preset duration.
Step S205: and binding the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the geographical position information.
And displaying the real-time road condition video to be displayed on the map, and determining the display position on the map. In this step, the real-time traffic video to be displayed is bound with the geographical location information, and after the binding, the real-time traffic video to be displayed is the real-time traffic of the bound geographical location information.
In another embodiment of the present invention, after step S204 is performed, the real-time traffic status videos to be displayed are classified and stored, and an icon is assigned to each category, so as to mark the position of the real-time traffic status video to be displayed on the map in the form of an icon. Specifically, video content of a real-time road condition video to be displayed is analyzed, and/or types of road conditions reflected by the real-time road condition video to be displayed, such as accidents, construction, congestion and road closure, are determined according to uploading service selected when a user uploads the real-time road condition video; then, storing the real-time road condition videos to be displayed in a classified manner according to the determined categories, and distributing different icons for different classifications; the position where the road condition video exists is marked on the map in an icon mode, and therefore the user can be guided to make an accurate request.
Step S206: and receiving a real-time road condition request message carrying geographical position information sent by a second user terminal.
And receiving the real-time road condition request message sent by the second user terminal, and receiving the geographical position information carried by the real-time road condition request message, so as to send the real-time road condition video to be displayed to the second user terminal for displaying according to the real-time road condition request message of the second terminal user. The second user terminal may be any terminal installed with a map application, and in a specific embodiment of the present invention, the second user terminal is specifically a mobile phone or a car recorder. Specifically, when the user needs to know the road condition of a certain position on the map, the real-time road condition request message is sent by clicking or voice, and the server receives the real-time road condition request message of the second user terminal and determines the geographical position information carried in the real-time road condition request message.
Step S207: judging whether the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, which are bound with the geographical position information, exceeds one; if yes, go to step S208; if not, step S209 is executed.
In order to reduce the traffic consumption of the second user terminal, only one segment of real-time traffic status video to be displayed is displayed in the map corresponding to each real-time traffic status request message, and based on this, in this step, whether the number of the real-time traffic status videos to be displayed bound with the geographical location information exceeds one is judged, and the real-time traffic status video to be displayed is determined and displayed according to the judgment result.
Step S208: and selecting the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time, and sending the video to the second user terminal for displaying.
Specifically, if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information exceeds one, the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time is selected from all the real-time road condition videos to be displayed and is sent to the second user terminal for displaying, so that the real-time road condition video to be displayed sent to the second user terminal can reflect the latest road condition information.
Step S209: and transmitting the real-time road condition video to be displayed to a second user terminal for displaying.
And if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information is only one, the real-time road condition video to be displayed is sent to the second user terminal for displaying.
According to the real-time road condition display method provided by the embodiment, real-time road condition video data uploaded by a first user terminal is acquired, and geographical position information of the first user terminal is acquired; according to the real-time road condition video data and/or the geographic position information, whether the video content of the real-time road condition video meets the display condition is checked, specifically, whether the video content of the real-time road condition video meets the display condition is checked, whether the video content is legal is checked, whether the video content represents the road condition is checked, whether the video content meets the real-time requirement is checked, and/or whether the video content is matched with the geographic position information is checked; if the video content meets the display condition, determining the video content as a real-time road condition video to be displayed; cutting a real-time road condition video to be displayed according to a preset time length; and/or cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the video content so as to save the flow of the second user terminal and/or improve the quality of the real-time road condition video to be displayed; binding the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the geographical position information of the first user terminal, and receiving a real-time road condition request message sent by the second user terminal so as to display the real-time road condition video to be displayed in a targeted manner according to the real-time road condition request message; judging whether the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographic position information exceeds one, if so, selecting the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time and issuing the real-time road condition video to be displayed to a second user terminal for displaying; and if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information is only one, the real-time road condition video to be displayed is sent to the second user terminal for displaying. Therefore, by using the scheme provided by the embodiment, the real-time traffic status video uploaded by the first user terminal can be displayed according to the real-time traffic status request message of the second user terminal, so that the second user terminal can intuitively know the traffic status of the corresponding position according to the real-time traffic status video uploaded by the first user terminal.
Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram of a real-time traffic status display device according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 3, the apparatus includes: the system comprises an acquisition module 301, an auditing module 302, a determining module 303, a binding module 304 and a issuing module 305.
The obtaining module 301 is adapted to obtain real-time traffic status video data uploaded by the first user terminal, and obtain geographical location information of the first user terminal.
The auditing module 302 is adapted to audit whether the video content meets the display condition according to the real-time traffic status video data.
The determining module 303 is adapted to determine the video content as the real-time traffic status video to be displayed if the review result of the review module indicates that the video content meets the display condition.
The binding module 304 is adapted to bind the real-time traffic status video to be displayed with the geographical location information.
The issuing module 305 is adapted to receive a real-time traffic request message carrying geographical location information sent by a second user terminal, and issue a to-be-displayed real-time traffic video bound with the geographical location information to the second user terminal for display.
Fig. 4 is a functional block diagram of a real-time traffic status display device according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, on the basis of fig. 3, the apparatus further includes: a clipping module 401 and a judging module 402.
The first user terminal is a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder, and the second user terminal is a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder;
the real-time road condition video data comprises: video duration, video content, video capture time, and video upload time.
The audit module 302 is further adapted to:
whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not is checked according to the video duration, the video shooting time and/or the video uploading time; and/or, checking whether the video content is matched with the geographical position information according to the video content;
the determination module 303 is further adapted to:
and if the video content meets the preset time limit and/or the video content is matched with the geographical position information, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
The audit module 302 is further adapted to: and checking whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not according to the time interval of the video shooting time and the video uploading time.
The cutting module 401 is adapted to cut the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to a preset time length; and/or cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the video content.
The judging module 402 is adapted to judge whether the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, which are bound with the geographical location information, exceeds one;
the issuing module 305 is further adapted to: and if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information exceeds one, selecting the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time from all the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, and sending the real-time road condition video to the second user terminal for displaying.
The specific structure and operation principle of each module described above may refer to the description of the corresponding step in the method embodiment, and are not described herein again.
The embodiment of the application provides a nonvolatile computer storage medium, wherein at least one executable instruction is stored in the computer storage medium, and the computer executable instruction can execute the real-time road condition display method in any method embodiment.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a computing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the specific embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific implementation of the computing device.
As shown in fig. 5, the computing device may include: a processor (processor)502, a Communications Interface 504, a memory 506, and a communication bus 508.
Wherein:
the processor 502, communication interface 504, and memory 506 communicate with one another via a communication bus 508.
A communication interface 504 for communicating with network elements of other devices, such as clients or other servers.
The processor 502 is configured to execute the program 510, and may specifically execute the relevant steps in the above embodiment of the real-time traffic status display method.
In particular, program 510 may include program code that includes computer operating instructions.
The processor 502 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement an embodiment of the invention. The computing device includes one or more processors, which may be the same type of processor, such as one or more CPUs; or may be different types of processors such as one or more CPUs and one or more ASICs.
And a memory 506 for storing a program 510. The memory 506 may comprise high-speed RAM memory, and may also include non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory.
The program 510 may specifically be used to cause the processor 502 to perform the following operations:
acquiring real-time road condition video data uploaded by a first user terminal and acquiring geographical position information of the first user terminal;
checking whether the video content meets the display condition according to the real-time road condition video data; if so, determining the video content as a real-time road condition video to be displayed;
binding real-time road condition video to be displayed with geographical position information;
and receiving a real-time road condition request message carrying geographical position information sent by a second user terminal, and sending the real-time road condition video to be displayed bound with the geographical position information to the second user terminal for display.
In an alternative manner: the first user terminal is a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder, and the second user terminal is a mobile phone or an automobile data recorder.
In an alternative manner: the real-time road condition video data comprises: video duration, video content, video capture time, and video upload time.
In an alternative manner, the program 510 may specifically be further configured to cause the processor 502 to perform the following operations:
whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not is checked according to the video duration, the video shooting time and/or the video uploading time; and/or, checking whether the video content is matched with the geographical position information according to the video content;
and if the video content meets the preset time limit and/or the video content is matched with the geographical position information, determining the video content as the real-time road condition video to be displayed.
In an alternative manner, the program 510 may specifically be further configured to cause the processor 502 to perform the following operations: and checking whether the video content meets the preset time limit or not according to the time interval of the video shooting time and the video uploading time.
In an alternative manner, the program 510 may specifically be further configured to cause the processor 502 to perform the following operations: cutting a real-time road condition video to be displayed according to a preset time length; and/or cutting the real-time road condition video to be displayed according to the video content.
In an alternative manner, the program 510 may specifically be further configured to cause the processor 502 to perform the following operations: judging whether the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, which are bound with the geographical position information, exceeds one;
in an alternative manner, the program 510 may specifically be further configured to cause the processor 502 to perform the following operations: and if the number of the real-time road condition videos to be displayed bound with the geographical position information exceeds one, selecting the real-time road condition video to be displayed with the latest video shooting time from all the real-time road condition videos to be displayed, and sending the real-time road condition video to the second user terminal for displaying.
The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual machine, or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may also be used with the teachings herein. The required structure for constructing such a system will be apparent from the description above. Moreover, the present invention is not directed to any particular programming language. It is appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of the present invention as described herein, and any descriptions of specific languages are provided above to disclose the best mode of the invention.
In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.
Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the disclosed method should not be interpreted as reflecting an intention that: that the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the device in an embodiment may be adaptively changed and disposed in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or processes or elements are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.
The various component embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some or all of the components in the real-time road condition display apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention. The present invention may also be embodied as apparatus or device programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present invention may be stored on computer-readable media or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The usage of the words first, second and third, etcetera do not indicate any ordering. These words may be interpreted as names.