A Project Titan Patent Reveals a System to provide Drivers with better Route and Travel Time Estimations
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple relating to Project Titan. It's Apple's 16th patent filing just since June of this year. The patent titled "Routing based on Detected Stops" was filed back on April 27, 2018.
Apple notes that traffic information can include movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information can be analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information can be analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops can be associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes can be determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights.
Particular implementations provide at least the following advantages: More accurate travel time estimates can be calculated when stop sign/stop light information is included in route determinations. Better or faster routes can be determined when stop sign/stop light information is included in the route determination. A best time to travel to avoid stops can be determined using stop sign/stop light information.
Apple's patent FIG. 1 below is an example system for collecting and analyzing traffic information; FIG. 2 is an illustration of traffic patterns associated with a stop sign; FIG. 3 is an illustration of traffic patterns associated with a stop light.
Apple's patent application 20180313657 was invented by Jorge Fino who was Human Interface Design at Apple before moving to Pearl Automation that went bust in 2017.
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