US 11,933,622 B2
Collective vehicle traffic routing
David M. Barth, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,493.
Application 17/590,493 is a continuation of application No. 16/577,340, filed on Sep. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,255,688.
Application 16/577,340 is a continuation of application No. 15/664,070, filed on Jul. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,429,201, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Application 15/664,070 is a continuation of application No. 15/392,164, filed on Dec. 28, 2016, granted, now 9,719,792, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Application 15/392,164 is a continuation of application No. 15/392,133, filed on Dec. 28, 2016, granted, now 9,709,411, issued on Jul. 18, 2017.
Application 15/392,133 is a continuation of application No. 14/635,685, filed on Mar. 2, 2015, granted, now 9,644,981, issued on May 9, 2017.
Application 14/635,685 is a continuation of application No. 12/757,178, filed on Apr. 9, 2010, granted, now 8,972,171, issued on Mar. 3, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155085 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01)
CPC G01C 21/3492 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3655 (2013.01); G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G01C 21/3694 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, vehicle data associated with at least one lane of a route segment, wherein the vehicle data comprises estimates of a present volume of traffic and a future volume of traffic along the at least one lane of the route segment and is indicative of an estimated number of vehicles traveling on the at least one lane;
estimating, by the one or more computing devices, a speed associated with the at least one lane of the route segment based, at least in part, on the estimated number of vehicles traveling on the at least one lane; and
providing, by the one or more computing devices, an indication of the speed associated with the at least one lane of the route segment.