US 12,359,938 B2
Collecting user-contributed data relating to a navigable network
Vicenzo Vitale, Amsterdam (NL); David Silsbury, Amsterdam (NL); Zishan Ahmed Shaikh, Berlin (DE); Alessio Colombo, Berlin (DE); Simone Tornioli, Amsterdam (NL); and Soren Sven Sonnenburg, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to TomTom Traffic B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Appl. No. 17/623,845
Filed by TomTom Traffic B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068908
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/001565, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1909556 (GB), filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357181 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.01)
CPC G01C 21/3841 (2020.08) [G08G 1/0108 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for obtaining information relating to a navigable network from a device travelling within the navigable network, the method comprising:
receiving, at the device, a request for obtaining sensor data, the request having:
a location-specific trigger associated with a location within the navigable network, and
a script detailing sensor data that is to be obtained at the location specified in the request and detailing processing steps to be performed by the device, the script including one or more instructions that, when processed by the device, cause the device to obtain the sensor data from one or more sensors accessible by the device, process the sensor data to determine or extract information relating to one or more attributes of the navigable network, and provide a sensor data report including the information relating to the one or more attributes of the navigable network;
when the device determines that the device has reached the location associated with the trigger, automatically processing, by the device, the script to cause the device to:
obtain the sensor data from the one or more sensors; and
process the sensor data to determine or extract the information relating to the one or more attributes of the navigable network, and generate the sensor data report.