US 12,462,680 B2
Method and processing system for processing probe data and probe
Jean-Claude Mattelaer, Gentbrugge (BE)
Assigned to TomTom Global Content B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by TomTom Global Content B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,284.
Claims priority of application No. 22191824 (EP), filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0071217 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/065 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/065 (2013.01) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing probe data, comprising:
processing the probe data to determine a change in a number of vehicles parked in an area, the probe data including information for probe traces for a plurality of probes;
identifying an occurrence of an event based at least on the change in the number of vehicles parked in the area;
performing one or more operations responsive to the occurrence of the event, the one or more operations being selected from among: traffic flow controlling; dynamic vehicle route guiding; operations for autonomous driving; digital map information updating; traffic warning outputting; point of interest (POI) identifying; and POI ranking;
identifying POIs based at least on map data, the identifying POIs includes determining whether at least one of the POIs is located in proximity to the area; and
when the occurrence of the event is identified and none of the POIs is in proximity to the area, updating the map data to include information about a new POI located within or in spatial proximity to the area.