US 12,494,120 B2
Method for updating traffic information relating to a vehicle, computer-readable medium, system, and vehicle
Christian Denich, Munich (DE); and Sabrina Denich, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/550,042
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051373
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/199901, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 107 717.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0177598 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/0125 (2013.01) [G08G 1/096775 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for updating traffic information relating to a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving from the vehicle, using a server outside the vehicle, a request message to update the traffic information relating to a navigation map of the vehicle;
ascertaining, using the server outside the vehicle, a change in traffic information for each road section of the navigation map on the basis of the request message from the vehicle;
determining a criticality value for the ascertained change in the traffic information for each road section of the navigation map;
determining a relevance value for the ascertained change in the traffic information for each road section of the navigation map;
calculating a volume of change of the traffic information relating to the navigation map based at least in part on the ascertained changes in the traffic information, the determined criticality value, and the determined relevance value for all road sections of the navigation map;
transmitting, from the server outside the vehicle to the vehicle, a response message comprising the traffic information for the navigation map of the vehicle if the calculated volume of change exceeds a predefined threshold value; and
wherein the response message is configured such that the vehicle can update the traffic information relating to the vehicle based at least in part on the transmitted response message.