Patent ID: 9494690
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G01C,G01S,G06N

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a prediction of a type of attribute located along a segment of a driving route based on one or more speed variation patterns obtained from Global Positioning System (GPS) elements, the method comprising the steps of: (a) retrieving a plurality of GPS elements; (b) for each GPS element that corresponds to one or more positions along the segment of the driving route, identifying a portion of the GPS element recorded along the segment to include in an input GPS set; (c) representing, via a processor, the segment of the driving route by a multi-dimensional feature vector capturing the one or more speed variation patterns; and (d) inputting the multi-dimensional feature vector into a function for the type of attribute and in response to analyzing the multi-dimensional feature vector input in the function, determining the prediction indicating whether an object of the type of attribute is physically located along the segment of the driving route.