Patent ID: 9127955
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for providing adaptive guidance for driver navigation, said method comprising: recording navigation error data for navigation errors detected by navigation systems in a plurality of vehicles, where the navigation errors include missing a turn, missing a highway exit, turning at a wrong location, turning in a wrong direction, taking a wrong highway exit, and driving past a selected final destination; providing the navigation error data to a server computer including a processor and a memory; analyzing, on the server computer, the navigation error data to detect patterns in the navigation errors from the plurality of vehicles, including patterns of errors made by an individual driver and patterns of errors made at a particular roadway location; incorporating information about the patterns in the navigation errors as a property in a route planning system; and providing adaptive driver navigation guidance from the server computer to the navigation system in at least one of the vehicles for use by a driver, where adaptations in guidance are made based on the patterns in the navigation errors, and the adaptations in guidance are designed to reduce a driver navigation error likelihood.