Patent ID: 8874361
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented at least in part via a processing unit, comprising: receiving positioning data associated with a first vehicle, a second vehicle, a third vehicle, a fourth vehicle, a fifth vehicle and a sixth vehicle, the positioning data associated with one or more traces; receiving time-related data associated with the first vehicle, the second vehicle, the third vehicle, the fourth vehicle, the fifth vehicle and the sixth vehicle; determining one or more directionalities associated with at least one of the first vehicle, the second vehicle, the third vehicle, the fourth vehicle, the fifth vehicle or the sixth vehicle based at least in part on at least some of the positioning data and at least some of the time-related data; shifting a location of a trace of vehicular travel associated with the first vehicle based at least in part on: shifting a second location of a fourth trace of vehicular travel associated with the fourth vehicle based at least in part on: merging the trace with one or more related traces into a graph-line based at least in part on the shifted location and merging the fourth trace with one or more second related traces into a second graph-line based at least in part on the shifted second location, the graph-line having a first direction on a roadway and the second graph-line having a second direction opposite the first direction on the roadway.