Patent ID: 9020761
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for defining travel paths in parking areas, the method comprising: identifying, by one or more processors, one or more street network connection points for a parking area, the one or more street network connection points providing the ability to enter the parking area from a street network, exit the parking area to the street network, or both; defining, by the one or more processors, a first set of one or more travel paths in the parking area by connecting the one or more street network connection points in the parking area; defining, by the one or more processors, a second set of one or more travel paths in the parking area by identifying one or more paths traversed by one or more vehicles in the parking area based at least in part on telematics data collected while the one or more vehicle were traversing the parking area; and merging, by the one or more processors, the first set of one or more travel paths with the second set of one or more travel paths.