Abstract:
Method and device for guiding road vehicles, particularly usable in densely interconnected road networks. A vehicle apparatus is used with a desired destination input unit and road instruction output unit. The vehicle position finding (determination of the road taken and the travelling direction) is carried out by the detection and analysis of the wheel turns of a non driven vehicle axle. When determining the travelling direction, a correction factor depending on the speed and the curve radius is taken into consideration.
Abstract:
In a process and device for determining the position of a land craft by acquiring and evaluating driving data followed by correcting the position calculated on the basis of the driving data by comparing them with the data of a recorded, digitalised road netword, it is important to be able to determine the position in a reliable way. In the case of an extensive road network, such as a whole state or the whole territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, this can lead to extremely long calculations that stand in the way of a meaningful application of the process. To solve this problem, a grid is superimposed on the road network to subdivide it in meshes of limited surface. Beginning from a starting position, successive meshes are selected, in which the vehicle is situated at a given moment, and the position calculated on the basis of the driving data is corrected in predetermined intervals to give the possible and most probable position of the landcraft given through the road network in the selected mesh and its neighborhood.
Abstract:
In process for determining an itinerary between a starting point and a destination point that are both situated within a digitally recorded street network, there is the problem of carrying out the necessary calculations to determine the itinerary in a short time also in the case of extensive street networks. Otherwise the results may be obtained too late and not help the driver to make a decision. This problem is solved by dividing and recording the street network into at least two levels of different mesh densities and regional sizes, several smaller partial areas with a finer mesh density being arranged on the lower level and one or more larger partial areas with a larger mesh density being arranged on the higher level. A possible intinerary is then sought at first on the lower level of the street network and if the result is negative the search is carried out on the next higher level until a positive result is obtained. The itinerary is then determined on the level in which a positive result was obtained, for example on the same level or up and down between levels.