Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Method of and system for determining route speed of a mobile navigation unit movable along a route segment of a route having a plurality of intersections

Abstract:

The route speed of a mobile global positioning satellite (GPS) navigation unit in a vehicle movable along one of a plurality of available route segments of a route having a plurality of intersections, is determined by locating a first and a second of the intersections, by locating a start boundary point, by locating a plurality of end boundary points for all the route segments, and by receiving geographic location information of the vehicle at an initial trajectory point located past the start boundary point, and a subsequent trajectory point past the end boundary point in the one route segment into which the vehicle moved. The trajectory points are associated with trajectory times. A server determines the route speed of the one route segment by dividing a differential distance between the trajectory points by a differential time between the trajectory times. The route speed of the other route segments is likewise determined to aid in route optimization.