Road Condition Transmission Using Directional Segment Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing road condition information transmission systems provide low accuracy as they only send information about the road ahead, not accounting for the user's current driving direction, leading to inconvenient manual adjustments by users.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that determine a target subsequent road segment based on recorded road segment information, including attributes like length and recording times, to transmit accurate road condition information to the user, aligning with their driving direction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the server only sends road condition information of the road ahead to the client, then the system complexity is reduced, but the accuracy of the road condition information sent to the client deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidaccuracy of road condition information
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by determining the target subsequent road segment based on the client's current driving direction and sending road condition information specifically for that segment. Instead of treating all road segments uniformly, the system identifies and prioritizes the specific road segment that the client will actually traverse, thereby improving information accuracy without significantly increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Measurement precision

If the server sends road condition information for multiple candidate road segments, then the accuracy of information is improved, but the quantity of information transmitted increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of road condition informationVSAvoidquantity of information transmitted
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary road condition information for the target subsequent road segment determined by the client's driving direction. By filtering out information for other candidate road segments that the client is not currently headed towards, the system maintains high information accuracy while minimizing the quantity of data transmitted to the client.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Measurement precision

If the server uses recorded road segment information to determine the target subsequent road segment, then the accuracy of road condition information is improved, but the processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of road condition informationVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining recorded road segment information that includes attributes such as length and recording times. This pre-processed data allows the server to quickly determine the target subsequent road segment by comparing candidate segments against the recorded information, reducing the processing time required at the moment of information transmission while maintaining high accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10410518B2Road condition information transmission method and apparatus, and road condition information obtaining method
Publication Date: 2019.09.10 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a road condition information transmission method and apparatus and a road condition information obtaining method. The road condition information transmission method comprises: receiving a road condition information request sent by a first client, the road condition information request being used to request road condition information; obtaining a current location of the first client; determining a target subsequent road segment from a plurality of candidate subsequent road segments of the current location, the target subsequent road segment being determined according to recorded road segment information; and transmitting road condition information of the target subsequent road segment to the first client.