English to French Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping train, stops, walking network, location , map , itinerary

The present invention relates to the field of transportation. In particular, it relates to a method and System for generating viable pattern-transfers for an itinerary-planning System.

In the case of fixed-route transit, such as via train or urban bus service, the route followed by a vehicle in a direction represents a pattern of travel, or more simply, a pattern. Patterns are punctuated by a series of stops. Itinerary-planning Systems store thèse patterns as a series of network segments spanning between nodes. Geolocations are assigned to the nodes, typically as latitudinal and longitudinal or global positioning System coordinates.

In order for such itinerary-planning Systems to generate solutions that include a transfer between a first (or "inbound") pattern to a second (or "outbound") pattern where the geolocations of the stops along the patterns don't align perfectly, transfers between patterns (referred to as "pattern-transfers") by walking are generated by hand and stored with the patterns before deployment so that they can be used to quickly bridge the gap between stops along two different patterns.

The identified pattern-transfers can be registered in a node-connection map, which can indicate that the itinerary query was performed for the one stop along the inbound pattern. The determining can include determining if the itinerary query has been performed
for the one stop.