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20120029822 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - A navigation system for a motor vehicle configured to output information via an output unit has a memory and a computing unit, map data being provided with map elements, and attributes for the map data being provided, the attributes representing properties of map elements. The map data include edges and coordinate points, the coordinate points defining a geographical position of the edges, and intermediate points which define geographical points of the edges being stored, the intermediate points defining sections of the edges in which an attribute is valid for the edge. The computing unit ascertains at least one information item on the basis of the edges, the coordinate points, the intermediate points, and the attributes, and outputs the information item, and at least a portion of the intermediate points is stored in a different memory area than the coordinate points. | 02-02-2012 |
20120041678 | POSITION INFORMATION DETECTING APPARATUS, POSITION INFORMATION DETECTING METHOD, POSITION INFORMATION DETECTING PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The position information detecting apparatus obtains pinpoint information which coincides with the first address part of the inputted address information, and thereafter detects the pinpoint information which coincides with the second address part inputted. If the position information detecting apparatus can detect the pinpoint information, it determines the position information included in the detected pinpoint information as the detection-object position information. If the position information detecting apparatus cannot detect the pinpoint information, it searches for the range information which coincides with the first address part of the inputted address information. Then, the position information detecting apparatus estimates the position information corresponding to the inputted address information by using the searched range information and the searched pinpoint information. | 02-16-2012 |
20120095682 | Methods and Systems for Creating Digital Street Network Database - In a method for creating a digital representation of a transportation network location measurement data is acquired, and a plurality of maneuvers between choke points are generated from the location measurement data. The digital representation of the transportation network is then created and stored based on the plurality of maneuvers. | 04-19-2012 |
20120150443 | Methods and Apparatus for Geo-Collaboration - Methods and computer readable medium for collaborating on geographical maps between two or more computers are disclosed. In particular, sharing a geographical location on a map between two or more computers and co-navigating a map between two or more computers are disclosed. With respect to sharing a geographical location, the geographical location is retrieved to the first computer. The geographical location is added to the map being rendered at the first computer and is sent to a second computer. A map including the geographical location is rendered at the second computer. With respect to co-navigating, a map is displayed from a map perspective at the first computer. The map perspective is sent to the second computer. A map from the same map perspective being displayed at the first computer is rendered at the second computer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120232794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENT FOR EFFICIENT DATA ENTRY FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for entering an address for a navigation system allows a user to easily and quickly select a key indicating the next character of the address. At the start of operation, the navigation system shows a full alpha-numeric keyboard. Once the next candidate characters are narrowed down to a certain degree, the navigation system shows a simplified keyboard with a limited number of keys on the monitor screen and highlights the next candidate characters on the simplified keyboard. The navigation system displays both the simplified keyboard and a street name list on the same screen. Since the keys of the limited number are arranged within a small space such as in the three-by-three manner, the user can easily point a cursor or other pointing device to the desired key. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232795 | METHOD FOR CREATING A MAP RELATING TO LOCATION-RELATED DATA ON THE PROBABILITY OF FUTURE MOVEMENT OF A PERSON - The invention relates to a method for creating a map relating to location-related data on the likelihood of the future movement of a person in a spatial environment, such as a building, forest, tunnel system or public place, and in particular a shopping center, airport or train station. In the method according to the invention, at least one person is supplied with one or more sensors (e.g. inertial sensors, rotation rate sensors, optical sensors) for odometrical measurement (odometry) (e.g. attached to a shoe), wherein the odometry has errors due to inherent measurement inaccuracies of the sensor(s) (e.g. angle deviations, length deviations). The at least one person moves by foot through the spatial environment. Information regarding the pedestrian step lengths and/or pedestrian step direction and/or orientation of the sensor or the person (called odometry information Z | 09-13-2012 |
20120245848 | SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL MAP LABELING - A navigation system may display a segment of a digital map including a map element and a label corresponding to the map element. A portion of the digital map where no labeling shall occur may be determined based on coordinate values of the map element. The label may be displayed such that the portion of the digital map where no labeling shall occur is not occupied by any portion of the label. | 09-27-2012 |
20120323492 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system | 12-20-2012 |
20130013202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION OF GEOGRAPHIC ADDRESSES - Computerized methods and system of shortening representations of geographical coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) by replacing the leading significant latitude and longitude digits in a given locality with an optional and often user friendly context hint. The locality context can be indicated either explicitly by human factors appropriate name, or implicitly by the center of map or current location of the client computerized device. The invention also discloses a reverse method to recover these eliminated digits by using the approximate center of locality and proximity to provide the missing context information. | 01-10-2013 |
20130103312 | System, Apparatus and Method for Mapping - The present invention provides a novel apparatus and method for mapping of urban regions. An apparatus includes the remote sensing equipment that is connected to a computer processor. The remote sensing equipment gathers imaging data about an urban region. The computer processor interprets the imaging data to generate a map of the urban region comprising representations that identify a first set of indicia representing physiographic characteristics, a second set of indicia representing different types of built forms, and a third set of indicia representing patterns of human activity associated with both the physiographic characteristics and the built forms. The map can also include a fourth set of indicia representing an intensity level that at least one of the other types of indicia occurs. | 04-25-2013 |
20130158871 | FUSION OF ROAD GEOMETRY MODEL INFORMATION GATHERED FROM DISPARATE SOURCES - The inventive subject matter is directed to implementing the fusion of road geometry model information in different forms from different sources in a manner that is comprehensive, efficient, and effective. Such fused road geometry model information for a particular vehicle (i.e., an ego vehicle) provides for improved performance of active safety functionality. Examples of active safety functionalities include, but are not limited to, curve speed warning, selection of target objects that are potential threats to the ego vehicle by helping the ego vehicle's path prediction, and the like. | 06-20-2013 |
20130173154 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Displaying Points of Interest - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface where the apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: display a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display; identify a point of interest associated with the geographical location; and display the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display. | 07-04-2013 |
20130191022 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ON A DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method for displaying images ( | 07-25-2013 |
20130245941 | VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION AND/OR DRIVER ASSISTANCE - Disclosed herein is assistance, safety and navigation technology for vehicles. In particular, the disclosure relates to a vehicle system and a method for controlling the vehicle system. | 09-19-2013 |
20130297206 | INDICATORS FOR OFF-SCREEN CONTENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying an indication of off-screen content. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of providing an electronic map of a first geographic area that includes a first entity at a first geographic location for display on a user interface and receiving user input indicating an interest in a second entity at a second geographic location that is outside of the first geographic area. An electronic map of a second geographic area that includes the second geographic location of the second entity is provided, and a first indicator, indicating at least an approximate direction to the first geographic location, is provided for display on the electronic map of the second geographic area. | 11-07-2013 |
20140088869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING COMPARATIVE ATHELETIC PERFORMANCE INFORMATION - In at least one embodiment, a method for presenting route traversal information includes displaying a route map comprising a route path representing a route previously traversed by an athlete, receiving a plurality of parameter data points based on the athlete's previous traversal of the route, generating a visual cue based on at least one of the plurality of parameter data points, and displaying the visual cue on the route path. | 03-27-2014 |
20140142848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GEOSPATIAL AND TEMPORAL NAVIGATION - A method and apparatus for processing at least one information feed are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one content via at least one automated feed. The method associates the at least one content to one or more geographical locations on a map, wherein the one or more geographical locations are determined from the at least one content. The method then presents an access to the at least one content to a user via the map. | 05-22-2014 |
20140163875 | SEAMLESS NETWORK GENERATION - A system and method for generating a seamless road network of a large geographical area includes a plurality of GPS probe traces extending across a geographical area. The probe traces are divided into sub-sets base on criteria, such as accuracy. A plurality of threads simultaneously employ the sub-sets traces to generate an independent network of the entire geographical area. The networks generated using sub-sets having a high accuracy are preferred over networks generating using sub-sets having a lower accuracy. The independent networks are combined to form a seamless networks of road segments. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ROUTING THAT COMBINES REAL-TIME AND LIKELIHOOD INFORMATION - A system and method for improved routing that combines real-time and likelihood information. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a digital map/map information; a likelihood routing information; a route processor; wherein, when a request is received from a user/driver, or from another system, to receive a routing information, the system receives real-time information from a traffic-monitoring device or service providing real-time information; wherein the route processor adjusts the received real-time information based on the system's likelihood routing information; and wherein the routing information based on the combination of real-time and likelihood information can then be provided to the user/driver or other system in response to the original request. | 06-12-2014 |
20140188386 | MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER FOR AUTOMOTIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, MAP DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND ROAD DIFFERENCE DATA PRODUCTION METHOD - Automotive navigation map data has a multilevel structure in which links have a relationship of association with one another among the minutest level and upper levels that are different from the minutest level in scale. A lowermost-level translation unit uses as original data items old and new RDB-form map data items of the minutest level to produce RDB-form difference data of the minutest level. An upper-level difference translation unit produces CSV-format data of a difference of each of the levels of the multilevel structure on the basis of CSV-format data, into which the difference data of the minutest level is translated, and information on the relationship of association among the links of the upper and lower levels in the automotive navigation map data, and integrates the difference data items as final map difference data for an automotive navigation map. | 07-03-2014 |
20140214318 | HANDLING OF ERRORS IN MAP DATA - A system for handling errors in map data D | 07-31-2014 |
20140278087 | Method and Apparatus for Predicting Times of High Driver Demand - A system includes a processor configured to receive information representing a driver demand level for a plurality of driving locations. The processor is further configured to aggregate the received information to identify likely high driving demand areas. The processor is additionally configured to access stored aggregated driving demand information to identify likely high driving demand areas on a current vehicle route. Also, the processor is configured to provide one or more services to reduce driver inattentiveness and to elevate driver focus during travel within the identified areas, based on upcoming identified likely high driving demand areas. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278088 | Navigation Device - A navigation device includes a map display means for displaying a large-area map screen showing a large-area map and displaying an enlarged map screen showing a partial enlarged map obtained by enlarging a partial region of the large-area map in superposition on the large-area map screen; a speed calculation means for calculating a speed pertaining to movement of the enlarged map screen; an enlarged map creation means for creating an enlarged map obtained by enlarging a predetermined region including the partial region of the large-area map based on vector data of a detailed map obtained by enlarging the large-area map; and a selection means for selecting the partial region as the partial enlarged map when the speed is no lower than a reference speed and selecting a region of the enlarged map, corresponding to the partial region, as the partial enlarged map when the speed is lower than it. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288829 | System And Method For Naming A Location Based On User-Specific Information - A method, system, and device for naming a location at which a user is present with a mobile communication device, including retrieving general information relating to the location, the general information managed by or for an entity other than the user; comparing the retrieved general information relating the location to user-specific information managed by or for the user; identifying an atemporal correlation between the retrieved general information and the user-specific information; generating at least one name for the location based on the atemporal correlation between the retrieved general information and the user-specific information providing the at least one name for the location for selection; and storing the name selected for the location from the at least one name. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297181 | LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY SYSTEM, LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD, AND LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A determination unit that determines whether a vehicle is in a lane change state where the vehicle is going to make a lane change from a travelling lane to a recommended lane; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the front image on which a guide line is superimposed, wherein the guide line has a front end point and a rear end point, are provided. In the lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction of the vehicle, and, not in the lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction in the travelling lane. | 10-02-2014 |
20140303890 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OPERATING DEVICE IN A VEHICLE, AND OPERATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein graphic data are generated by a control device, targeting a display area such that a graphic object showing at least part of the earth's surface is displayed, that the illustration of the displayed part of the earth's surface is subdivided into geographic areas in different time zones, and that the position of an actuation object in front of or on the display area is captured. Depending on the captured position of the actuation object relative to the displayed geographic areas in different time zones in the depiction of the graphic object, a geographic area located in one single time zone is selected and is displayed in bold formatting, and the time zone of the selected geographic area is dedicated to at least one timer of the vehicle. Also disclosed is an operating device for carrying out the method. | 10-09-2014 |
20140358436 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ROAD MAP USING DATA OF POSITION SENSOR OF VEHICLE - A method and a system for generating a map using data of a position sensor of a vehicle are provided which are used to generate a map by collecting data of a position sensor disposed within a vehicle. The method includes collecting, by a controller, data from the position sensor disposed within the vehicle to sense the position of the vehicle and analyzing the collected data of the position sensor. In addition, the method includes automatically generating, by the controller, the map using the analyzed data. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365120 | Mapping Application with Several User Interfaces - Some embodiments provide a method, for a mobile device, for controlling an interactive communication system of a vehicle that includes a display screen. If the display screen is touch-sensitive, the method provides a first user interface display that includes a first map the presentation of which is modifiable with touch input received through the touch-sensitive screen. If the display screen is not touch-sensitive, the method provides a second user interface display that includes a second map the presentation of which is modifiable through physical controls mounted in the vehicle. In some embodiments, if the touchscreen meets a particular set of characteristics, the first map presentation is directly modifiable with gestural input received through the display screen. If the display screen does not meet the particular set of characteristics, the first map presentation is modifiable with different, non-gestural touchscreen input received through the display screen. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365121 | USER-CENTRIC ANNOTATED LOCATION AWARE ASSET MAPPING - According to one general aspect, a method may include receiving a floor map indicating a structural layout of a physical location, receiving a point-of-interest (POI) data structure representing a POI and POI metadata associated with the POI, POI data structure including a location of an associated POI that is associated with the POI, and the POI metadata including a POI type indicating a type of the associated POI, and a POI status indicating the status of the associated POI, annotating the floor map by overlaying on the selected floor map an indicator for each selected POI data structure such that the indicator is placed on the floor map at a location representing the physical location of the respective associated POI and indicates the type of the associated POI and the status of the associated POI, displaying a portion of the annotated floor map, and initiating a POI action. | 12-11-2014 |
20150025802 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes a control unit for determining whether an approach route to a branch point, which is a route guidance object, and an exit route from the branch point correspond to a learned road link of a learned road data. The control unit provides a normal guidance, instructing a progress direction guidance for the branch point, when none of the approach and exit routes is determined to correspond to a learned road link. Alternatively, the control unit provides a learned road guidance, which is different from the normal guidance, when at least one of the approach route and the exit route is determined to correspond to a learned road link, where the learned road guidance reflects the learned road link in the route guidance. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SURROUNDING AREA SEARCH RESULT - Provided is a system and method for providing a surrounding area search result. A search system may include a searcher configured to search for a reference location in response to a nearby point of interest (POI) search request based on the reference location, and to search for POIs located around the reference location, and a display configured to display a search result about the POIs based on each reference location when at least two reference locations are retrieved. | 02-05-2015 |
20150051833 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COLLECTING PARKING LOCATION INFORMATION - A navigation apparatus comprises a processing resource operably coupled to a receiver for location-related data and arranged to perform, when in use, location determination. The processing resource supports a parking location determination module the parking location determination module is arranged to determine when the location determined is substantially unchanged and to determine that the location determined constitutes a candidate parking location in response to the location determined remaining substantially unchanged relative to a predetermined period of time. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057930 | Event-Based Location Sampling for Map-Matching - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for event-based location sampling for map-matching are provided herein. A method includes determining a location of an object via a device associated with the object; determining one or more temporal sampling periods of one or more location information sensors at one or more sampling regions based on (i) said location of the object and (ii) one or more items of map-matching information; capturing one or more motion-related events associated with the object via the one or more location information sensors during the determined one or more temporal periods; and generating a trajectory of the object based on the one or more captured motion-related events. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066366 | PARTIAL MAP UPDATES - A method, implemented in a computer system, may comprise maintaining by the computer system map data divided into at least a first pre-selected map portion and a second pre-selected map portion different from the first pre-selected map portion. The computer system may receive a request for transmission of the first pre-selected map portion to a vehicle navigation unit, and transmit a payment request indicating a payment amount associated with the first pre-selected map portion. The computer system may also receive an indication of payment of the payment amount, and transmit over a wireless network the first pre-selected map portion to the vehicle navigation unit. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING, STORING AND UTILIZING IMAGES OF A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION - A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081216 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL INFORMATION - A technique is described for providing travel information for route segments repeatedly covered by a vehicle, wherein the travel information is indicative of map data changes extractable from map data update information. A method aspect comprises the steps of determining whether the vehicle is likely to travel along repeatedly covered route segments; selecting map data changes that are associated with the repeatedly covered route segments the vehicle is likely to travel; and generating travel information on basis of the selected map data changes and providing the travel information to a driver. Provided are also a computer program product and a device implementing the described method. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094954 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A navigation apparatus includes hierarchically road map data having third-, second-, and first-layer data respectively representing a high, intermediate, and low road rank. The layer data are contiguously disposed in a storage portion in the order of the road ranks. The first- and second-layer data include area data about individual zones into which a region corresponding to the third-layer data is divided. According to a read request designating a bunch of area data, a cached portion of the designated bunch of area data is obtained from a cache area. The remaining portion is obtained from the storage portion such that an address range of the storage portion from the start point to the end point of the remaining portion is collectively read while area data not designated by the read request but positioned between the remaining portion are additionally read. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094955 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NOTIFYING USER OF DESTINATION BY ROUTE GUIDE - A method of providing destination information to a user through a location-based service includes: determining whether the user has approached a destination along a guided route for the user based on mapped location information for the user, the destination being designated by the user; and activating a visual notification function associated with the destination when the user is determined to have approached the destination. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GEOSPATIAL AND TEMPORAL NAVIGATION - A method and apparatus for processing at least one information feed are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one content via at least one automated feed. The method associates the at least one content to one or more geographical locations on a map, wherein the one or more geographical locations are determined from the at least one content. The method then presents an access to the at least one content to a user via the map. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100237 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH MODE BASED MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: identifying an activity area with a control unit based on a user's travel meeting or exceeding a travel threshold; determining a guidance mode based on a current location within the activity area and the current location for locating a device; and setting a guidance level based on the guidance mode for presenting a navigation guidance on the device. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106014 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Map Data and System Thereof - A system and a method are provided that are capable of providing map data for supporting a variety of user network environments and selecting data zones freely. A navigation terminal includes a reception unit adapted to receive a file in which map data of a specific zone is stored, from a map provision server; and an execution unit adapted to execute a navigation function on the specific zone using the file. The file is produced by an individual unit with respect to each of geographic areas divided by a mesh unit having a variable size. The size of the mesh unit is decided according to the amount of information included in the geographic area such that the file has an equalized size. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112591 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARTIALLY UPDATING A NAVIGATION DATA WHILE DRIVING - An apparatus and method are provided to partially update a navigation data without interrupting route guide service while a navigation apparatus based on a database provides the service. The apparatus includes a database file stored in a storage medium; a log file stored in the storage medium; a core module for supporting record or access of data into or from the database file and the log file; an update manager for storing a data for updating the database file into the log file using the core module; and a route guide manager for accessing the data stored in the database file using the core module and providing a route guide service. | 04-23-2015 |
20150127254 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE - Systems and methods for providing a search service are provided. A search service providing apparatus includes a search word obtaining unit for receiving a search word from an input device of a user terminal; a search result obtaining unit for obtaining a place search result corresponding to the search word; and a display controller for displaying on a display unit of the user terminal a map for displaying a first point corresponding to a certain location and a second point corresponding to a location of the place search result. The display controller includes a scale determination unit for determining a scale of the map for simultaneously displaying the first and second points on the display unit. The first and second points are displayed on the map of the determined scale. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127255 | Method for Operating an Optical Display Device of a Vehicle - A first aspect of the invention relates to a method of operating an optical display device of a vehicle. Here, a dataset is determined as a function of a specified navigation information, the dataset having a specified metadata structure which is suitable for textually characterizing the navigation information. The dataset is transmitted by way of a specified communication interface. As a function of the dataset received by way of the communication interface, pixel values are determined for at least a portion of pixels of a digital image and/or of a graphic element. Furthermore, a signalization signal is determined for signalizing the pixel values of the pixels by means of the optical display device. A second aspect of the invention relates to a data determination unit; a third aspect relates to an image determination unit and a fourth aspect relates to a display system for a vehicle for implementing the method. | 05-07-2015 |
20150292890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ROAD MAP - In embodiments of the present invention, road maps corresponding to different preset display scales are preset, where the different preset display scales correspond to different comprehensive correction maps, and the different comprehensive correction maps have different geographical identification information. After a map operation instruction is received, a road map in a corresponding preset display scale can be directly invoked, so as to display geographical identification information corresponding to the road map. The effect for displaying road map may be improved. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING CONTROL SECTION - A method and system for automatically detecting a control section using traffic information is disclosed. The automatic control section detection system may include an analyzer configured to analyze a primary control section that is a control section included in traffic control information; and a detector configured to detect an additional control section associated with the primary control section based on connectivity and directivity of roads connected to the primary control section. | 10-15-2015 |
20150300824 | Method and Device for Matching Public Transportation Route with Road Network - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a public transport line is divided into segments and a dividing point of each of the segments is determined. A matching vertex set associated with the dividing point on a road network is determined. A road matching the public transport line is determined from the road network, in which the determined road passes a point in each matching vertex set and closed polygons surrounded by the determined road and the public transport line have a smallest sum of areas. | 10-22-2015 |
20150300828 | COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD FOR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION - A method for generating street map data includes collecting acceleration, turning, and geolocation data. The data is collected from acceleration sensors, turning sensors, and geolocation systems in at a least one vehicle across a plurality of vehicle drive cycles. The method additionally includes aggregating the acceleration, turning, and geolocation data. The method further includes predicting the presence of a traffic control device in response to an identified repetitive pattern in the aggregated data. The method further includes updating street map data to include the predicted traffic control device. | 10-22-2015 |
20150316386 | DETAILED MAP FORMAT FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - A computer-readable detailed map format is disclosed. The detailed map format includes a lane segment and one or more border segments. A distance to an edge of the lane segment can be determined at a location along the lane segment by measuring a distance between the location and a portion of the border segment closest to the location. A lane width of the lane segment can be determined at a location along the lane segment by measuring a distance between two of the border segments positioned proximate to and on opposite sides of the lane segment. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316387 | DETAILED MAP FORMAT FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING - A computer-readable detailed map format is disclosed. The detailed map format includes a plurality of lane segments and a plurality of lane links. Each of the lane links can extend between two lane segments across a traffic intersection. Each of the lane links can also be associated with one of a plurality of traffic signals. A transition rule is associated with a first lane link and based on information associated with the one of the plurality of traffic signals associated with the first lane link. An interlock rule can be based on information associated with the one of the plurality of traffic signals associated with a second lane link. The first lane link and second lane link can be associated with different traffic signals and can extend between different lane segments across the traffic intersection. | 11-05-2015 |
20150338233 | Geotagging Structured Data - A mapping system comprising processes for creating and displaying structured geotagged data using interactive digital geographic imagery is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mapping system comprises processes and logic for creating a geo tag for structured data. A user creates a geo tag for a property of an object by selecting a geographic location on an interactive digital map and selecting the property of the object from a dialog presented to the user in response to selecting the geographic location. In this way, the user can more quickly and easily create structured geotagged data than can be accomplished using typical approaches requiring the user to manually enter geographic coordinates to associate a geographic location with structured data. | 11-26-2015 |
20150338235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING MAP DATA - A computer-implemented method of creating map data for enhancing a digital map comprising a plurality of navigable segments representing a network of navigable segments | 11-26-2015 |
20150345955 | Detecting Common Geographic Features in Images Based on Invariant Components - Systems, devices, features, and methods for detecting common geographic features in images, such as, for example, to develop a navigation database are disclosed. For example, a method of detecting a common text pattern, such as for a road or path sign, from collected images includes collecting a plurality of images of geographic areas along a road or path. An image of the plurality of images is selected. Components that correspond to an object about the road or path in the selected image are determined. In one embodiment, the determined components are independent or invariant to scale of the object. The determined components are compared to reference components in a data library. If the determined components substantially match the reference components, the object in the selected image is identified to be a common pattern, such as for a standard road or path sign, corresponding to the reference components in the data library. | 12-03-2015 |
20150345956 | Physical Disability Probes for Geographic Information - Systems, devices, features, and methods for obtaining, enhancing, or using data for or with a geographic database, such as a navigation database, are disclosed. For example, one method includes receiving input to enable a probe sensor that is associated with a device used by a being with a physical disability. Geographic data is collected via the probe sensor when the device is in use by the being with the physical disability. The collected geographic data is provided to a data collection facility to develop data corresponding to a geographic and/or navigation database. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348318 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ROADS AND ROUTES USING HARDWARE TESSELLATION - A technical solution is provided for graphical representation of road segments by employing hardware tessellation, wherein cartographic data that describe at least one two-dimensional or three-dimensional road contour of the road segment are assigned to each road segment. One method aspect comprises the steps of piecewise partitioning the parametrisation of the road segment into mutually independent curve segments, of providing at least one tessellation factor for each curve segment, the at least one tessellation factor specifying into how many subsegments each curve segment is to be subdivided in the direction of the road contour, of generating a tessellation pattern for each curve segment based on the at least one tessellation factor, and of generating primitives, capable of being represented on a screen, on the basis of the generated tessellation pattern and on the basis of the parametrised road contour. | 12-03-2015 |
20150354971 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN NAVIGATIONAL APPLICATIONS - A method comprising providing or receiving updated information, previous and said updated information associated with a geographic region, said previous information comprising information about one or more links usable for connecting to one or more links in a different geographic region, and said updated information comprising at least said previous information and new Information about one or more links for connecting to one or more links in said different geographic region. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354972 | TRAVEL TIME PREDICTION METHOD AND TRAVEL TIME PREDICTION DEVICE - A computer refers to observation data formed by observing, at plural timings, a travel time taken for a vehicle to pass through a road section. The computer then obtains a first statistical value of the travel time at a first time of a prediction target day based on the observation data. The computer further obtains a second statistical value of the travel time at a second time later than the first time. The computer then calculates a prediction value of the travel time at the second time based on the first statistical value, the second statistical value, and the travel time observed at the first time. The computer calculates the prediction value such that a difference between the second statistical value and the prediction value at the second time is smaller than a difference between the first statistical value and the travel time observed at the first time. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354979 | Navigation Device for a Movable Object and Method for Generating a Display Signal for a Navigation Device for a Movable Object - A navigation device for a movable object includes a data provider and a processor that provides a three-dimensional navigation map having towering map objects. Based on an ascertained position of a movable object, the processor receives a three-dimensional navigation map having towering map objects of an area surrounding the movable object and provides navigation map to a display device so that the navigation map is reproducible by the display device in a manner viewed from a view position which is located above the navigation map and is a function of the ascertained position of the movable object. The processor dynamically alters a height of a towering map object in the navigation map as a function of a distance of the towering map object to the view position. | 12-10-2015 |
20150362325 | SCHEME FOR UPDATING NAVIGATION THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH USER EQUIPMENT - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of and device for updating a navigation device through communication with a User Equipment (UE). The method includes recognizing at least one of a location and an object as a Point of Interest (POI), based on a user preference set in advance or a user's input; transmitting, to the UE, a request for additional data associated with the location or the object; receiving, from the UE, the additional data associated with the location or the object through the communication; and updating the navigation device using the additional data. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362327 | Method and Apparatus for Representing Road Intersections - A method is disclosed for representing road intersections as data. A database includes intersection object data entities that represent physical road intersections. Each intersection object data entity includes a maneuver list that identifies each permissible transversal of the intersection from each lane by which the represented intersection can be entered to each lane from which the intersection can be exited from the associated lane by which the intersection can be entered. Each transversal in the maneuver list indicates an entry lane, an exit lane, the geometry of a vehicle path connecting the entry and exit lanes, and an indication of a level of confidence associated with the specified geometry. The database can be used by a system in a vehicle to provide a safety-related function. The database is compatible with navigation-related applications that use a different data model to provide navigation-related functions. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUSHING POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for pushing point of interest information, comprising: displaying an electronic map; determining a target point of interest on the electronic map; acquiring an access identification of at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest; and displaying the access identification of the at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a system for pushing point of interest information. According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the efficiency of pushing point of interest information can be improved. | 12-17-2015 |
20150369609 | EFFICIENT VISION-AIDED INERTIAL NAVIGATION USING A ROLLING-SHUTTER CAMERA WITH INACCURATE TIMESTAMPS - Vision-aided inertial navigation techniques are described. In one example, a vision-aided inertial navigation system (VINS) comprises an image source to produce image data at a first set of time instances along a trajectory within a three-dimensional (3D) environment, wherein the image data captures features within the 3D environment at each of the first time instances. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) to produce IMU data for the VINS along the trajectory at a second set of time instances that is misaligned with the first set of time instances, wherein the IMU data indicates a motion of the VINS along the trajectory. A processing unit comprising an estimator that processes the IMU data and the image data to compute state estimates for 3D poses of the IMU at each of the first set of time instances and 3D poses of the image source at each of the second set of time instances along the trajectory. The estimator computes each of the poses for the image source as a linear interpolation from a subset of the poses for the IMU along the trajectory. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369623 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION GENERATION FOR MULTIPLE POINTS OF INTEREST - An improve navigation application can generate and display a composite representation of multiple POIs when POI icons representing the POIs appear to be overlapping. Some embodiments display the composite representation when a certain zoom level is reached for a map including the multiple POI icons. In some embodiments, the navigation application can determine POIs that may be of interest to the user based on the user's attributes and activity history and generate the composite representation based on those attributes. The composite representation can include multiple POI icons that are displayed adjacent to each other such that a user of the navigation application can readily identify POIs that are likely to be of interest to the user within a region. | 12-24-2015 |
20150377628 | MAPPING PREFERRED LOCATIONS USING MULTIPLE ARROWS - A method for depicting location attributes in a map environment. The method includes receiving a request for parameters about a first type of location. The method includes determining a first set of directional arrows, where each directional arrow is associated with a location and has a first set of properties based on the parameters about the first type of location. The method further includes determining a selection of a first directional arrow, which is associated with a first location, from the first set of directional arrows. Modifications to the first set of directional arrows are made based on the selection of the first directional arrow. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377629 | VERIFYING A ROAD NETWORK OF A MAP - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for verifying the road network of map. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for verifying a road network of a map. The method comprises: determining, based on locations of a set of points in the map, a trajectory distance of a trajectory between a start point and an end point in the set of points on the map; determining a route distance between the start point and the end point in the road network of the map; and verifying the road network by comparing the trajectory distance and the route distance. A corresponding system is also disclosed. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377630 | Dynamic Highlighting of Geographic Entities on Electronic Maps - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, can be used to dynamically generate electronic maps with highlighted entity boundaries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for an electronic map segment for a geographic region, with the request identifying a geographic entity to be highlighted in the requested electronic map segment. A plurality of layers of map data associated with the geographic region and data defining a boundary of the identified geographic entity are retrieved in response to the request. The electronic map segment is rendered based on the retrieved plurality of layers of map data and the data defining the boundary of the geographic entity, with one or more of the retrieved layers are rendered over a rendering of a highlighted boundary of the geographic entity. The rendered electronic map segment is transmitted in response to the request. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377632 | Navigation System and Method - An apparatus and method are provided. A hierarchical navigation database with multiple levels including tiles is defined. Link data records representative of a road segments are stored in the hierarchical navigation database. A lower level tile containing a starting point data record of a route is identified. A link data record crossing the lower level tile border is identified. Whether the identified link data record also crosses a tile border of a higher level tile is determined. If the identified link data record crosses a tile border of a higher level tile, whether the higher level tile includes a destination point record is determined. Unless the higher level tile is determined to include the destination point record, a next link data record is determined in the route from the higher level. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377636 | GENERATING A ROAD NETWORK FROM LOCATION DATA - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for generating a road network. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method comprising: identifying a target area to be refined in a road network skeleton; and refining the target area using at least one trajectory associated with the target area to generate the road network. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a corresponding system. | 12-31-2015 |
20160003628 | BRANCHING AND MERGING DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A branching and merging determination apparatus includes a recognizer and a determiner. The recognizer recognizes a target present in front of an own vehicle. The determiner determines, based on a result of the recognition of the target by the recognizer, presence or absence of branching and merging of roads. Specifically, the determiner is configured to: estimate a traveling section where branching or merging of roads is probably present; and determine that no branching or merging of roads is present in a region of the estimated traveling section where there is a preceding vehicle traveling at a higher speed than the own vehicle. | 01-07-2016 |
20160018227 | Data Mining in a Digital Map Database to Identify Insufficient Superelevation Along Roads and Enabling Precautionary Actions in a Vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a curved portion of a road with insufficient superelevation. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where curved sections of roads have insufficient superelevation (banking), i.e., where the superelevation is below a threshold. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location of insufficient superelevation. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location of insufficient superelevation. | 01-21-2016 |
20160025551 | INTELLIGENT NOISE MONITORING DEVICE AND NOISE MONITORING METHOD USING THE SAME - An intelligent noise monitoring device includes a self-flying moving module, a noise measurement module equipped in the moving module to measure noise of a target to be detected, a control module configured to control the moving module and the noise measurement module; and a communication module configured to communicate with a ground control center, wherein the intelligent noise monitoring device flies to a location to be detected to measure the noise of the location to be detected so as to determine whether or not the measured noise is in an abnormal state. | 01-28-2016 |
20160047658 | MAP DATA STORAGE DEVICE, MAP DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND MAP DATA UPDATING SYSTEM - A map data updating system includes a first map data storage storing a first version of update-directed data and a first version of update-undirected data in different partitions, a second map data storage storing an image file of a second version of the update-directed data and an image file of a second version of the update-undirected data, and an update processing device that reads the image file of the second version of the update-directed data from the second map data storage device and restores the read image file of the second version of the update-directed data and overwrites the partition storing the first version of the update-directed data. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047659 | MAP DIFFERENCE DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM, MAP DIFFERENCE DATA DELIVERY DEVICE, MAP DATA HOLDING DEVICE, UPDATE MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MAP DIFFERENCE EXTRACTION SERVER - A map difference data delivery system includes a map difference data delivery device and a map data holding device. The map difference data delivery device stores map difference data representing a difference between before and after version update and delivers the map difference data. The map difference data includes map elements updated in the version update and dependent map elements by dating back to update of map elements corresponding to a different version. The dependent map elements are map elements that have a dependent relationship and need to be previously updated to avoid conflict with other map elements when updated. The map difference data delivery device groups data of the dependent map elements that have a dependent relationship in the same version. | 02-18-2016 |
20160054134 | Broadcast map program method employing point-of-interest, geo-coordinate validation by a trusted person - An map display method wherein a point of interest is displayed on a map, the geo-coordinates updated by a trusted person and then stored for subsequent display to the displays of a plurality of different computers such as through the internet. | 02-25-2016 |
20160061615 | MAP DATA STORAGE DEVICE, MAP DATA UPDATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A map data storage device, a map data updating method, and a computer program that can shorten the time required for a map data updating process. In the case where map data stored in a navigation-side local DB of a navigation apparatus are to be updated, the navigation apparatus updates the map data stored in the navigation-side local DB on the basis of map updating data received from a map distribution center, and prepares a data reference index that associates a PID (universal identification information) included in the map data with a record number (internal identification information) included in the map data on the basis of the updated map data. After that, in the case where an application is executed by the navigation apparatus, the prepared data reference index is referenced to access the map data stored in the navigation-side local DB. | 03-03-2016 |
20160069704 | METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION THROUGH MAP SERVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor configured to receive an input for executing an application that provides a map service, sense a selection input event associated with a creation image item of a map of interest provided in the application, receive an inputting of title information of the map of interest, allowed regional scope information, and access right information that allows access to the map of interest, generate map-of-interest data based on the received input, and control a display module to display a map-of-interest user interface (UI) based on the generated map-of-interest data, and a communication module configured to transmit the generated map-of-interest data to a server. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078140 | TRIP PLAN SHARING AND MATCHING METHOD - A trip plan sharing and matching method is disclosed. The method allows a user can edit a destination datum by a map website. When the user presses a share button via a mobile device, the map website transmits the destination datum to a web serve and stores the destination datum in the mobile device account of the web server. The mobile device periodically transmits a first matching message to the web server. When the vehicle mounted device enables a share reception, the vehicle mounted device periodically transmits a second matching message to the web server. If the web server confirms the first matching message to the second matching message, the web serve transmits the destination datum to the vehicle mounted device and then the vehicle mounted device executes a navigation process according to the destination datum. | 03-17-2016 |
20160090700 | STOP POSITION DETERMINING DEVICE FOR TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND TRANSPORT VEHICLE WITH THE SAME - To make a transport vehicle stop close to a bund in dependence on the shape of the bund. A stop position determining device for a transport vehicle includes: a bund identification module ( | 03-31-2016 |
20160091322 | AUTOMATICALLY ORIENTATING A MAP ACCORDING TO THE MAP'S NATURAL VIEWING ORIENTATION - Some embodiments provide a device that automatically orients and displays a map of a region according to the natural viewing orientation of the map. In some embodiments, the device examines data associated with the map to determine whether it can identify a natural viewing orientation of the map that differs from the geographic orientation of the map. When the device is able to identify such a natural viewing orientation, it displays the map according to this natural viewing orientation instead of the geographic orientation of the map. On the other hand, when the device is not able to identify a natural viewing orientation that differs from the geographic orientation, the device displays the map according to its geographic orientation. In some embodiments, the geographic orientation of the map is north-up orientation (where north is up (e.g., top center of the page), south is down, west is left, and east is right). In other embodiments, the geographic orientation of the map can be another orientation that is set by one of the geographic directions, such as south-up map orientation, where south is up, north is down, east is left and west is right. | 03-31-2016 |
20160097654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC MAP DISPLAYS WITH POINTS-OF-INTEREST INFORMATION BASED ON REFERENCE LOCATIONS - Methods and systems are provided for generating an electronic map display. In one implementation, a method is provided for receiving route information associated with a route having an origination point and a destination point, determining a location of a reference point along the route, assigning a spatial identifier to the reference point, searching for points of interest (POIs) in a search area associated with the spatial identifier, ranking, using a processor, the POIs based on distances of POIs from the location of the reference point, and providing POI information for an electronic map display, wherein the POI information is associated with one or more POIs and selected based on the ranking of the POIs. | 04-07-2016 |
20160102983 | MAP PRESENTATION FOR MULTI-FLOOR BUILDINGS - Example systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for displaying a map of a multi-floor building are presented. In one example, a first view may be presented for display. The first view may include a floor map of each of multiple floors of a building. The floor maps may be arranged in parallel according to position within the building and displayed at an angle between perpendicular to the floor maps and parallel to the floor maps. During the presenting for display of the first view, a user selection of a first one of the floor maps may be received. In response to the user selection, an animation from the first view to a second view may be presented for display. The second view may display the first one of the floor maps at an angle perpendicular to the first one of the floor maps. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102987 | METHOD FOR INFERRING TYPE OF ROAD SEGMENT - Present invention provides a method for inferring the type of a road segment, comprising the steps of: collecting historical driving trajectory data of a plurality of vehicles for a target road segment, performing a statistic on the historical driving trajectory data, and obtaining statistical features of the target road segment; extracting topological features of the target road segment from topological structure data of the road network; merging the statistical features with the topological features of the target road segment, and obtaining an arrogated feature vector of the target road segment; building a logistic regression model according to the arrogated feature vector, and obtaining a first inferred type of the target road segment. The present embodiment considers both the driving trajectory data of a plurality of vehicles and the topological structure data of the road network, the accuracy of the present invention is high, and the inferred result is accurate. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102992 | STREET-LEVEL GUIDANCE VIA ROUTE PATH - A street-level view can realistically reflect that objects occlude depicted route paths. Such objects can include guardrails, buildings, or any of a variety of other objects as described herein. A superior user experience that portrays route paths while taking real-world geometry into account can result. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109240 | DYNAMIC HIERARCHICAL NAVIGATION SCHEMES FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and machine-readable medium are disclosed for creating and providing dynamic hierarchical navigation schemes in storage management systems. A mapping data structure is maintained to store hierarchical relationship mapping within a storage management system, allowing users to customize their interactions with the storage system. The method, includes receiving a user-defined navigation preference to view an attribute of a second storage object from a navigation screen defined for a first storage object; updating a mapping data structure for storing a hierarchical relationship of a second storage object, based on the user-defined navigation preference; and presenting the attribute of the second storage object at the navigation screen for the first storage object. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109244 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING MAP DATA - Map data is managed by being divided into a geometric information data list of pieces of geometric information or a phase information data list of pieces of phase information, an attribute information data list of pieces of attribute information, and a relation information data list of pieces of relation information each indicating a relation between the geometric information or the phase information and the attribute information. The pieces of attribute information in the attribute information data list are arranged in the order corresponding to the pieces of geometric information or phase information which are feature information, and the pieces of relation information are arranged in the order corresponding to the pieces of geometric information or phase information which are feature information. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109256 | MAP DISPLAY CONTROLLER - A map display controller includes an operation portion that is operated in a predetermined operation range, an operation detecting unit that detects an operation on the operation portion, a reaction force generating unit that applies a reaction force against a change in position of the operation portion to the operation portion when an operation in which the position of the operation portion is changed to pass over a predetermined area in the operation range in a predetermined direction is performed, and a control unit that switches a display mode of a map display displayed on a display device when it is detected from the detection result of the operation detecting unit that the position of the operation portion passes over the predetermined area in the predetermined direction. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109257 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATED AND SEMIAUTOMATED COMPOSITION OF VISUAL SEQUENCES, FLOWS, AND FLYOVERS BASED ON CONTENT AND CONTEXT - A system with the ability to dynamically compose a sequence of visual views or flows allowing a single object or region, or multiple objects or regions, to be viewed from different perspectives and visual distances is described. The sequence of views can provide smooth flyovers over positions and details on objects that are deemed to be of interest, with changes in zoom level and/or velocity that are functions of the estimated complexity and/or unfamiliarity with features of the object. In an example, a flyover displaying different views on a map of a city arterial system on a small-screened mobile device is composed based on current traffic conditions, swooping up and down with parabolic trajectories, based on distances being traversed, and pausing at times over key traffic jams and other findings of interest based on the estimated visual complexity and predicted atypicality of situations. | 04-21-2016 |
20160138933 | Travel Route Display Device, Travel Route Display Method and Travel Route Display Program - A travel route display device ( | 05-19-2016 |
20160140850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXOCENTRIC DISPLAY OF INTEGRATED NAVIGATION - A system and method are provided for displaying a strategic navigational overview of a vehicle, including a navigational map and a marker icon thereon representing an entity pertinent to navigation of the vehicle. A vertical line contacting the marker icon has, contiguous thereto, a current altitude icon representing the current altitude of the vehicle, and a trending icon indicating a direction of a change in altitude of the vehicle. | 05-19-2016 |
20160146617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRAJECTORY PATHS ON A ROAD NETWORK - An approach is provided for determining trajectory paths of a road network. A location platform determines at least one first waypoint and at least one second waypoint of at least one road structure. The at least one first waypoint represents at least one entry point to the at least one road structure, and wherein the at least one second waypoint represents at least one exit point from the at least one road structure. The location platform causes, at least in part, a designation of at least one location trace spanning the at least one first waypoint and the at least one second waypoint as at least one baseline path. The location platform then causes, at least in part, a classification of one or more other location traces with respect to the at least one baseline path. | 05-26-2016 |
20160146627 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SCROLL TO USER SELECTED POINT OF INTERESTS (POIS) - A navigation system has at least one processor. A memory is coupled to the processor. The memory stores program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: display a map; display a cursor showing a present location of a vehicle on the map; display a menu screen to enter user selected point of interest (POI) search criteria; display markings on the map, wherein each marking corresponds to a POI matching the user selected POI search criteria; move the map to a user selected marking; and center the map on the user selected marking. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160161268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MAP DISPLAY BASED ON VELOCITY INFORMATION - An approach is provided for presenting comprehensible representation of travel segments based, at least in part, on velocity information. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of traffic information, velocity information, or a combination thereof for one or more travel segments, characteristic information for one or more vehicles, or a combination thereof to determine the one or more travel segments within a velocity threshold level. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a filtering of the one or more travel segments based, at least in part, on the velocity threshold level. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of at least one mapping user interface depicting one or more representations for the one or more travel segments within the velocity threshold level. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160187143 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING DYNAMIC LOCATION-BASED ZONE MANAGEMENT FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A mechanism is described for facilitating location-based zone management for computing systems according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving, at a server computing device, a request to locate a destination relating to an entity, retrieving a first data relating to an outdoor navigation portion of an address relating to the destination, and retrieving a second data relating to an indoor navigation portion of the address relating to the destination. The first and second data are retrieved from a first database coupled with the first server computing device. The method may further include communicating the first data and the second data to a client computing device. | 06-30-2016 |
20160187146 | Total Route Score to Measure Quality of Map Content - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for total route scores to measure quality of map content. Test data is received for a region of interest. The test data may be matched to routes formed from road links stored in a database. Frequency weights may be assigned to the test data based on the frequency of usage for the road links. The routes in the database may be compared to the traveled routes in the test data. Using this comparison, one or more errors in the database may be identified. A total route score for the region of interest may calculated from the errors and frequency weights. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189551 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AIRPORT MODEL - A method of providing an airport model from a data server to an aircraft for a flight from a source airport to a destination airport. The method includes prior to take off from the source airport, transmitting from the aircraft a first identifying signal to a first data server associated with the source airport and receiving a complete airport model of a destination airport from the first data server. While in flight and prior to landing at the destination airport, the method further includes transmitting from the aircraft a second identifying signal, including a version indicator for the complete airport model, to a second data server associated with the destination airport and comparing the version indicator to the current version of the airport model and prior to landing. | 06-30-2016 |
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