Here Global B.v.

Navteq B.v.

Other

Navteq North America, LLC

Here North America LLC

Nokia Technologies Oy

James D Lynch

William N Gale

Ole Henry Dorum

Leon Stenneth

Leo Modica

Narayanan Alwar

Jon D Shutter

Bradley Dean Kohlmeyer

Marianna Gnedin

Jason Borak

Adil M Musabji

Matei Stroila

Peter A Seegers

Landis Huffman

Daniel Kraus

Nicholas Sula

Nilesh Kadam

Roberto Raggi

Prasad Kavuri

Martin J Vanderploeg

Teemu Hakala

Aaro Tuukkanen

Ville Nupponen

Jaakko Raikisto

Mikko Halava

An approach is provided for generating synthetic ground truth drive and sensor observation data. The approach, for instance, receiving, by a processor, a first input specifying ground truth data indicating one or more ground truth locations of one or more map features. The approach also involves receiving a second input specifying one or more simulation characteristics. The approach further involves generating simulated drive data based on the ground truth data and the one or more simulation characteristics. For example, the simulated drive data includes (a) one or more simulated drive paths within a region of interest encompassing the one or more ground truth locations and (b) one or more simulated sensor observations of the one or more map features. The approach further involves providing the simulated drive data as an output.

Method, apparatus, and system for generating synthetic ground truth drive and sensor observation data

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are provided. An example method comprises receiving a change trigger; and providing two or more map versions to a plurality of vehicle apparatuses. The map versions may comprise a stable map version and a changed map version. The example method further comprises receiving two or more responses from at least two of the plurality of vehicle apparatuses. A response comprises an indicator of a preferred map version selected by a vehicle apparatus of the plurality of vehicle apparatuses from the two or more map versions. The example method further comprises analyzing the responses to determine a most preferred map version; and when it is determined that the most preferred map version is a changed map version, updating one or more map databases based at least in part on the changed map version.

Iterative map learning based on vehicle on-board sensor data

In an example embodiment, a component of a mobile computing apparatus that comprises a digital map stored on a computer-readable medium is provided. The digital map comprises a first plurality of data records, each of the first plurality of data records represents a corresponding traversable map element. At least some of the first plurality of data records further comprise an executable instruction. The executable instruction of a particular data record is executed upon determination that the mobile computing apparatus is at a position corresponding to a location of the corresponding map element represented by the particular data record. The executable instruction is executed by a processor and causes data received from a hardware component of and/or in communication with the mobile computing apparatus (e.g., one or more sensors and/or the like) to be analyzed in accordance with an algorithm encoded by or referenced by the executable instruction.

Map having computer executable instructions embedded therein

A navigation system comprises a processor, a geographic database and a guidance application executable on the processor. The guidance application obtains data from the geographic database and obtains a photographic image. The guidance application overlays an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image. The advertisement route highlight graphically illustrates a path corresponding to a route and a direction of travel for the route. The advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals.

Method of operating a navigation system using images

One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for generating a map including path side data include storing path side data referenced to three-dimensional geographic coordinates. The path side data may be optical data or optical data modified based on one or more panoramic images. The path side data is combined with map data received from a map database. The map data includes nodes and segments. A processor rotates the path side data based on one of the segments. The rotation may be about the segment or about a featured identified in the optical data. The path side data overlaid on the map data is outputted to a display, a file, or another device.

Path side image in map overlay

In one embodiment, navigational features of a navigation device are activated or deactivated according to the accuracy of the geographic data. The navigation features may be predictive features related to upcoming portions of a path curve. The path curve is compared to measured data. For example, a first curve is accessed from a map database and a second curve is based on measured position data collected while traversing the path. The first curve and the second curve correspond to the same geographic area. A difference of an attribute between a section of the first curve and a section of the second curve is used to assign a confidence factor to the section of the first polycurve based on the difference. The attribute may be heading, position, curvature, or another aspect of the path curves.

Path curve confidence factors

Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, using, and storing ambiguity ratings for map matching. In an embodiment, an ambiguity rating is generated using a road segment and a relationship of the road segment and other nearby road segments. The ambiguity rating may be stored in a cell based map. The ambiguity rating may be used to select an efficient map matching algorithm and provide expected map matching confidence.

Ambiguity map match rating

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for developing a fingerprint database for and determining the geographic location of an end-user device (e.g., vehicle, mobile phone, smart watch, etc.) with the database. A fingerprint database may be developed by receiving a depth map for a location in a path network, and then identifying physical structures within the depth map. The depth map may be divided, at each physical structure, into one or more horizontal planes at one or more elevations from a road level. Two-dimensional feature geometries may be extracted from the horizontal planes. At least a portion of the extracted feature geometries may be encoded into the fingerprint database.

Geometric fingerprinting for localization of a device

An approach is provided for rendering and maneuvering about large-scale documents with a mobile device that features an integrated optical sensor and virtual display functions. A positioning platform determines mapping information, navigation information, document information, or a combination thereof associated with at least one device. The positioning platform determines one or more interactions, one or more positions, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one device. The positioning platform further causes, at least in part, a rendering of the mapping information, the navigation information, the document information, or a combination thereof in a user interface of the at least one device based, at least in part, on the one or more interactions, the one or more positions, or a combination thereof.

Method and apparatus for rendering geographic mapping information

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for calculating a virtual touch position that is off the physical touch screen display. A user may provide a first swiping gesture in a main portion of a physical touch screen display, and an extended swiping gesture within a predefined threshold distance of an edge of the physical touch screen display. The extended swiping gesture is a continuation of the first swiping gesture. The virtual touch position may be calculated based on a trajectory of the first swiping gesture and/or the distance of the extended swiping gesture. An extended swiping gesture may continue around the edges to enable calculation of a virtual touch position regardless of size constraints of the physical touch screen display.

Method, apparatus and computer program product for calculating a virtual touch position

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are provided. An example method comprises accessing a record for a particular traversable map element. The record comprises an executable instruction. The example method further comprises receiving sensor data from one or more sensors. The sensor data corresponds to the particular traversable map element. The method further comprises executing, by a processor, the executable instruction. Executing the executable instruction causes analysis of at least a portion of the sensor data.

An approach is provided for converting voluminous sensor datasets into manageable distance based buckets for slope and curvature map updates. The approach involves causing, at least in part, a map-matching of one or more data sessions with one or more map links, wherein the one or more data sessions represent one or more location data packages associated with a vehicle. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a division of the one or more map links into one or more buckets at one or more intervals. The approach further involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more buckets for variance statistics to determine reliability information for acceleration slope values, acceleration curvature values, or a combination thereof calculated from the one or more location data packages. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an updating of one or more maps based, at least in part, on the reliability information.

Method and apparatus for providing map updates from distance based bucket processing

In one embodiment, panoramic images, images bubbles, or any two-dimensional views of three-dimensional subject matter are enhanced with one or more alternate viewpoints. A controller receives data indicative of a point on the two-dimensional perspective and accesses a three-dimensional location based on the point. The controller selects an image bubble based on the three-dimensional location. The three-dimensional location may be determined according to a depth map corresponding to the point. A portion of the image bubble is extracted and incorporated into the two-dimensional perspective. The resulting image may be a seamless enhanced resolution image or include a picture-in-picture enhanced resolution window including subject matter surrounding the selected point.

Alternate viewpoint image enhancement

An approach is provided for predicting driving behavior. A prediction platform determines driving characteristic information for one or more vehicles in association with a segment of a travel path navigated by each of the one or more vehicles. The prediction platform also processes driving characteristic information to determine one or more response types, one or more behavior types, or a combination thereof associated with the segment of the travel path and associates the one or more response types, the one or more behavior types, or a combination thereof with mapping information for specifying the segment of the travel path, a behavior connection link-chain, or a combination thereof.

Method and apparatus for predicting driving behavior

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for non-occluding overlay of user interface or information elements on a contextual map. A method is provided including receiving a two dimensional image associated with a geographic area or object, receiving geometry model associated with the associated with the geographic area, generating an embossing map based on ambient occlusions associated with the geometry model, and generating a composite image based on the two dimensional image and the embossing map.

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James D Lynch