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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Delling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Renato F. Werneck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Moritz Helge Kobitzsch, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G01C 21/3446 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Customizable route planning is a technique for computing point-to-point shortest paths in road networks. It includes three phases: preprocessing, metric customization, and queries. A graphics processing unit may be used, e.g., in the metric customization phase, to make customization even faster, enabling a wide range of applications including highly dynamic applications and on-line personalized cost functions.