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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Tomtom Navigation B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Felix Godafoss König, Berlin, DE;
Michael Marte, Berlin, DE;
Jose F. Santiago Nunez, Amsterdam, NL;
Kees Wesselius, Amsterdam, NL;
Stanislav Zheltov, Amsterdam, NL;
Thomas Gerhard Helmut Schickinger, Berlin, DE;
William Breen, Amsterdam, NL;
TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for generating routes in an area covered by an electronic map. The map comprises a plurality of segments representing navigable segments of a navigable network in the area covered by the electronic map. A main route from an origin to a destination is generated through the network in a manner which favors segments which are segments of a predefined sub-network. When the user commences travel, the method involves identifying a first decision point along the main route being travelled that is a decision point of the sub-network. An alternative route is generated between the decision point and the destination, in a method involving favoring segments of the sub-network, and in which the outgoing segment of the main route being travelled to the first decision point is blocked.