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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Tomtom Navigation B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Johannes Robert Fischer, Berlin, DE;
Tetyana Dzyuba, Berlin, DE;
Felix Godafoss König, Berlin, DE;
Sijtse Thomas Goverts, Haarlem, NL;
TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method and system for generating a route through a navigable network in a geographic area is disclosed, the navigable network being represented by an electronic map comprising a plurality of segments each having a traversal direction associated therewith. An area is defined around a location represented by the electronic map, and at least some of the outgoing segments from the area are determined. A first optimum cost route from an origin is determined to each of the determined outgoing segments, and these routes are ranked according to their cost. At least one of the first optimum cost routes is selected based on the ranking, and a second optimum cost route is determined from the outgoing segment from the area of the selected route to a destination. The generated route from the origin to the destination comprises the selected first optimum cost route and the second optimum cost route.