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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Zhenhua Zhang, Chicago, IL (US);
Leon Stenneth, Chicago, IL (US);
HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The disclosure provides a method, a system, and a computer program product in accordance with at least one example embodiment for generating parallel road data of a region utilized when performing navigational routing functions. The method comprises obtaining map data of the region including at least one road sign, determining a plurality of first links associated with the at least one road sign based on the map data of the region, determining a relative position of the at least one road sign with respect to each of the plurality of first links, determining one or more second links based on the relative position of the at least one road sign with respect to each of the plurality of first links, generating the parallel road data of the region based on the one or more second links, and updating the map data of the region in a map database based on the generated parallel road data, wherein the updated map data of the region from the map database is utilized when performing navigational routing functions, and wherein the region comprises at least one of the plurality of first links and/or the plurality of second links.