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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Tomtom International B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Henk van der Molen, 's-Herlogenbosch, NL;
Jeroen Trum, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Willem van den Brand, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
TomTom Global Content B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G09B 29/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device is provided to extract scan lines data from images of a route, said scan line data comprising only a portion of the an image that extends along a scan line, and to store this data in memory together with respective positional data pertaining to the position of the device traveling along the route in a navigable network. This scan line and positional data can be obtained from a plurality of devices in a network and transmitted to computing apparatus, for example, for use in a production of a realistic view of a digital map.