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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Rajashri Joshi, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Navigation Technologies Corp., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods for comparing three-dimensional space curves are provided. Such methods are particularly useful for map matching in in-vehicle navigation systems as well as for other applications that require accurate positioning of the vehicle with respect to the underlying map data referenced by the system. Additionally, they are useful in measuring and/or evaluating the accuracy of a geographic database. Two angles that define the angular orientation of a three dimensional space curve are determined at corresponding locations for each of a first space curve and a second space curve. The variance of the relationship between the angle pairs at corresponding locations along the first and second space curves is utilized to determine the similarity between the first and second space curves despite any spatial translation and angular rotation between the first and second space curves.