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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
System and method for determining routing point placement for aiding in encoding and decoding a path
Applicant:
Elizabeth V. C. Kaubisch, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Elizabeth V. C. Kaubisch, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tele Atlas North America, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of encoding a shortened path definition of a path in a mapping system is described. In one embodiment, a shortened path definition includes only those routing points that are needed to eliminate valid alternate routes.