The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Breght Roderick Boschker, Hilversum, NL;
Henk Van Der Molen, ′s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Breght Roderick Boschker, Hilversum, NL;
Henk Van Der Molen, ′s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
TomTom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method of generating a route across an electronic map representative of an area, the method comprising using a processing circuitryto generate a set of cost functionsassociated with at least one route planning profilesand comprising the steps of: ) collecting information relating to at least one example route associated with the at least one route planning profile; 2) processing, with a cost function generating process, the information relating to the at least one example route to generate one or more cost functionsto be used with the at least one route planning profile; and 3) using the or each cost functionto generate a route across the electronic map for that route planning profile