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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:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul S. McCarthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G01C 21/3635 (2013.01); G06F 17/30342 (2013.01); G01C 21/3638 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2024 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for generating intersection data for paths in a map region. The method receives a set of junctions at which paths intersect in the map region. For a particular junction of at least two paths, the method automatically determines whether any of the other junctions in the map region satisfy criteria to be part of a single intersection with the particular junction. When at least one of the other junctions satisfies the criteria, the method automatically combines the other junctions that satisfy the criteria with the particular junction into a single intersection for use in performing mapping operations.