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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Okan Arikan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Dumont, San Francisco, CA (US);
Billy P. Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christopher Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a mapping service. For a set of road segments that intersect at a junction in a map region, the method generates an initial set of geometries for use in generating downloadable map information for the map region. For each corner formed by the geometries at the junction, the method determines whether to perform a smoothing operation. When a particular corner meets a set of criteria, the method modifies the geometries of at least one road segment to smooth the corner.