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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A map matching device for a positioning device includes an inertial detect module, measuring a moving signal generated from the positioning device, a movement estimation module, estimating location information of the positioning device according to the moving signal, a map data storage module, storing a plurality of types of map feature information of an environment where the positioning device is located, and a matching module, matching the location information with the plurality of types of map feature information for performing map matching processes, and providing a positioning coordinate.