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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh, Karlsbad, DE;
Inventors:
Carsten-Christian Spindler, Karlsruhe, DE;
Vladimir Ivanov, Munich, DE;
Martin Fischer, Munich, DE;
Simon Schütz, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
HARMEN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH, Karlsbad, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G09G 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 17/3028 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06F 17/30244 (2013.01); G06F 17/30265 (2013.01); G06F 17/30268 (2013.01); G06F 17/30324 (2013.01); G09G 5/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
A navigation system may use digital maps to represent cartographic features during guidance along a route to a destination requested by a user. A system and method are provided for management of icons used to represent the cartographic features by storing data for multiple icons in a data array representing an image containing the plurality of icons.