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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Here Global B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Joseph Paul Mays, St. Paul, OR (US);
Robert Fernekes, McHenry, IL (US);
HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for developing an improved route from a navigation mesh. A route is provided, wherein the route includes a plurality of connected nodes having a starting node, an ending node, and internal nodes. Each internal node of the plurality of connected nodes is scored by an algorithm, wherein the score provided for each internal node based on an importance of the respective internal node to the overall shape of the route. The internal node with a score having a least importance on the shape of the route is removed, so long a valid path between the starting node and the ending node is maintained. The process may be repeated until a threshold simplification of the route has been achieved or until no further internal nodes can be removed without creating an invalid path.