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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Marek Strassenburg-kleciak, Garching, DE;
Inventor:
Marek Strassenburg-Kleciak, Garching, DE;
Assignee:
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH, Karlsbad, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3635 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 17/30292 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of generating a database for use in outputting three- dimensional maps, a projection of a two-dimensional road vector onto a three-dimensional surface defined by digital terrain model data is determined. At least one three-dimensional road vector () is determined based on the established projection and is stored in the database. The database is generated before it is deployed to a navigation device for use in outputting three-dimensional maps. A method of outputting three-dimensional maps and a navigation device may use the thus generated database.