Methods and systems for generating routes

US10876848B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TomTom Navigation B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Johannes Robert Fischer · Berlin, DE
• Steffen Orlowsky · Dessau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/008
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method is disclosed for generating a route in an area covered by an electronic map. The map comprises a plurality of segments representing navigable elements of a navigable network in the area covered by the electronic map. A selection of a profile is received, e.g. from a user, the profile including data identifying one or more segments of the electronic map. A route is generated between an origin and a destination in the electronic map using a routing process in which each of the one or more segments identified by the selected profile is penalised. Any segments in the generated route that are segments identified by the selected profile are detected, and data representative of the generated route and the detected segments are output, e.g. for provision to a user.