Method for encoding and decoding objects with reference to a road network

US7047247B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Petzold · Wunstorf, DE
• Bernd Hessing · Holle, DE
• Cornelius Hahlweg · Hildesheim, DE
• Gerd Draeger · Braunschweig, DE
• Ulrich Kersken · Bad Salzdetfurth, DE
• Peter Kreft · Hannover, DE
• Jan Martin · Altadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2000
• Grant date: May 16, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99942
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In methods for encoding and decoding objects with reference to a traffic route network, wherein the encoded information can also be decoded with the aid of databases that differ from a database used in the encoding, the objects are provided with relationships to at least one relational object which is present in databases that are used for the decoding, and the relationships do not primarily result from the traffic route network. A position indication can also be provided with a position type designator, which for instance indicates whether the transmitted position is an exact or navigable position or is the location of a search space.