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Route calculation method

US7072765B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinrich Schmidt · Düsseldorf, DE
Joerg Hoeveling · Giesen, DE
Ralf Hoffmann

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2001
Grant date	Jul 4, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 7, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C21/3461
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for calculating a route from a starting location to a destination location is described; it is characterized in that the route is calculated after specifying at least one pass-through destination location by way of at least one pass-through destination point, which is situated in a circumscribed area of the at least one pass-through destination location specified by a specified criterion.In contrast with the route calculation method known from the related art, the specified pass-through destinations are not part of the trip route, but instead, except for a specified circumscribed area, they function as vaguely specified interpolation points for influencing the route calculation.

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