Navigation devices

US8788202B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TomTom International B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Heiko Schilling · Nottingham, GB
• Ewgenij Gawrilow · Berlin, DE
• Moritz Hilger · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Profous · Berlin, DE
• Jürgen Werber · Berlin, DE
• Dominique Pelle · Amsterdam, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03M7/4043
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of creating map data including search acceleration data arranged to increase the speed at which a route can be planned across an electronic map comprising a plurality of navigable segments, each navigable segment representing a segment of a navigable route in the area covered by the map.