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Technique for structuring a navigation database

US9280567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Elektrobit Automotive GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Fischer · Lennestadt, DE
Holger Dormann · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2012
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C21/3881
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A technique of structuring a navigation database is provided, wherein the navigation database includes at least route link data for a predetermined geographic area. A method implementation of the technique includes organizing route link data associated with the predetermined geographic area into at least one routing cluster; providing the at least one routing cluster with a cluster identifier; and storing the at least one routing cluster together with the cluster identifier in the navigation database.

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