Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for defining bi-directional road geometry from probe data
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Application No.: US14729733Application Date: 2015-06-03
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Publication No.: US10546400B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Ole Henry Dorum
- Applicant: HERE Global B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
- Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06T11/20
- IPC: G06T11/20 ; G01C21/26

Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to define bi-directional road geometry based upon a plurality of probe points. An orientation representative of one or more probe points is determined and a seed point representative of one or more probe points is then determined. The seed point is based on a determination of a constrained weighted center of mass of the one or more probe points. The movement of the constrained weighted center of mass is limited to a direction based upon respective headings of the one or more probe points. Polylines are created to be representative of a bi-directional road geometry. The polylines are created to be representative of one direction of travel along the bi-directional road geometry by extending a first polyline in the orientation from the seed point and by extending a second polyline in an opposite orientation from the seed point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160358349A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING BI-DIRECTIONAL ROAD GEOMETRY FROM PROBE DATA Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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