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https://drivepatents.com/patents/997345 · 10 Oct 2012
A navigation device comprises a database storing data for reconstructing three-dimensional roof structures. The data includes information on edges (64, 65) of at least one closed polygon and a type identifier respectively stored in the database for each on...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997905 · 26 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for graphically representing a physical object in a digital map used by a navigation system comprising: displaying at least a part of the digital map and either displaying a three-dimensional graphical object repre...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997903 · 26 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for the management of signposts in a navigation database, comprising storing a text and/or a symbol of a signpost in the navigation database and storing independently from the text and/or the symbol a background of...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997899 · 26 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for labeling a map element of a digital map, comprising determining a portion of the map element where no labeling shall occur and/or a portion in the vicinity of the map element in the digital map where no labelin...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997886 · 26 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for the management of icons in a navigation database comprising storing data for a plurality of icons in one single data array representing an image containing the plurality of icons.
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997859 · 26 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for labeling a map element of a digital map, comprising storing coordinate values associated with a map element, assigning a label to the map element and displaying the map element and displaying the assigned label...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998148 · 19 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for providing a description of a road segment using locations stored in a geographic database, the description of the road segment being output to a user, the road segment being identified in the geographic databas...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998368 · 12 Sep 2012
The present invention relates to a method for determining a route in a navigation system, comprising the steps of providing a three-dimensional environmental model data representing a terrain environment, and determining a route based on the three-dimensio...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998608 · 5 Sep 2012
Vehicle navigation devices comprising a map database are disclosed. The map database includes information (42, 43) relating to additional road information icons which may serve to differentiate different roads having the same road number.
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998897 · 29 Aug 2012
A method of performing a similarity search in a navigation device data base uses a metric index structure. The index structure includes a plurality of nodes. When a query object (51) is received, a node of the index structure which is associated with at le...