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Vehicular Map Database Management Techniques

  • US 20080162036A1
  • Filed: 03/10/2008
  • Published: 07/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing map information to an operator of a vehicle, comprising:

  • forming a database including data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on, the data including locations of a boundary or edges of the travel lanes;

    installing the database on the vehicle; and

    managing the database to ensure that the database has current data about a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently situated, the step of managing the database comprising establishing wireless communications to the vehicle to enable data to be provided to the database.

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