DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING CARTOGRAPHIC DATA
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Abstract
A device for updating cartographic data for a predetermined region, having a collector for collecting location information of a path covered in the predetermined region, an overlayer for overlaying the collected location information with the cartographic data for the predetermined region, a determiner for determining portions contradictory or missing in the cartographic data for the predetermined region on the basis of the overlaid collected location information, and an updater for updating the cartographic data in the missing or contradictory portions on the basis of the overlaid collected location information.
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36 Claims
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21. A device for updating cartographic data for a predetermined region, comprising:
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a collector for collecting location information of a path covered in the predetermined region, wherein the collector is formed to provide the collected location information with reliability information; an overlayer for overlaying the collected location information with the cartographic data for the predetermined region, wherein the overlayer is formed to weight the location information that corresponds to the paths covered corresponding to selectable criteria, wherein each coordinate of the location information is weighted with a location unsharpness function for weighting to acquire a location probability statement in form of an unsharpness corridor corresponding to the path covered; a determiner for determining portions contradictory or missing in the cartographic data for the predetermined region on the basis of the overlaid collected location information, wherein the determiner is formed to determine similar paths deviating from each other by a maximum tolerance range admissible from collected location information corresponding to a plurality of paths covered, and wherein contiguous regions are determined by overlaying unsharpness corridors corresponding to the similar paths and ensuing edge detection; and an updater for updating the cartographic data in the missing or contradictory portions on the basis of the overlaid, collected location information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of updating cartographic data for a predetermined region, comprising:
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collecting location information of a path covered in the predetermined region, wherein the collected location information is provided with reliability information; overlaying the collected information with the cartographic data for the predetermined region, wherein the location information that corresponds to a path covered is weighted corresponding to the reliability information, wherein each coordinate of the location information is weighted with a location unsharpness function for weighting to acquire a location probability statement in form of an unsharpness corridor corresponding to the path covered; determining portions contradictory or missing in the cartographic data for the predetermined region on the basis of the overlaid, collected location information, wherein similar paths deviating from each other by a maximum tolerance range admissible are determined from location information corresponding to a plurality of paths covered, and wherein contiguous regions are determined by overlaying unsharpness corridors corresponding to the similar paths and ensuing edge detection; and updating the cartographic data in the missing or contradictory portions on the basis of the overlaid collected location information.
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36. A tangible computer readable medium including a computer program for performing, when the computer program is executed on a computer and/or microcontroller, a method of updating cartographic data for a predetermined region, the method comprising:
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collecting location information of a path covered in the predetermined region, wherein the collected location information is provided with reliability information; overlaying the collected information with the cartographic data for the predetermined region, wherein the location information that corresponds to a path covered is weighted corresponding to the reliability information, wherein each coordinate of the location information is weighted with a location unsharpness function for weighting to acquire a location probability statement in form of an unsharpness corridor corresponding to the path covered; determining portions contradictory or missing in the cartographic data for the predetermined region on the basis of the overlaid, collected location information, wherein similar paths deviating from each other by a maximum tolerance range admissible are determined from location information corresponding to a plurality of paths covered, and wherein contiguous regions are determined by overlaying unsharpness corridors corresponding to the similar paths and ensuing edge detection; and updating the cartographic data in the missing or contradictory portions on the basis of the overlaid collected location information.
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