Report Generation for a Navigation-Related Database

• US 20150058300A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Perczynski, David, Fink, Oliver
• Application Number:
  US14/528,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20150058300A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/690
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3815 Road data
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3848 Data obtained from both position sensors and additional sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

Systems, devices, features, and methods for updating a geographic database, such as a navigation-related database, and/or reporting discrepancies associated with geographic data of the geographic database are disclosed. For example, one method comprises capturing a photograph of an observed geographic feature in a geographic region. Comment information corresponding to the observed geographic feature may be stored. The comment information is indicative of a discrepancy between the observed geographic feature and the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region. The comment information may be associated with the photograph to generate a report, and the report is transmitted.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, by a navigation device, a navigation related service including geographic data from a geographic database;

receiving, at the navigation device, an indication of a perceived discrepancy between a geographic feature and the geographic data from the geographic database;

capturing image data collected at a position in the vicinity of the perceived discrepancy;

generating, by the navigation device, location data associated with the position of the image data;

receiving comment data textually describing the perceived discrepancy;

generating, at the navigation device, a report including the image data, the location data, and the comment data; and

sending the report including the image data, the location data, and the comment data to a map developer for the geographic database.