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Route planner device

  • US 4,962,458 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1988
  • Issued: 10/09/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A planner device for planning a route through a topological road network, comprising:

  • background memory means for storing said network as a set of n-cell tables (n=0.1) of road segments or junctions;

    random access working memory means for storing a subset of said set of n-cell tables as actually used in said planning;

    address assigning means for assigning a respective first working memory address to each entry of each n-cell table used in planning the route;

    data processing means coupled to said working memory means comprising;

    expansion means for pointing to a set of candidate n-cells for said route, starting from one end of the route until the other end of the route is reached, on the basis of an actual expansion index indicating an actual n-cell;

    linking means for linking each first working memory address pertaining to a candidate n-cell pointed to by said expansion means, to a second working memory address containing the n-cell used for said pointing;

    evaluation means for assigning an evaluation value to each candidate n-cell pointed to by the expansion means;

    selection means for selecting a candidate n-cell having the most advantageous evaluation value among those that have not led to an expansion index,repeat control means for repeatedly activating said expansion means, said evaluation means and said selection means until said other end of the route is reached, andbacktracking means activated by said repeat control means for backtracking a linked set of candidate n-cells starting from the n-cell containing said other end until said one end is reached, said linked set constituting said route.

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