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Method and apparatus of route determination

  • US 8,504,285 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2009
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a starting point and a destination point to assist a user in navigating; and

    determining with one or more processors a path from the starting point to the destination point using a vector function that represents a cost of each area along the path, wherein the cost of each area along the path is based on direction from where the corresponding area is entered by the user,wherein the vector function that represents a cost of each area along the path includes parameters for at least terrain, current temperature, predicted temperature, current wind speed and direction, and predicted wind speed and direction.

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