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Method for simplifying a description of a route of travel

  • US 8,532,922 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2010
  • Issued: 09/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for simplifying a description of a travel route represented by a list of route points for a digital road map of a vehicle navigation device, comprising:

  • reading in, by a computer processor, a travel route which is mapped by a list of a plurality of route points, wherein each route point represents a different subsegment of the travel route on the digital road map;

    altering, by the computer processor, the list of route points according to a predetermined algorithm, in order to obtain an altered list of route points representing the travel route; and

    storing, by the computer processor, the altered list of route points in order to simplify the description of the travel route.

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